First Aid Kit

Jocelyne Pasman

Ok, for all those who asked... A first aid kit should contain the following:

• Emergency telephone numbers for EMS, your regional poison centre, and personal physicians. Include the home and office numbers of people who can help.
• Sterile gauze pads (dressings), in small and large squares to place over wounds (for 250 people, 48 each of 3", 4", and 2"
• Adhesive tape
• Roller and triangular bandages to hold dressings in place or to make an
• Arm sling (for 250, 12 triangulars, and 8 rolls each of 2" and 4" gauze)
• Adhesive bandages in assorted sizes (100 plastic and 100 elastoplast)
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Safety pins
• Ice bag or chemical ice pack
• Disposable gloves (BTW, throw these out when they start to yellow)
• Flashlight, with extra batteries in a separate bag
• Antiseptic wipes or soap
• Pencil and pad
• Emergency blanket
• Syrup of ipecac
• Eye patches
• Thermometer
• Coins for pay phone
• First aid manual

To this basic list, I have also added:

• Kling bandage
• Pressure dressings
• Splint and splint padding
• Ziploc bags (a million uses)
• Glucose tablets (we have diabetics)
• Epipen (6 anaphylactics on site)

Hope it's helpful!