First Aid For All

which one is better: buying separate items (so i can have more stuffs) or buying it all in one bag?

I bought a First Aid essentials bag for $12.99 at Target, and I'm not sure if that's a good idea.
Do you recommend me to buy any first aid bag? specifically, a johnson's bag or what? any suggestions?

First let me say that I am a nurse.

Although I think there are some very good first aid boxes on the market.....I feel they are very limited on medical items.

I suggest instead for a home medical stock pile..... that you buy one of those plastic organizer drawers. Add to this over the years to contain things such as:

Literature:
> Quick references to First Aid and CPR
> Emergency Numbers for Poison Control/Police/Ambulance/Hospital
> Metric coversions for medication administration (example 5ml=1 tsp)
>A medical chart on yourself/ family members listing:
allergies, medical history, labs done/results, family medical history, immunizations, surgical procedures, current medications, emergency contacts, medical insurance information (take this with you when you go to the doctor)
Build this medical chart all throughout your life, and start one on any children that you care for so they will have one started from birth.
Make sure to include any doctor visits that you go to, the result of that visit, even if it is only routine and no treatment is given.
Keep a calendar of check-ups that need to be made for doctors and dentists... include gynecologist/urologists. That way these check-ups do not get 'forgotten' in the hussle and bussle of life.


***BE SURE TO KEEP ALL MEDICATIONS OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.
*** DO NOT TAKE ANY MEDICATION IN WHICH A POSSIBLE ALLERGIC REACTION COULD RESULT.

Medications:
Daily routine prescription medications
Ocean Nasal Spray
Tylenol
Ibuprophen
Pepto Bismol
Tums
Benedryl Liquid
Cough/Cold remedies
Halls cough drops
Throat Sprays
***WARNING- Always be sure to check expiration dates on every medication before taking/giving to anyone.

Ointments/ Balm:
Triple Antibiotic Ointment
Chap lip balm
Benedryl Creme (for itching)
PRID Salve (drawing salve for treating splinters)
VICKS mentholatum rub
Sun screen lotion
Sun screen facial balm

Bandages:
Bandage scissors
Bandaids
Gauze pads
Gauze roll
ACE bandage
Tape (be careful some people are highly allergic to silk tape, I suggest having plastic tape or paper tape in your First Aid box)

Miscellaneous:
Syringes (with or without needles for measuring liquid medications)
Medication cups
Medication dispensers (day of the week/month boxes)
Q-tips
Tissues
Ice bag
Heating pad
Tweezers
Nail clippers
Thermometer (oral glass thermometer, digital tympanic or ear thermometer)
Small Bottle of Alcohol
Small Bottle of Peroxide

Specifics: (for those in your family with special needs)
Stethescope
Sphygmomonometer or (Blood Pressure cuff)
Diabetic supplies
Inhalent devices
Nebulizer


Hope this will help you build a great First Aid Station in your home. It is nice to have these items on hand at all times. Become familar with First Aid/CPR techniques so that you can be prepared for minor emergencies.

2008-01-09 11:36:11 by Autumn_sky

All products were purchased by myself. I am not a doctor of any sort. Just a mom that has to deal with day to day injuries. Please take caution ...

Hi!
I am planning to make a first aid kit for my kitten, in case he ever needs it. What supplies would need to fill it with?

Kitty Kit

■First aid scissors
■Tweezers
■Clean soft towel
■Protective thick leather work gloves
■Cat muzzle (+/-,, available from your veterinarian)
■Rectal thermometer: digital or traditional
■Sterile jelly or petrolatum
■Small flashlight
■White adhesive tape
■Gauze squares
■Cotton balls
■Alcohol-isopropyl
■Hydrogen peroxide (3% concentration)
■Non-sticky wound dressing squares
■Stretchy bandage
■Roll of cotton gauze bandage (1” size)
■Antibacterial soap
■Sterile saline flush solution (human eye wash, nasal cavity wash--preservative free)
■Cotton tipped applicators
■Karo syrup
■Splint support (coffee stir stick, doctor’s tongue depressor stick)

Everyone who shares a home with a cat should have on hand a basic feline first-aid kit.

2009-06-22 21:35:44 by °o.O[-狼-]O.o°

Price: $12.95

graduate?
Personally I think they should. A teacher is dealing with other lives and can be held responsible for a child's death. CPR and First Aid are good skills to have anyway no matter what your major but particularly if you work in a field like doctoring or teaching. I plan on taking a CPR class and I'm going to be an English major.

I agree that all educators should be required to be CPR and First aid certified...I think that the district who hires the teacher should be responsible for paying for the training as part of the inservice program.

Of course all Nurses and Dr.s know CPR, that is basic knowledge for them.

2009-12-22 10:52:39 by

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Materials from a typical first aid kit would be quite helpful...

1 A splint from a drug store, but you can use anything rigid, even a thick magazine.
2 Ace (compression) wraps, 3" and 4" ones are best
3 Ice packs
4 tape (athletic, surgical, stretch)

2007-04-16 13:25:11 by

I'm looking in to buying medical supplies that would go in a first aid kit and I need the prices for all of it to compare prices but I can't seem to find the prices. Would I just be better off getting a first aid kit?

You will get more for less In a kit because they have the buying power you do not.

2010-05-30 19:39:19 by