What's in your first aid kit?

[briggsy's girl]

i have dodgy ankles and wrist (surgery on one ankle and wrist, the other ankle is very prone to injury). not a lot of sport stuff, but definitely the potential for injuries with my clumsy self!

i guess i'm looking at it as first aid/general home/car medical needs - i'm not afraid of taking care of injuries that happen that don't necessarily need medical treatment, just want to make sure i've got the bits that i need kwim?

[Mother Goose]

i'd honestly just get a couple of the two main sizes and a couple of smaller ones (for DD or fingers). If you need a heavy bandage get one of the Elastoplast sport ones (they last FOOOOOREEEEEEEVER!) and provide good support. Don't forget gauze.

One thing I wished for not long ago was telfa. DD sliced her thumb and I didn't have anything non-stick to put on it under the bandage... and my 3 local pharmacies had nothing either...

[DANNIIM]

I used to restock first aid kits and the most used items are the antiseptic swabs don't bother with tubes it can get unhygienic and also make sure there are some alcohol swabs in there. I also like to have good quality band aids and dressings too.

[Ms_Fi]

There was a stabbing at our local shops a few weeks back and I was the only person who had a 1st aid kit and any kind of idea what to do

For me the most important things were gloves (I keep extra in the glove box of the car), clean towels, a good thick non fluffy blanket and a torch. It took almost 20 mins for the police to arrive and another 10 for the ambulance so being able to safely try and staunch the blood flow and keep him warm was really important. My general 1st aid kit wouldn't have been any use to me except for the gloves.

[briggsy's girl]

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One thing I wished for not long ago was telfa. DD sliced her thumb and I didn't have anything non-stick to put on it under the bandage... and my 3 local pharmacies had nothing either...

we have quite a stash of melolin - is that similar? it has a non-stick surface
also have things like bactigras/jelonet and adaptic from treating DH's wounds
gauze, combine pads etc
dressings trays
saline

have grabbed one of those silver blankets for each car
we always have towels and blankets in the car as well

[Frangipani Lou]

I like to keep a resuscitation type mask in there too or a mini one if available to do resuscitation.

[HotI]

a few more random type things for car first aid kit:

if you would be comfortable to give cpr to a stranger, adding a cpr mask to your car kit could be useful. (ETA: snap Frangipani. i was too slow to reply)

maybe putting $20 in there too in case of emergency.

some jelly beans or snakes

panadol (if kids can't open/access the kit)

[briggsy's girl]

i always have pain killers in my bag for adults - i'd be wary of keeping kids stuff in there in case of it over heating on a hot day) - i also always have lollies of some sort (usually barley sugar) both in the car and in my bag

funny you mentioned the cpr mask - they had them on the site i was buying from had them in a little plastic case, so i grabbed one for each of the cars. didn't worry about home - i figure if someone is here they're either family or someone i've invited into the house so i'll suffer the contact factor! i know the local chemist has them so i might get one for the house anyway - i guess it's not such an issues to have it in a plastic case if we're at home...

[Shanti]

Don't know, haven't looked!! Lol! But it's a trafalgar first aid expensive one cost about $60 so we figure it's got enough stuff should we ever need it.