Hadn't thought about superglue for medical use. I have a few pots dotted around work, the car and home for various hobbies/temp repairs... I have plaster and gauze in my medkit which I'm more likely to use for a cut to be honest. If I came across someone with a Vietcong style wound that required glue I'm going to be calling an ambulance. And callous it may sound, in a SHTF scenario I don't have the medical skill to keep them alive myself anyway...
that said, for the size of it could be useful to keep in there anyway!
I have since updated my bag:
2 pair socks added
Light fleece
hat/gloves added
Box cutter relegated to the toolbox in my car (blade on my multi tool is sharp enough to carry out its functions)
poncho added (£1 at homebargains! couldn't leave it there)
I want to add a collapsible water bottle and some purification tablets at some point in the near future too.
EDC bag
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Super glue has a pretty short shelf life, around a year unopened I'm told. It may also work as a fire starter as it has a low flash point, but I've never tried it.
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I use the wee 'one shot' tubes of super glue for bits and bobs, 10 for a quid from the cheapy shops. Saves messing around reopening the bigger ones and getting the stuff everywhere.While i daresay I'd carry some in a BOB if I had one it would be more useful for repairing things rather than myself. Knowing that it can be used in an emergency is handy but I hope I'm never in a position to put that knowledge to use.
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sniper 55 wrote:Super glue has a pretty short shelf life, around a year unopened I'm told. It may also work as a fire starter as it has a low flash point, but I've never tried it.
Is is but the fumes are very nasty / toxic
If your roughing it, Your doing it wrong 
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
Lack of planning on your part doesn't make it an emergency on mine
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I buy the £ shop ones too, they do go dry or hard if not used so best to renew or at least check every few months, but it sticks really good, i had a bit of leather stuck to my finger real good a few days ago! 
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I'm not antisocial, just anti idiot.
If you use the phase "man up" you have alot to learn.
"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools, because they have to say something" Plato.