First Aid Kit List
Home kit:
A household first aid kit should include these items:
1. Ziploc bag - as a container for contaminated articles, can become an ice pack.
This an also be your container for the whole kit
2. Exam gloves - for infection protection, also to make into ice packs when filled
with water and frozen
3. Adhesive tape
4. Coflex
5. 4" x 4" sterile gauze pads -- for covering and cleaning wounds, as a soft eye
patch.
6. 2", 3", and 4" Ace bandages -- for wrapping sprained or strained joints, for
wrapping gauze on to wounds, for wrapping on splints.
7. Adhesive bandages (all sizes). Band-aids are always a hot item!
8. Non-adhesive pads (Telfa) - for covering wounds and burns
9. CPR app
10. Safety pins (large and small) - for splinter removal and for securing bandana
slings
11. Scissors
12. Triangular bandage -- as a sling, towel, tourniquet. Easy route: Get bandanas.
13. Tweezers - for splinter or stinger or tick removal
14. Common medications: tylenol, ibuprofen, aspirin (never give aspirin to kids under
10)
15. Oral antihistamines - diphenhydramine (Benadryl causes drowsiness) or
loratadine (Claritin and Zyrtec don’t cause drowsiness) -- for allergic reactions,
itching rashes.
16. Anesthetic spray or lotion (Calamine) -- for itching rashes and insect bites
17. Polysporin antibiotic cream - to apply to simple wounds. For families with
allergies, get Bacitracin - antibiotic cream least likely to cause a reaction.
18. Family-specific meds: insulin, epi-pen
Travel First Aid Kit Essentials
Please take out prohibited items if you’re flying!
A travel first aid kit may contain these items:
1. Ziploc bags
2. Exam gloves
3. Adhesive tape
4. Adhesive bandages (all sizes)
5. 4" x 4" sterile gauze pads
6. Non-adhesive wound pads (Telfa)
7. Book on first aid
8. Cigarette lighter -- to sterilize instruments and to be able to start a fire in the
wilderness (to keep warm and to make smoke to signal for help, for examples)
9. Small flashlight
10. Knife (small Swiss Army-type)
11. Safety pins (large and small)
12. Scissors
13. Thermometer
14. Tweezers
15. Moleskin -- to apply to blisters or hot spots
16. Insect repellant
17. Nasal spray decongestant -- for nasal congestion from colds or allergies
18. Antacid -- for indigestion
19. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or loratadine (Claritin) -- oral antihistamine
20. Cough medication
21. Antidiarrheal (Imodium, Pepto-Bismol, for example)
22. Antiseptic agent (small bottle liquid soap) -- for cleaning wounds and hands
23. Aspirin -- for mild pain, heart attack
24. Ibuprofen (Advil is one brand name) and acetaminophen (tylenol)
25. Polysporin antibiotic ointment (or bacitracin)
26. Oral decongestant
27. Personal medications and items - LABELED