First Aid Kit - What's in yours?

ceridwen

Have I missed it? or has anyone mentioned Tiger Balm for aches and pains?

HoneyPie_2

I asked the question originally so I could condense my medicine 'shelf' into something more manageable and less space consuming.. but now I think its going to grow haha.. I have almost made a shopping list of things I now must 'add' to our first aid kit... and thats without all the 'alternative' medicines I want to introduce ... just incase we ever need it... haha

Thanks to everyone for revealing theirs!

HoneyPie x

Tillytrotter1

Hi all

Looking at putting a first aid box together but don't want to spend a fortune. What would your essential items be? Two toddlers in the house to consider as well.

Thanks

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Washable plasters,large tube of Savlon (heals almost anything )junior asprin,Calpol.bottle of witchhazel (excellent for bruises)some gauze pads,micropore sticking plaster some cotton wool I always kept a couple of small lollypops in the first aid box as rewards for brave toddlers who had fallen over .a bump doesn't seem so bad if you have a bit of 'magic cream' (savlon) on it a big cuddle and a lollypop.My two DDs are 44 & 46 and they still have Savlon 'Magic cream' :):)

Lilyplonk

• Sticky forehead thermometer
• Calpol (or 'own brand') - age appropriate type
• Age appropriate Cough Linctus ('own brand' with nice taste)
• 'Magic' (Savlon-type) antiseptic cream
• 'Magic' antiseptic wipes
• Assorted size sealed plasters - both waterproof AND fabric - once those 'strips of plasters' are unwrapped they're no longer 'sterile' and can carry germs/bugs.
• Rehydrat sachets - for when people have tummy bugs
• Paracetamol for adults
• Antihistamine cream for bites/stings etc
• I'd also include some Calamine Lotion - though GP's don't give this out any longer. Comes in handy for soothing itchy rashes and sunburn.
  
• If your children are school-age, I'd also include something for the dreaded 'nits' - cos when it's needed, it's needed NOW!;)

oops - I took so long over that post that JackieO beat me to it.

Love the idea of the lollypops, Jackie!

Moorhen

I would also put in a little pot labelled "Fairy Dust" for when your toddlers don't actually need first aid but just need a little bit of cheering up!:)

storytime

I always kept an empty ice cream tub as a sick bowl. Once the sickness was over it was washed and recycled and another tub emptied ready for use.A nit comb is essential always used it once a week on hair with conditioner and kept the nasty nits away from 3 kids.

Steve059

Check out the British Red Cross, St. Johns Ambulance and Health & Safety Executive for the contents of their kits.

My domestic kit meets all three of their specifications for one person, my car kit for 2 to 10 persons.

PS. Strictly speaking, medicines shouldn't be included in a first aid kit. For example, antiseptic cream (ie. Savlon) contains cetrimide, and the first cases of allergic reaction to this were so severe, that they were misdiagnosed as self-harm.

Butterfly_Brain

In my first aid box:

Steri-strips (butterfly stitches)
Melolin dressings
hydrocolloid plasters for blisters
scissors
Iodine
finger dressing and applicator
safety pins
burn dressings
latex gloves
crepe bandages different sizes
gauze bandages different sizes
saline wash
plasters of varying sizes including large adhesive dressings
micropore tape
eye patch
eye pad
eye bath
2 triangular bandages
2 emergency blankets
tweezers for removing splinters
emergency tooth filling
hand sanitiser

flubberyzing

I don't have a first aid kit per se, but just a "medicine drawer" in the kitchen. I try and keep it well stocked with medicines I know I'm likely to need at some point (I know my body, and know what I suffer from), and various different types of plasters.


For instance, I know I'll always be grateful for cold and flu meds, Imodium, Motilium (for a delicate/upset tum), Strepsils & Ibuprofen. Oh, and Bonjela for mouth ulcers.