Here are a few items for your first aid kit:
- Band-aids of various sizes
- Ointments for rashes, bee stings, and burns
- Ace-bandages and clips to hold the bandage together
- Gauze
- Medical tape
- Medical scissors
- Peroxide and Antiseptic wipes
- Tweezers
- Disposal gloves
- A Tube of Vaseline
- Benadryl for allergic reactions
- Tylenol or Aleve for adults
- Baby and Bayer Aspirin (heart attacks and children)
- Eye Wash/Saline
- 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.
Thanks for this great list. #TurnUpTuesday
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!