Friday, March 1, 2013

FIRST AID KIT


Here's a good FIRST AID KIT to put together and keep in your home.
Maybe build another one and keep in your primary vehicle.

immodium
Aspirin
Sudafed
Ibuprofen
Pepto Bismal tabs
Alka Seltzer/Tums/Gaviscon
Visine
Benadryl
Cough drops
Water purification tablets
Electrolyte replacement - Medi-lyte tabs
Homemade electrolyte replacement:
   Baking soda
   Sugar packets
   Salt packets
   Salt substitute (for potassium)
   Drinking water (not distilled water)

Tourniquet
Butterfly bandages
Bandaids
Neosporin packets
Bottle rubbing alcohol
Bottle hydrogen peroxide
Individual alcohol pad packets
Betadine cleanser or Hibicet
Tincture of iodine
Q-tips
Cotton balls
Gauze pads
Kerlix gauze wrap
Super glue
Disposable razor
Textured cotton round pads 2.25" diameter (tubes of 100)

Vaseline
Moleskin
Bug repellent
Caladryl
Hydrocortizone
Bog Myrtle essential oil
Aloe vera gel
sunscreen
Zinc oxide nose and lip cover

Ace bandages
Kerlix gauze wrap
Duct tape
White cotton medical tape
SAM splints
Cold compress


Blowout Kit:
Several female maxi pads
QuikClot or Celox
2 each 6" Israeli Bandages
1 each Big Cinch Abdominal bandage
Distilled water for flushing wounds
Tension Pneumothorax 14gauge 3.25" needle
Nasopharyngeal airway tubes (nasal trumpet) (will need several sizes)
Sterile lubricating jelly for airway tube


TOOLS and MISCELLANEOUS
ADC medical shears
Tweezers
Hemostats
Surgical tube
Bandana
Scalpel
Razor blade
Straight needle and thread
Curved needle and thread
Needle for splinters
Surgical gloves
Safety pins
Bic lighter
Paracord
Sawyer Snake Extractor
Photon Freedom microlight flashlight
Magnifying glass
Mini multi tool - cut fish hooks
Magic marker
Mylar foil emergency blanket
Condom
Wrist blood pressure gauge
Stethoscope
Thermometer
Dental mirror
Eye magnet
Spare batteries
Bulb syringe
CPR shield mask
Disposable shaving razor
Cyalume light stick
Individual packed alcohol prep pads
Garbage bag (for cleanup and bandage disposal)
Quart zip lock bag (for severed finger or as mixing bag for electrolyte mix)
Tick Twister tick removal tool

Anything you would add?

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