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!