Be Prepared for a medical emergency with a first aid kit

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Emergencies can occur at home, work or anywhere. It can be in the form of a sting, cut, bruise, burn, bleed, fracture and what not. It can happen either to you or your friend or family member. Remember, the adage, stitch in time, saves nine? This fits the role of first aid so well! Before rushing to the hospital or a doctor, it pays to perform the vital steps of first aid. You may or may not have people around you to help during such an emergency and, a first aid kit will always be of your help. You can either purchase a ready-made first aid kit that is available in the pharmacy stores or prepare one yourself. Here, is a handy checklist. You can even take a printout, if required.

• Cotton bandage
• Large and Medium dressing pads (for wounds)
• Sterile Gloves
• Face mask (to protect you from infective germs and bodily liquids when attending to a patient)
• Thermometer (digital for faster reading)
• Antiseptic cream or lotion (burns, cuts, bleeds)
• Scissors
• Medium safety pins
• Strips of sticky and waterproof plaster
• Triangular bandage (to tie a sling)
• Hand Sanitizer (to keep your hands sterile before dressing a wound)
• Alcohol-free wipes (useful when hot water is not available)
• List of emergency number (includes your family, doctor, ambulance and hospital numbers)
• Cotton balls
• Instant cold pack
• Tweezers ( to remove thorns, insect stingers, etc)
• Hydrocortisone lotion or cream for insect bites
• Painkillers
• Anti-nausea medicine
• Laxative
• Electrolyte drink (for diarrhea)
• Antacid (for stomach upset)
• Honey (to treat minor burns)
• Saline solution (to wash wounds and blisters)

 

Very true, Gilitrends.. First Aid Kit becomes imperative especially with kids around. Yes, with the availability of such huge knowledge around the Internet , it has become easier to keep abreast with medical conditions and symptoms..

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