This is an item we all never want to have to use, but in an emergency, it becomes indispensable for the care and comfort of an injured person.
If you see an essential item or something missing, please post it up and I will amend the list as we go along.
First Aid Kit Contents:
Dressings
o Sterile non-adherent gauze pads
o Gauze roller bandages - absorbent, breathable, and often elastic
Bandages
o Elastic bandages - used for sprains, and pressure bandages
o Adhesive, elastic roller bandages - very effective pressure bandages or durable, waterproof bandaging
o Adhesive bandages (band-aids, sticking plasters)
o Triangular bandages - used as slings, tourniquets, towel, to tie splints, and many other uses
o Telfa or other nonadhesive pads for covering burns or wounds.
o Butterfly (knuckle) bandages
o Different sizes of bandages (non-stick Ace 2?, 3?, and 4? as well) for sprains or wounds.
Instruments
o Trauma shears/scissors, for cutting clothing and general use
o Tweezers for removing insect stingers, splinters, etc.
o Safety pins
Equipment
o Disposable non-latex gloves
o Sterile gloves (most commonly latex) for protecting against infection or filling with water to create ice packs.
o CPR mask, face shield or other breathing barrier
o Eye cup or small plastic cup
o Sterile saline (for cleaning eyes and wounds when water isn't available)
o Swabs, sterile non-woven
o Alcohol pads or antiseptic hand sanitizer wipes
o Adhesive tape, hypoallergenic
o Resealable bags for housing contaminated items or as an ice pack.
o Needle and thread.
Medication
o Antiseptics/antimicrobial (Povidone iodine wipes, Benzalkonium Chloride)
o Antibiotic ointment - single, double, or triple antibiotic ointment in petroleum jelly base (Antiseptic/anesthetic cream or spray, e.g. Polysporin)
o Anti-itch ointment (Hydrocortisone cream, Antihistamine cream [benadryl] Calamine lotion)
o Painkillers / fever reducers (Ibuprofen, Aspirin)
o Antihistamine (diphenhydramine - brand name Benadryl)
o Aloe vera gel ? for burns, sunburns, itching, and dry skin
o Neosporin
If you see an essential item or something missing, please post it up and I will amend the list as we go along.
First Aid Kit Contents:
Dressings
o Sterile non-adherent gauze pads
o Gauze roller bandages - absorbent, breathable, and often elastic
Bandages
o Elastic bandages - used for sprains, and pressure bandages
o Adhesive, elastic roller bandages - very effective pressure bandages or durable, waterproof bandaging
o Adhesive bandages (band-aids, sticking plasters)
o Triangular bandages - used as slings, tourniquets, towel, to tie splints, and many other uses
o Telfa or other nonadhesive pads for covering burns or wounds.
o Butterfly (knuckle) bandages
o Different sizes of bandages (non-stick Ace 2?, 3?, and 4? as well) for sprains or wounds.
Instruments
o Trauma shears/scissors, for cutting clothing and general use
o Tweezers for removing insect stingers, splinters, etc.
o Safety pins
Equipment
o Disposable non-latex gloves
o Sterile gloves (most commonly latex) for protecting against infection or filling with water to create ice packs.
o CPR mask, face shield or other breathing barrier
o Eye cup or small plastic cup
o Sterile saline (for cleaning eyes and wounds when water isn't available)
o Swabs, sterile non-woven
o Alcohol pads or antiseptic hand sanitizer wipes
o Adhesive tape, hypoallergenic
o Resealable bags for housing contaminated items or as an ice pack.
o Needle and thread.
Medication
o Antiseptics/antimicrobial (Povidone iodine wipes, Benzalkonium Chloride)
o Antibiotic ointment - single, double, or triple antibiotic ointment in petroleum jelly base (Antiseptic/anesthetic cream or spray, e.g. Polysporin)
o Anti-itch ointment (Hydrocortisone cream, Antihistamine cream [benadryl] Calamine lotion)
o Painkillers / fever reducers (Ibuprofen, Aspirin)
o Antihistamine (diphenhydramine - brand name Benadryl)
o Aloe vera gel ? for burns, sunburns, itching, and dry skin
o Neosporin
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