Perhaps as a precaution, The New York Times chose Friday the 13th to run this helpful slide show, in which Jon Tierney, a critical care paramedic, tests four light-weight (less than one pound) first aid kits in the backwoods of Maine. Tierney carries these four kits:
EXPEDITION MEDICAL KIT $57.50, www.libertymtn.com.
LIGHT & FAST ADVENTURER $38, www.adventuremedicalkits.com.
FIRST AID ONLY 420 $7.89, www.cpr-savers.com.
SAFETY IN A POUCH SP905 $14.99, www.sawyersafetravel.com
and the Times presents his opinions in the Physical Culture column in the upper right hand corner of this page.