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What should
a first aid kit
contain?

 

There can be many kinds of first aid kits. At home and in school the first aid kits are not the same as those found in hospitals or in the locker room of a sports club, though there should be a little of everything at hand in the kit.

What should a school first aid kit contain?

A first aid kit in school, or in summer camp, or for going on excursions, among others, should contain:

   Medicines
  • Analgesics (aspirin, paracetamol or ibuprofen for pain)
  • Antifever medication
  • Antidiarrheic drugs
  • Cough medicine (syrup or tablets for cough)
  • Antiallergic medicines
  • Mucolytic formulations and expectorants
  • Pharyngeal antiseptics (for sore throat)
  • Antiseptic eye drops
  • Ointment (for sores without open wounds)
  • Antiseptic solution

    In the case of summer camp first aid kits, it is very useful to also include:
  • Insect repellants
  • Sunscreens
  • Products for water treatment
THE MEDICINES SHOULD BE STORED IN THEIR CORRESPONDING CONTAINER, AND EXPIRED MEDICINES SHOULD BE DISCARDED.
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   Health care material
  • Alcohol
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Sterile gauze compresses
  • Gauze bandages (of different sizes)
  • Elastic bandages
  • Tape
  • Band aids
  • Thermometer
  • Tweezers
  • Round-tipped scissors
   Emergency telephone
   numbers
  • Emergency Service of the nearest hospital
  • Ambulance service
  • Toxicological information
  • Fire brigade
  • Local Police
  • Civil Guard
  • National police
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A first aid kit should NEVER contain:

  • Expired medicines
  • Poorly preserved or identified medicines (broken cap, without a name, without the corresponding insert, etc.).
  • A thermometer that doesn’t work
  • Rusty scissors or tweezers

 

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