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This document provides guidance on assembling and maintaining an effective first aid kit. It lists the basic supplies, medications, and emergency items that should be included. Key items are adhesive tape, bandages, antiseptic, gloves, medications for pain/allergies/diarrhea, emergency contact information, and a first aid manual. The kit should be stored in an easily accessible but secure location, and its contents should be replaced every three months.

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First Aid

This document provides guidance on assembling and maintaining an effective first aid kit. It lists the basic supplies, medications, and emergency items that should be included. Key items are adhesive tape, bandages, antiseptic, gloves, medications for pain/allergies/diarrhea, emergency contact information, and a first aid manual. The kit should be stored in an easily accessible but secure location, and its contents should be replaced every three months.

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First aid

Efectively to common injuries and emergencies. Keep at home and car. Store your kits in easy-to-retrieve locations that are out of the reach of young children. Children old enough to understand the purpose of the kits should know where they are stored. Contents of a first-aid kit should include: Basic supplies 1. Adhesive tape 2. Antibiotic ointment 3. Antiseptic solution or towelettes 4. Bandages, including a roll of elastic wrap (Ace, Coban, others) and bandage strips (Band-Aid, Curad, others) in assorted sizes 5. Instant cold packs 6. Cotton balls and cotton-tipped swabs 7. Disposable latex or synthetic gloves, at least two pair 8. Duct tape 9. Gauze pads and roller gauze in assorted sizes 10. First-aid manual 11. Petroleum jelly or other lubricant 12. Plastic bags for the disposal of contaminated materials 13. Safety pins in assorted sizes 14. Scissors and tweezers 15. Soap or instant hand sanitizer 16. Sterile eyewash, such as a saline solution 17. Thermometer 18. Triangular bandage 19. Turkey baster or other bulb suction device for flushing out wounds

Medications 1. Activated charcoal (use only if instructed by your poison control center) 2. Aloe vera gel 3. Anti-diarrhea medication 4. Over-the-counter oral antihistamine, such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl, others) 5. Aspirin and nonaspirin pain relievers (never give aspirin to children) 6. Calamine lotion 7. Over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream 8. Personal medications that don't need refrigeration 9. If prescribed by your doctor, drugs to treat an allergic attack, such as an autoinjector of epinephrine (EpiPen, Twinject, others) 10. Syringe, medicine cup or spoon Emergency Items 1. Emergency phone numbers, including contact information for your family doctor and pediatrician, local emergency services, emergency road service providers and the regional poison control center 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Medical consent forms for each family member Medical history forms for each family member Small, waterproof flashlight and extra batteries Candles and matches Sunscreen Emergency space blanket First-aid instruction manual Give your kit a checkup Check your first-aid kits regularly, at least every three months, to be sure the flashlight batteries work and to replace supplies that have expired.

References How to prevent medical emergencies. American College of Emergency Physicians. http://www.emergencycareforyou.org/EmergencyManual/HowToPreventMedi calEmergencies/Default.aspx?id=144&terms=first+aid+kit. Accessed March 13, 2012. Anatomy of a first aid kit. American Red Cross. http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/lifeline/fakit.html. Accessed March 13, 2012. Basic disaster supplies kit. FEMA/DHS Ready Campaign. http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit. Accessed March 13, 2012. AskMayoExpert. What is the treatment for acute ingestions? Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2011.

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