First aid kit
A home first aid kit is a must for any family and particularly those with children. Life is vere adventurous as far as children are concerned, so you need to be ready deal with accidents that will invariably happen in the normal scheme of things.
Essential items
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- Sterile gauze squares in various sizes for cleaning wounds
- A box of adhesive dressings in various sizes
- Sterile dressings with bandages attached in various sizes
- Small and large roller bandages such as conforming or crepe bandages
- A roll of 2.5cm (1in) hypoallergenic adhesive tape
- A sterile eye pad with bandage attached
- 2 triangular bandages
- Safety pins
- Blunt-ended tweezers
- Blunt-ended scissors
- Disposable gloves
- Face shield for rescue breathing
- Antiseptic cream
- Calamine lotion
Other useful items
- Junior paracetamol or ibuprofen syrup
- Insect repellent
- Antihistamine syrup
- Sunscreen with the highest protection factor
- Digital thermometer
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Text copyright © 2009 Miriam Stoppard
Posted 30.06.2010
See more in the dossier: Emergency first aid
- First aid: serious bleeding
- First aid: broken bones
- First aid: burns and scalds
- First aid: choking
- First aid: clothing on fire
- First aid: electric shock
- First aid: head injury
- First aid: heat exhaustion and heatstroke
- First aid: hypothermia
- First aid: poisoning
- First aid: shock
- First aid: unconsciousness
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