Content of a First Aid Box or Kit varies depending on the location when the first aid box is to be kept. For example, the content of a fist aid box at home, would definitely vary if not much, a little from that kept in the office, a work site or and industrial base organization.
Listed below is a full list of items that can be found or kept in a first aid box/kit.
- 1% hydrocortisone cream
- Activated charcoal (only use if instructed by the poison control center)
- Adhesive tape (waterproof and stretchable)
- Antacid (liquid)
- Antibiotic ointment or cream
- Antihistamine cream
- Aspirin, acetaminophen and ibuprofen
- Benadryl (generic Diphenhydramine)
- Bulb syringe
- Butterfly bandages
- Calamine lotion
- Clean cloths and tissues
- Commercial Band-Aid bandages
- Cotton-tipped swabs
- Digital thermometer and rectal thermometer for babies less than one year old
- Disposable CPR face mask
- Disposable self-activating cold and hot packs
- Elastic bandage rolls
- Emergency candle and waterproof matches
- Ephinephrine auto-injection kit (if prescribed by doctor)
- Extra bandage clips
- Extra prescribed medications (such as inhalers)
- Hand sanitizer
- Large foil-lined bandage
- Magnifying glass
- Medicine spoon (transparent tube marked with typical dosage amounts)
- Penlight
- Povidone-iodine solution
- Regular adhesive bandages (multiple sizes)
- Safety pins
- Scissors (the sharp, angular style with rounded end)
- Small pad of paper and pencil
- Small paper cups
- Space blanket
- Sterile cotton balls
- Sterile disposable gloves
- Sterile eye patches
- Sterile eye wash solution
- Sterile gauze (pads and rolls)
- Tooth-preservation kit
- Triangular bandages
- Tweezers
- Whistle
reference used for full list of items: The Everything First Aid Book by Chadi Nassar
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