15 Must Have Items For A First Aid Kit

August 16, 2014 by
Today, I’m sharing must have items for a first aid kit.  Do you have a first aid kit?  If you have children there will always be a scrap, cut, or rash.  Also, you will evidently suffer a burn in the kitchen or a cut.  As a result, I always keep my first-aid kit stocked and ensure all ointments in the box have not expired.
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Additionally, you don’t have to buy expensive first aid kits.  I purchased a plastic container from the Dollar Store with compartments.  And I added what I believed I would use with the children and for myself.

Here are a few items for your first aid kit:

  1. Band-aids of various sizes
  2. Ointments for rashes, bee stings, and burns
  3. Ace-bandages and clips to hold the bandage together
  4. Gauze 
  5. Medical tape
  6. Medical scissors
  7. Peroxide and Antiseptic wipes
  8. Tweezers 
  9. Disposal gloves
  10. A Tube of Vaseline
  11. Benadryl for allergic reactions
  12. Tylenol or Aleve for adults 
  13. Baby and Bayer Aspirin (heart attacks and children)
  14. Eye Wash/Saline
  15. Cold compress (Made specifically for first aid kits)


Also, if you have allergies, asthma, diabetics or other specific medical conditions include items that you will need in an emergency.  If you are a diabetic, you may want to keep glucose tablets on hand, cake icing, and orange juice in your home. Additionally, make sure you have an inhaler on hand too if you have asthma.

Again, first aid kits don’t have to be fancy or expensive.  The goal is to have items on had in cause of an emergency.  When you have children around, things happen.  There are also accidents in the kitchen, bathroom and backyard BBQs.  So, if there’s an emergency you don’t want to waste time having to run to the store.  Furthermore, running to a neighbor’s or searching your bathroom cabinet is time consuming as well.  You want to have items in a central location.

Furthermore, put a first aid kit in your car too.  Fortunately, a first aid kit was included in my car.  Accidents can happen in a parking lot, store, or the park.  So, what items do you have in your first aid kit?  Finally, you may like Caring for Kids in the Twenty First Century.
 
 
 
 
 

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  1. Victoria says
    August 21, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    Thanks for this great list. #TurnUpTuesday

  2. Grandma Kc says
    August 17, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    We have a first aid kit in the garage along with a lot of water — in case of earth quakes but I know that one of the things that are not in it are contact solution, contact case and maybe some old backup glasses!