UR/paranoid to want life saving items at home?

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Do you keep emergency items at home? If so to what extent?

For example I keep a medical kit in my car with everything I can possibly think of inside. It wasn’t cheap but for some reason I feel much better knowing it’s there for anybody to use in case of an accident.

I want to buy a life vac for the home and for the car, DP thinks I’m overboard.

ive also considered getting things life life straws, stock piling certain foods and water, having a supply of fuel, a generator etc. (appreciate this isn’t common but can’t be a bad thing?)

no real reason. I just think why not? Money isn’t tight and they may not be things you NEED but they’re things you’d be damn well glad of if you ever did need them. DP thinks I’m losing the plot. AIBU?

I never think about this stuff. I probably should.

I don't even have a first aid kit. If your emergency is more than a cut finger or an insect bite, you've had it around here!
I've no idea what a life vac is but is sounds expensive for something that will likely never be used.

No I’ve seen posts like this on here a few times recently but of the things I worry about (which are vast) this doesn’t fit into it. The most I’ve done is make sure we have matches and batteries in the torch. I think the risk with some of those things is that they sit in your garage (or where ever) for 20 years and when you might come to use them they may not even work unless you make sure you’re testing them etc which id forgot to do

Also I had to google life vacs and just a glance shows they aren’t recommended….?

I have a first aid kit in the car. It has plasters, paracetamol/calpol, indigestion tables, antibacterial wipes, cool pack & a bandage.

Great for if one of the kids falls down in the park or someone feels slightly ill. Totally useless in a car accident

No. It isn't a good idea to have a supply of fuel at home unless it is stored very very carefully and you'd probably be better off with solar panels and an ASHP than a generator.

You would be better off doing a first aid course to learn about back slaps and abdominal thrusts rather than relying on a medical device you're not familiar with deploying.

Don't keep fuel at home.

A small first aid kit is a good idea, see my first point.

IDK what a life straw is, sorry.

There is a "preppers" board https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/preppers

You might find some useful advice there.

I’m a nurse and don’t even have a first aid kit. I’ve got some plasters in the cupboard.

Agree with a pp you’d be better off doing a first aid course and learning basic CPR.

Do you have a link to say life vacs are not recommended? They’re highly recommended where I am

I’d never even heard of them.

I agree with your DH, what's wrong with doing a first aid course ? If someone is choking it needs to be dealt with now this second, not when you've gone to the cupboard/car whatever.

I'm a first aider and have a first aid kit in the kitchen and another in the boot of the car. I keep a basic resus mask, gloves and a couple of aspirin in my bag. Total cost was about £30

Anything beyond that, I can improvise if it proves necessary.

Where are you? There’s a big difference between living in the uk and living in say tornado alley in the USA?

I'm a clinician and haven't used anything beyond some steristrips, swabs and a bandage at home. This was for a neighbour who badly cut her hand.

I didnt purchase any more so now have none left. It is useful - perhaps I should get some things. No idea what a life vac/straws are though?

Have done mandatory Basic Life Support every year for the last 30 years and not once has Life Vac been mentioned.

It just isn't part of the management of choking.

Having all this stuff risks you messing about by yourself in a high risk situation, when you should have been focussing on calling 999 and following their advice.

As for Life Straws, where do you live that you think it is likely you will be without access to any clean water? Even when my street's taps were off for a week we just popped down to Tesco.