What Your Holiday First Aid Kit Should Contain
December 7th 2011 19:26
Preparing for a holiday should be exciting and interesting. As soon as you decided where to go and for how long, remember the following:
Do Your Homework:
1. Compile a list of emergency contact telephone numbers - this include emergency services as well as family or friends. Also ensure that someone has a copy of your travel plan in case they need to contact you urgently.
2. Do research about your destination; do you need injections? How long before you leave should you be injected?
3. Prone to Allergies? Find out whether there are known allergens such as trees or other plants known for their probability to cause allergies. This is especially important for asthmatics or someone with another pulmonary disease, as having an asthma attack in a strange place may even lead to a death if you didn’t make provision for such emergencies.
4. Pay a visit to your doctor and ensure that your prescription medication will be up-to-date and sufficient to last until your return.
5. Your pharmacist is the person to inform you on over-the-counter medication you may need. Fill him in on where you are going and how long you plan to stay there.
6. Plan for enough rest and sleep during the holiday. You don’t want to come back home only to feel you need another holiday to recoup from your trip.
7. A good idea is to take bottled water with as water in many parts of the world is not safe to drink; you don’t want to develop diarrhoea because of the water you drink. Reusing plastic bottles is a no-no as bacteria may start to grow in such bottles. Rather be safe than sorry when you experience an upset tummy.
8. Make sure your first aid kit is freshly packed accidents and other mishaps do happen, be prepared.
What Should a First Aid Kit Contain
You can buy fully stocked first aid kits from your chemist or at your branch of the Red Cross or St John’s societies. If you stock your kit yourself, ensure the following is packed into a durable, easy to carry, and simple to open container. Plastic tackle boxes or art containers are ideal.
1. remoistened antiseptic wipes to use in the car or bus. These wipes work very well to refresh your face, neck and hands before stepping from a plane or car after a long trip.
2. A first-aid manual is essential but useless if nobody knows how to apply first aid instructions. Study the manual before leaving your home.
3. Different sizes sterile gauze pads.
4. Adhesive tape or safety pins to hold bandages in place.
5. Several sizes and lengths elastic bandages for sprained ankles or knees, etc.
6. Splints for bone brakes or severe injuries.
7. Antiseptic wipes for cleaning and disinfecting hands and areas around wounds.
8. Soap.
9. Antibiotic ointment.
10. Antiseptic solution (ask your pharmacist’s opinion).
11. Remember your extra prescription medications when you are going on holiday or a weekend away.
12. Tweezers to remove splinters and other small items that penetrated the skin.
13. Sharp scissors.
14. Disposable instant cold packs to treat swellings and other injuries.
15. All-purpose calamine lotion.
16. Alcohol wipes or ethyl alcohol.
17. Thermometer is essential in case of an unhealthy temperature.
18. At least 2 pairs of disposable plastic non-latex gloves.
19. Flashlight and extra batteries.
20. A light weight, warm blanket.
21. Place a copy of your contact information and your list of contact numbers in the first aid kit too.
Enjoy Your Holiday
A well-planned and organised holiday will be more enjoyable as you tried to plan ahead for likely mishaps. Apart from your camera, also have a notebook handy as there are always things you want to note down. Choose postcards carefully, ensure that that same postcard is not available in your home town, look for something really special describing your holiday surroundings.
Lastly, plan for a few days relaxing time at home before going back to work. Nothing worse than starting a new working year tired because of not spending sufficient resting time at home.
Enjoy your holiday and return safely home.
Do Your Homework:
1. Compile a list of emergency contact telephone numbers - this include emergency services as well as family or friends. Also ensure that someone has a copy of your travel plan in case they need to contact you urgently.
2. Do research about your destination; do you need injections? How long before you leave should you be injected?
3. Prone to Allergies? Find out whether there are known allergens such as trees or other plants known for their probability to cause allergies. This is especially important for asthmatics or someone with another pulmonary disease, as having an asthma attack in a strange place may even lead to a death if you didn’t make provision for such emergencies.
4. Pay a visit to your doctor and ensure that your prescription medication will be up-to-date and sufficient to last until your return.
5. Your pharmacist is the person to inform you on over-the-counter medication you may need. Fill him in on where you are going and how long you plan to stay there.
6. Plan for enough rest and sleep during the holiday. You don’t want to come back home only to feel you need another holiday to recoup from your trip.
7. A good idea is to take bottled water with as water in many parts of the world is not safe to drink; you don’t want to develop diarrhoea because of the water you drink. Reusing plastic bottles is a no-no as bacteria may start to grow in such bottles. Rather be safe than sorry when you experience an upset tummy.
8. Make sure your first aid kit is freshly packed accidents and other mishaps do happen, be prepared.
What Should a First Aid Kit Contain
You can buy fully stocked first aid kits from your chemist or at your branch of the Red Cross or St John’s societies. If you stock your kit yourself, ensure the following is packed into a durable, easy to carry, and simple to open container. Plastic tackle boxes or art containers are ideal.
1. remoistened antiseptic wipes to use in the car or bus. These wipes work very well to refresh your face, neck and hands before stepping from a plane or car after a long trip.
2. A first-aid manual is essential but useless if nobody knows how to apply first aid instructions. Study the manual before leaving your home.
3. Different sizes sterile gauze pads.
4. Adhesive tape or safety pins to hold bandages in place.
5. Several sizes and lengths elastic bandages for sprained ankles or knees, etc.
6. Splints for bone brakes or severe injuries.
7. Antiseptic wipes for cleaning and disinfecting hands and areas around wounds.
8. Soap.
9. Antibiotic ointment.
10. Antiseptic solution (ask your pharmacist’s opinion).
11. Remember your extra prescription medications when you are going on holiday or a weekend away.
12. Tweezers to remove splinters and other small items that penetrated the skin.
13. Sharp scissors.
14. Disposable instant cold packs to treat swellings and other injuries.
15. All-purpose calamine lotion.
16. Alcohol wipes or ethyl alcohol.
17. Thermometer is essential in case of an unhealthy temperature.
18. At least 2 pairs of disposable plastic non-latex gloves.
19. Flashlight and extra batteries.
20. A light weight, warm blanket.
21. Place a copy of your contact information and your list of contact numbers in the first aid kit too.
Enjoy Your Holiday
A well-planned and organised holiday will be more enjoyable as you tried to plan ahead for likely mishaps. Apart from your camera, also have a notebook handy as there are always things you want to note down. Choose postcards carefully, ensure that that same postcard is not available in your home town, look for something really special describing your holiday surroundings.
Lastly, plan for a few days relaxing time at home before going back to work. Nothing worse than starting a new working year tired because of not spending sufficient resting time at home.
Enjoy your holiday and return safely home.
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