Required Content In a First Aid Box

A First Aid Box can be small or large containing equipment that will be use to give immediate medical help to an injured victim or someone who suddenly becomes ill should an emergency occur.

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