wildgarlic
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What's in your first aid kit??Currently nursing a sore finger as I burnt it on the hob ring - have done the cold water thing for 10 mins and have dropped some lavender on it but it's so very sore. Anyway - it got me thinking about first aid kits and how inadequate mine is. I'm hoping for find some hints and tips for keeping mine up to standard and I reckoned that the good old Neepsters would have some ideas to share.
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lachlanandmarcus
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Im afraid my human first aid kit consists of some plasters, the weird shaped bandages that are always left over as they dont conform to any part of the anatomy and some Savlon and Waspeze. The horsebox first aid kit for the nags on the other end is about 10 times the size and would enable me to perform open heart surgery...........says it all really!
I'll just have to treat any ailments I have with Purple Spray and Bute!
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Julie
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We should start a list of essentials that can be added to - like the birthday list.
Besides the obvious plasters, Savlon and ointment, how about;
An eye bath
Thermometer
tweezers
Electrolite powders (esp if you have chidren or old folks)
elastic bandages in two sizes
Piriten
Soluble paracetamol and Calpol (if you have kids or grandchildren)
Soluble Aspirin (an aspirin under the tongue can give a person having a heart attack extra life saving minutes before the emergency services get to them.)
Something for wasp and bee stings - unless you keep lemon juice and soap handy.
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Sassinak
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I always have peroxide to clean wounds with.
I've found rolls of plaster essential to keep bandages etc on kids. Actually they do really good sort of sticky elastic bandages for horses which I have used on people 
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Townie
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How about the stuff you can buy to paint/spray over burns that keeps the air out... cant remember what its called tho
Sachets of Hangover stuff..... Resolve!
I'm good with names eh 
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monkey nuts
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To add to the list
Vent aid (maybe that's more about my job than basic first aid :?
Non woven swabs
Mepore
Cotton buds
cold (ice) pack
soothing and antiseptic wipes
Melolin
Finger dressing with bandage
I think I am fairly prepared 
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IainC
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All you really need it toilet paper and sellotape (well it's what I've used at work before when I've cut myself )
Think we've got a fair selection of potions and ointments in our first aid box (couple of LARGE Roses tins ). Really need to sort something a bit better out for it though.
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wildgarlic
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I'm definitely going to keep a bottle of lavender in mine... what a difference it made to the blister from the burn. Apparently you shouldn't use it if the skin is broken but it's almost healed already.
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lor138
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We have quite an extensive first aid kit including an army first field dressing for soaking up a pint of blood if shot (don't ask!!!)  , spray on stuff for burns which is brilliant, herbal roll on for stings and bites, every size and type of plaster and dressing imaginable which is also kept for the dogs, bandages, paracetamol, brufen, thermometer, rennies (essential!!) and antiseptic cream amongst other things!!
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IainC
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Got to say that with the new fire front (well it's a couple of years old now) I get a lot more burns chucking logs in. Can't say I really bother doing anything with them. Quick run under the tap at most.
Worst one recently was when I was using a soldering iron to sort the kids microphones and I dropped it... caught it before it hit anything (was about to land on the power cable) but although I caught it on the plastic body my pinky caught it on the metal and it blistered the skin fairly quickly.
Not something for the first aid kit, but did wonder where you could get a decent pair of fire proof gloves for using at the first to avoid issues in the future.
Back OT now, although we have plasters, etc I don't think we really have any dressings, etc and certainly don't have (to my knowledge) anything for washing out eyes, etc which I don't think anyone here has mentioned either.
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kimmie
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shouldnt have any pills in a first aid kit...you dont know if the person is allergic to them...unless its family of course
and the spray plaster is a no no too....gets into the wounds and hard to get off.
aloe vera gel
T Tree oil
Lavender oil
gauze
triangular bandage
sissors
safety pins
crepe bandages
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