While not everyone can be professional nurses and doctors, there should be no excuse in being fully armed and equipped when it comes to immediate care for certain accidents like suddenly getting wounded, feeling nauseous, or catching mild cold. “Sometimes when we least expect it accidents occur. Most of accidents happen because of negligence and taking precautions for granted. Dreadful things occur because of carelessness, such as death of a loved one. If people would just take necessary precautions dreadful accidents may be prevented. Accidents will probably happen but with proper mitigation the impact would probably lessen,” wrote a wordpress blogger in his article aptly titled Importance of First Aid (emergencyfirstaid.wordpress.com).
Elisse Amara, a mom from Singapore, shared how she used to buy a number of first aid boxes to give away to her friends, “Most of my friends are well-meaning people who always take their family’s welfare as the top priority. However, I noticed how most of them never talk about owning first aids, and I, being a nursing undergraduate before settling down at becoming a stay at home mom, know how important it is to always keep those alcohol, bandages, ammonia, wound cleanser, cottons, etcetera on one place in case of emergency. So, instead of giving them some fancy gifts for Christmas, I gave them a more practical ensemble of first aid supplies that they fully appreciated. For a time, I even considered venturing into becoming a supplier of first aid box myself, but my time is not enough to care for my own family. First aid kits are not just some useless décor we keep on our homes, they are there to make sure nothing worsens before a professional doctor examine a patient.” Contents of first aid kits interestingly vary for different families. Mr. Ben Green, whose 4 sons are school athletes, shared what his first aid kit must-haves are, “My boys often go home with some minor bruises from the contact sports they play. I mean, after some time, I got used to it although I must admit it was scary at first and I even thought of asking them to quit. But, as a parent, you want to support your kids too at where they excel. So I resolved to just find the means to help out and quit feeling afraid. I always read basic medical stuff and have always kept a decent pack of first aid kit that has mainly bandages, antiseptic wipes and sprays, wound cleansers of many kinds, small towels, cold compress, and alcohol, of course.” Some first aid kits are in fact bigger and has more stuff depending on the preference and need of a certain family. “When the first aid kit is for the public use the first aid kit will actually contain the basic contents of the first aid kits, like antiseptics. The first aid kits for home use or for an individual may contain specific medications such as allergic medications and other stuff that is important for the health of each family member. The first aid kits used in hospitals or ambulances contains different tools and more general medications since it complies with different situations or accidents,” further wrote the wordpress blogger of the article Importance of First Aid. Interestingly, Red Cross, through its website redcross.org, listed some important contents that a well-stocked first aid kit should have. They are the following: 2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches) 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes) 1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch) 5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram) 5 antiseptic wipe packets 2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each) 1 blanket (space blanket) 1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve) 1 instant cold compress 2 pair of nonlatex gloves (size: large) 2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each) Scissors 1 roller bandage (3 inches wide) 1 roller bandage (4 inches wide) 5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches) 5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches) Oral thermometer (non-mercury/nonglass) 2 triangular bandages Tweezers First aid instruction booklet
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