First Aid Kit - What's in yours?

Pandora123_2

Sarahsaver wrote:

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:

Sarahsaver... what is in your homeopathic mini pharmacy and also what is the aromatherapy version of vapo-rub?

ka7e

My DD is a trained First Aider and has a very comprehensive first aid kit (kept in her car). Her "extras" include heat and cold packs, a large burns dressing, CPR mouth guard and face shield, foil blankets and eye wash vials. She also keeps a large bottle of water in the car, a torch, hi-vis waistcoat and disposable plastic gloves.
She drives quite a lot and often sees emergency services attending accidents - she's just paranoid about being first on the scene and not being properly equipped to help.

Sarahsaver

Pandora123 wrote:

Sarahsaver... what is in your homeopathic mini pharmacy and also what is the aromatherapy version of vapo-rub?

The vapu-rub type stuff is a tisserand aromatherapy one which i have had for ages, it was from boots. It is a lot less 'harsh' than the standard things like this but it is as effective.
The homeopathic pharmacy is a little box with 24 of the commonest remedies, which are fine as long as you know enough about homeopathy to use them correctly;) I won that in a competition, it has been v useful, especially for the children;)

HoneyPie_2

Hi Everyone,

My Pantry has a shelf overflowing full of 'off the shelf' medicines... for example - flu remedies, calpol, pain killers, vitamins.. plasters, lotion of when DS had chickenpox etc etc. I am wanting to reduce this shelf to a medicine box - and wonder what other people would 'never be without' so I can use this as a basis for my 'staple medicine'.

We have no regular medicines, and despite how it sounds, very rarely suffer from colds etc etc..

Any ideas would be great !.

Thank you! :A

Pink.

Hi honeypie,

There's an older thread with lots of ideas that should help so I've added your post to it to keep all the suggestions together.

Pink

celyn90

My work-issued first aid kit (that lives under my desk) contains:

dressing scissors, triangular bandage, plasters
Sterile face shield for resusitation, plus it's little portable equivalent
Emrgency aid booklet
eye patch
Finger bob bandages
safety pins
Gloves
antispetic wipes
sterile dressings in various sizes

I also have a biohazard bag and a portable sharps bin in mine, but these aren't standard issue. Other stuff specialist stuff like saline and calcium gluconate is available depending on what we are doing.

My home kit contains all of the above plus:
tweezers
biohazard bag
pound coin
antihistamines
over the counter pain killers (various)
Glycerine
thraot tablets
rehydration sachets
condoms, tampons, sanitary towels
paper bag
burns dressings
Saline eye wash in vials
various other bits like DEET, which don't get used often, but at least I know where they are!

In my handbag I carry a small plastic pocket that contains:
Small portable face shield
plasters
plastic gloves
small would dressing
Antiseptic wipe
Aspirin

HoneyPie_2

Celyn90 - Sounds like an organised FA Kit! !

Can I ask - Why a pound coin ?

vanoonoo

I think tea tree oil is a great must have and I always take some with me when I travel along with a pair of tweezers. between the two of those I could take on the world if necessary lol

Sarahsaver

Oh yes and a regular clearout to find things which have gone off/past their date is essential. And a sign the kids are getting bigger - soluble paracetamol has replaced the calpol :eek:
I have a rescussitation mask too from a first aid course but i dont take it out anywhere, and anyway would not use it at home as that would only be my nearest and dearest or people I know anyway.
The old fashioned bronchial mixture works a treat on kids who are milking it a bit and as we know there is no remedy for the cold, but that stuff stops them asking for medicine LOL;)

pigpen

ooh.. am I meant to have one??

I have a bottle of medised (actually.. no I don't the girls finished it off when they had a cold a couple of weeks ago).. half a bottle of tixylix.. half a bottle of nurofen.. a bottle of syrup of figs.. and 3 boxes of homeopathic remedies and my friendly neighbourhood homeopath 500 miles up the road.. and a bottle of vermox.. I don't like worms!

Do I need more?

I don't have plasters.. and I don't have steristrips.. and I don't have creams or potions or anything..

ooh.. I have my 2 stretchy knee supports and my wrist splint for my RSI.