Just looking for any suggestions for a good First Aid Kit for the new PUP
We are a Family of 5, DW and I and 3 children, ages 15, 13, and 8
Places to buy or order would be helpful
start out with a lot of band aids, some insect bit stuff, tweezers, scissors, if you live in the part of the country or camping in the country where there is poison ivy, or poison oak, get stuff for that too. I'm sure someone will add to this list.
One of the best useful first aid kits I've ever bought was a Wal-Mart Ozark Trail one. Seemed to be better than any of the Johnson & Johnson ones I'd bought previously.
Sams Club sells a nice first aide kit. It opens up to hang on a door or in a closet. It has a little of everything. I add extra tylenol, bandaids, first aid cream etc. to mine. It is a great starter kit for about $20. Also great for the trunk of your car....
I got a large make-up back and put my own together with things we normally use around the house. It seems that most of the ones put together was filled with cheap bandaids. Don't forget a wrap in case someone strains an ankle when hiking. That's experience talking...
Pam
2007 Coachmen Captiva 245DS
2007 Toyota Tundra double cab 5.7-liter V8
One DH
two DS's (one left at home still in school)
two very spoiled camping dogs
I found a list of what was needed in a good first aid kit and made my own. I put in more bandaids than called for. And than I added medicine which we have needed more than the first aid supplies.
A small one goes with us whenever we hike.
Adequate supplies for many of the items can come from the Dollar Tree and similar stores but they seldom have good bandaids.
I found a make up case that everything will fit in. The case come in the house whenever we come home because I do not feel the heat in an unairconditioned or cold in an unheated trailer would be good for tape or medicine.
I'm a nurse and nothing much fazes me. I find that I really don't need most of the stuff you'd find in a standard first aid kit, so I made my own. My car FA kit has hand sanitizer,bandaids,a couple of large bandaids for abrasions, tweezers, sting stick, tylenol,thermometer and benedryl. It's small because we rarely need to do more that bandage a scrape or take a temp when we're tooling around town.
The trailer kit is larger because when we go out we're usually in the woods,farther from medical care. It has tylenol, advil, benedryl, immodium, tweezers, bandaids of various sizes,tape, gauze,hand sanitizer, wipes,calamine lotion, sting stick, ACE wrap, instant-cool ice packs, saline eye drops, epi-pen (for me),and Diastat (for my son's seizures.) I can cure about 95% of what ails you with that kit and anything else needs a real doctor!
Of course, we have a saying in our house--"it's not a real vacation until somebody goes to the hospital." Let me count them, lessee...there's Pensacola, Las Vegas, Niceville (twice!), Blairsville, Pigeon Forge, Poulsbo, yep I think that's it for now.
"Those who dwell...among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life."--Rachel Carson, environmentalist, 1956
Look for a First Responders Kit. They have much more then the regular type FA kit.
The one I carry has scissors, gauze of all kinds, a mask for CPR, eye wash, tape and many other items that may come in handy some day.
Don't let the name fool you. The lower-end 1st Responders kits are really glorified First Aide kits --nothing too high tech that requires special training. The bag mine came in has extra space for more add-ins.
I have used the eye wash on a fishing trip for a friend who got dirt in his eye and many large gauze pads and tape to patch up a big gash in my shin from a piece of glass that "jumped" out of a garbage bag. It required 8 stitches when I got to the hospital.
Maybe look over some web sites and look at the contents of their kits to decide what you might want and build your own.
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