First Aid Kit Contents

No home should be without a basic first aid kit in case of an emergency medical use occurs. Once done, you only need to ensure that all the contents, expiration dates, like all OTC drugs to be replaced, as obsolete. It is useful to view a list of dates of the drug in the top of the kit to keep the review of data easier. Be sure everyone in your family (or work) know where the kit and have a generalIdea of what is actually in the first aid kit. commercial kits are available, but you should make a custom kit to help. Build your own kit allows the flexibility of their basic or as thorough as you want and you can actually create a more complete custom kit at a price lower than many commercially available first aid. If you can start a pretty basic first aid kit, then create it to be added over time to develop a routine. The kit containsMedicines and sharp objects can be as safe, keep the first aid kit out of reach of small children to avoid accidental damage. It would be a shame to have a first aid kit will be responsible for a medical emergency! You should be able to find the most requested products in pharmacies, but if you can some of the items that you buy in a store or order them medical care of a company specializing in the emergency room also decide,Deliveries.

Ideally, all members of your family should also be an appropriate age class of first aid including CPR training and certification. These classes are offered and supported by various organizations in most communities across the country (and world) on a regular basis.

The two most important containers for first aid kits are fishing boxes and bags backpack-type (red is a good color). If any of these species is used in compact cases, the kit can be easily removedtravel. Tackle boxes have the advantages of easy to view all content when it is open, and are very resistant to weathering. The kind of book bag has the advantage of easily transportable (without bringing in his hand), but to avoid confusion within a content that you really need to have 3-4 small Tupperware rectangular container as small as in a variety of formats. Both types of cases are so carefully consider the benefits that best suits your needs. If there is aparticular activity that you participate in frequent, such as camping or boating, you can customize the kit a bit 'all the needs that may arise earlier.

The following items are listed, I have the minimum for a first aid kit adequate deemed necessary. The list is primarily the brochure "Preparing for Disaster" by American Red Cross, in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency has been developed. I made some smallChanges including the addition of a few things that I consider important.

(1) ordered field sidewalk

(1) 5 "x 9" sterile dressing,

(1) is rolled gauze bandage,

(2) triangular bandages,

(2) 3 x 3 sterile gauze pads,

(2) 4 x 4 sterile gauze pads,

(1) roll 3 "cohesive bandage

(1) bulky absorbent sterile dressing (like Kotex sanitary pads works well)

(2) germicidal hand wipes or waterless alcohol-based handDisinfectants,

(6) antiseptic swabs, (2) pair large medical grade non-latex gloves,

(2) type mask filter paper,

(1) roll 2 "wide tape,

(1) Tube antibacterial ointment (such as "triple antibiotic ointment)

(1) cold pack (immediate type)

Scissors (small, personal)

Tweezers,

CPR breathing barrier (such as a face mask)

Aspirin and nonaspirin (paracetamol), an analgesic (aspirin or no harm to childrenAdolescents)

Ibuprofen may be included, medicines for diarrhea (loperamide tablets is probably the best),

Antacid (for stomach upset)

Syrup of Ipecac (used to be vomiting if advised by a Poison Control Center

ER, doctors, etc.)

Laxatives, Activated charcoal (use if advised by the Poison Control Center, etc.)

and, finally, a simple instruction of first aid (eg the Red Cross Basic Guidebook).

I hope you enjoy creatingFirst-aid personnel and the need is for their use has never exceeded a few band aids!