Yes, the OTC drugs are useful. One of the allergic reactions was when one of the kids in the troop got a jellyfish sting on the tounge. Alternative to bendryl was going to the hospital. One of the other Dads was a medic and we tried the benedryl - it got the reaction under control, and no trip to the hospital. Yes, we saved everyone several hundred bucks by having 50 cents worth of meds along.

As for the bandaging supplies, I don't want to have to go in for minor (stitches not required) wounds. Having bandaging supplies has, on several occassions, prevented that result.