First Aid Kit - What's in yours?

crawley_girl

MATH wrote:

I only have a medicine kit in the house. It contains:

Stuff to start us going;)
Stuff to stop us going;)

For some bizarre reason, I thought you meant viagra and condoms!!!
Not senna or dehydration replenishment powder!!!

kittiwoz

Vinegar does not help wasp stings or any other insect stings. It ia an old wives tale. The idea is that since wasp stings are alkali and bee stings acid they can be neutralised using vinegar and biacrbonate of soda respectively. However this doesn't work because the mechanism of the sting is much more complicated than that and because the poison in the sting is injected under the surface of the skin whereas the vinegar/ bicarb just sits on top.

Also you should not use tweezers to remove a bee sting as this may result in squeezing the poison sac and injecting the remaining contents under the skin. The same is likely to occur if the stinger is grasped between thumb and forefinger. Instead the sting should be scraped out with a fingernail.

I have a shoe box which is quite well stocked though not on the whole with very OS style stuff:

I have soluble asprin, soluble paracetamol, also non-soluble of each and ibuprofen, all generic
Clove oil
A crepe bandage and ankle support tube
Steri-strips, plasters, zinc oxide tape, micropore tape, clear wash-proof tape A styptic pencil
Eye drops
Olbas oil, Vicks Sinex, Antiseptic + anaesthetic sore throat lozenges, Halls soothers, half a bottle of mentolated bronchial balsam
Rennies
Bottle of tea-tree oil, tube of germolene
Freebie samples of arnica massage cream and Pernaton gel (for if I strain something trampolining) also tubes of deep heat and deep freeze
Bottle of Piriton just in case

On a more OS note ankle/knee support can be improvised using an old sock with the toe cut off and a roll of gaffer tape or gaffer tape over a crepe bandage. This can also be used if a stiffer support is required than is provided by normal support bandages.

Queenie

kittiwoz wrote:

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On a more OS note ankle/knee support can be improvised using an old sock with the toe cut off and a roll of gaffer tape or gaffer tape over a crepe bandage. This can also be used if a stiffer support is required than is provided by normal support bandages.

And a sports sock can be filled with rice and lavender essential oil, heated in the microwave for about a minute and makes a very comforting heating bag for monthly tummy aches

Crazychik

Well - I think I out do Boots with what I have in my first aid box, or should I say cupboard. I thought I was over stocked, but I do think some of the other posters beat me! What do you think?

Crepe Bandages (various sizes)
Mepore dressing
Micro-pore Tape
Sterile liquid & Alcohol wipes
Steri-strips
Tweezers
Plasters (various sizes) waterproof & fabric
Cotton wool & cotton wool buds
Anti-septic wipes
Savlon, TCP, Germoline antiseptic cream
Distilled Witchhazel
TCP liquid
Karvol drops
Olbas oil
Menthol Crystals
Sudafed
SSS by Avon - Woodland Fresh Dry Oil Body Spray (insect repellent)
Paracetemol (children & adults)
Co-codomol
Diahorrea sachets & tablet version
Piriton
Lemsips
Cough medicine
Milk of magnesia
Iprobrufen
Bonjela
Bazuka that veruca cream
E45 Cream

Erm - think thats it!

mistresslenore

I have...

Savlon Wound Wash (a godsend for cleaning grazes/cuts etc and doesn't hurt a bit)
Plasters
Blister plasters
Antacids
Paracetamol
Scissors
Tweezers
Pocket pack of tissues
Imodium (or equivalent, but can't spell the correct word for the runs!!)
Antihistamines
Sick bags
Savlon cream
Suncream/Aftersun
Eye bath
Mirror

Hope this helps

jessicamb

Plasters
A couple of bandages
some ibuprofen
Savlon
TCP

Its a bit bare but I'm sure I could cope until the ambulance arrived if needed.

Sarahsaver

aspirin
calpol
cough mixture
arnica
freeze gel
homeopathic 'mini pharmacy'
bandages
plasters
aromatherapy version of vapo-rub type stuff
vaseline
inhalers
antibiotics (bought over the counter in Bulgaria for about £2)
calamine lotion
blister/corn type plasters
and so on and so on...! :eek:

lil_me

Bandages, tape, plasters, TCP and me :rotfl:

(Am qualified in First Aid including Paediatrics which helps)

Don't need tweezers, rule is if it doesn't wash out leave it in for the professionals to deal with.

Icepack is always in the freezer for DPs ankle. Medicine cupboard is seperate which has all the medications, treatments, oils etc in.

Crazychik

lil_me wrote:

Bandages, tape, plasters, TCP and me :rotfl:

(Am qualified in First Aid including Paediatrics which helps)

Don't need tweezers, rule is if it doesn't wash out leave it in for the professionals to deal with.

Icepack is always in the freezer for DPs ankle. Medicine cupboard is seperate which has all the medications, treatments, oils etc in.

Totally agree ref tweezers, I only use them if there is ever need for the steri-strips to be used again! They can be fiddly little blighters!

shinydriver

I have a red/maroon flannel as small children find blood scary and it just dissapears on that.

Also please don't rely on carrier bags as sick bags in the car. I recently found out that the breathing holed let more fluid out than you would imagine! :eek: