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First Aid Kit for Infants

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:42:06 +0000

If you have an infant you may need to add to the standard first aid kits. Although you should still include the usual times such as bandages, gauze, Neosporin, and alcohol wipes. You should also include gloves, ipecac syrup, infant versions of acetaminophen, antihistamine, and electrolyte solution, a digital thermometer for both rectal and ear readings, hydrocortisone, antibiotic cream, diaper rash cream, cold packs, infant fingernail clippers, medicine dropper, and eye wash. A card with your infant’s current height and weight updated every week, along with name and phone number of the child’s pediatrician, any current medications, allergies, and recent shot records. Since an infant is so much more sensitive to medication and toxic substances accurate weight is essential for giving medicine.

Include a card with the numbers for poison control and emergency numbers for your area. You should also include a recent picture of your child in the kit. In addition to the standard first aid kit all these items can help you take care of nearly any medical issue that your infant may suffer.

Always carry well equipped first aid kit to protect your camping team members

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:16:24 +0000

If you are leading an outdoor camping team, then it is your moral responsibility to safeguard the interest of the team members in all aspects. To give first aid treatment to your team members in the event of poisonous creature bite or damage to the skin during recreational activity, a well equipped first aid kit with necessary medicines should be made available. Since you are entering an unknown location where you may be attacked by hostile creatures, you need to carry a special first aid kit instead of ready made one with general medicines.

You need to visit websites which sell camping equipment and buy enough number of first aid kits depending upon the size of the camping team. Your first aid kit should be a combination of general first aid items like adhesive bandages, pain killing medicines, gauze, grade disinfectant and some life saving injections in case of bites from poisonous creatures. You can place medicines like Aspirin in the first aid kit to give immediate relief from chest pains and Epinephrine auto-injector to treat the members who suffers from sudden anaphylactic shock. In a nut shell your first aid kit should be well equipped with necessary items which will compensate the absence of a qualified medical practitioner in that remote location.

Maintaining and Updating Your Supplies

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:14:48 +0000

Once you’ve gone through the work of purchasing and storing your supplies, it’s easy to forget about them and leave them be. However, even emergency kits aren’t meant to last forever and need to be maintained. Failure to maintain your kits can leave you unprepared and make all the work you did putting them together meaningless.

First, the supplies that will probably need to be checked most frequently are the food and medicine. Check to see what the expiration dates are for both kits and make a note to replace them when those dates occur. If you have children, be sure to update their emergency clothing to the correct sizes as they grow. Also check that none of the clothing has been moth eaten or become worn out. Lastly, even if you think they are fine, do a cursory check of all your other emergency kits to make sure nothing has been tampered with or needs replacing.

Always Have a Car Safety Kit

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:40:48 +0000

With as much time as we spend commuting, have a safety kit inside your car is just as important as having one inside your home. A good car safety kit should not only include tools to do basic repairs, but a first-aid or survival kit to keep you safe in case you become stranded. Important items to have are mountable reflective lights to alert passing drivers of your presence, a road flare, a small shovel to dig your car out of the snow, an emergency blanket, and a first-aid kit.

Keep your emergency kit inside your car at all times. You never know when an emergency will pop up that will require you to administer first-aid or repair something on your car. Don’t let cost get in the way of you ensuring that you have all the necessary items, either. It’s always better to be safe than sorry.