First Aide Kit Shopping List


 

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Adhesive tape and bandages

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Alcohol wipes

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Band-Aids, assorted sizes

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Bottle of distilled water (to use as an eye rinse or to clean wounds or other items)

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Coins for phone calls

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First-aid book

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Flashlight

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Gauze pads

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Instant chemical icepack

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Latex or vinyl gloves (disposable, to use in situations involving blood or other body fluids)

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List of emergency phone numbers

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Oral thermometer

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Paper drinking cups

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Plastic bags (to dispose of used materials and to collect vomitus for analysis in suspected oral poisonings)

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Pocket face mask or face shield (to use when performing mouth-to- mouth resuscitation)

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Roller gauze bandages

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Safety pins

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Scissors

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 Soap (antibacterial liquid)

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Splints

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Triangular bandages

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Tweezers

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White index cards, transparent tape, and self-closing plastic bag
(to use when removing objects such as ticks; tape the removed item to the index card, enclose it in the plastic bag, and give it to the medical professional)

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Additional supplies you may need are personal care products (for example, sanitary napkins or tampons).