Know What You Need in Your Car's First Aid Kit
We are all faced with accidents in the road. An important factor is to provide timely first aid. This requires a responsible approach to buy first aid kit in your car. First aid is something that can save a life in the nick of time.
Steps
- Understand what's in the first aid kit.
- A first aid kit is an emergency kit, where it's used in a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment.
- It should consist of medicines that are usually used in saving lives or in serious injuries.
- Buy a box. Look for a waterproof box to make it your first aid box. Make sure you bring one that is big enough to carry all you need in emergencies.
- Put what you need for a day. If you ever got stuck in your car, no police is around, and it's nighttime, you will need some stuff. Pack a flashlight, some canned beans, three large bottles of water, 30$ cash, and a blanket.
- If you have a small kid with you, put some small toys, milk, and few diapers.
- Put bandages. Put elbow and knee plastic bandages "2 x 4", fingertip fabric bandages, knuckle fabric bandages, adhesive plastic bandages 3/4" x 3", and junior adhesive plastic bandages 3/8" x 1-1/2".
- Put damage pads and tablets. Put alcohol cleansing pads, insect sting relief pads, sterile eye pads, gauze dressing pads 2" x 2", trauma pads 5" x 9", motion sickness tablets, and ibuprofen.
- Put stuff which treat any possible burns or injuries. Put butterfly wound closures (medium), moleskin squares "2 x 2", finger splint "6 x 3/4", first aid tape roll 1/2" x {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}, and first aid/burn cream packs.
- Put stuff that helps during accidents. Put a police distress flag, accident report form, cotton tipped applicators, exam quality vinyl gloves, and antiseptic cleansing wipes (sting free).
Tips
- Compose a well-equipped first aid kit is not so expensive and does not require much effort. Traveling to online shops you can compare prices and completeness of kits. When you buy medications, it is important to know where the shelf life expires. If you do not have all the medicine needed from the proposed kit, you can save buying first aid kit for two with a friend.
- If you have all these tools in your auto first aid kit, you can always provide first aid in emergency situations.
Things You'll Need
- Call police distress flag
- Accident report form
- Cotton tipped applicators
- Exam quality vinyl gloves
- Antiseptic cleansing wipes (sting free)
- Alcohol cleansing pads
- First aid/burn cream packs
- Insect sting relief pads
- Ibuprofen (tablets)
- Motion sickness tablets
- Adhesive plastic bandages 3/4" x 3"
- Junior adhesive plastic bandages 3/8" x 1-1/2"
- Fingertip fabric bandages
- Knuckle fabric bandages
- Elbow & knee plastic bandages 2" x 4"
- Butterfly wound closures , medium
- 2" x 2" Moleskin squares
- Finger splint 6" x 3/4"
- 1/2" x {{safesubst:#invoke:convert|convert}}. First aid tape roll
- Gauze dressing pads 2" x 2"
- Trauma pads 5" x 9"
- Sterile eye pads
