Childminders Club: Help with small First Aid Kit contents please.......

[HellyBelly]

Hello

I'm just putting together a little first aid kit for my change bag. Silly me has the full childminders kit at home and a fairly big family one in the car but I didn't have one in my change bag which I believe I should have.

This came to light when my mindee had a nose bleed recently. I went to deal with it without gloves on (mum is fine with this but still...) and it was pointed out I should have had them on. To be honest, even if they were in my change bag I still think I would have forgotten as my thought was to rush over and help, not think about whether or not I have gloves - I know I should think about these things but I suppose I went into automatic pilot.

Anyway, I've now got the gloves in my bag aswell as plasters, small bandage, cleansing wipes.

What else should I have in this small kit?

As well as what you've put I've got tape, a medium dressing - as well as a conforming bandage, a triangular bandage and a little notebook in which I have all the names, addresses, contact numbers and gp details plus any known allergies of all my mindees - just in case!

Cheers for that, will add those to my kit

Am in middle of first aid course at the mo.

There is no mandatory list, only recommendations -

Travel Kit
Guidance notes 1
Disposable Gloves 1 pair
sterile individual wrapped plasters 6
large sterile dressing 18cm x 18cm 1
Individually wrapped triangular bandage 2
safety pins 2
individually wrapped cleansing wipes 2

Standard Kit
Guidance Notes 1
Disposable Gloves 1 pair or more
sterile individually wrapped plasters 20
medium sterile dressings 12cmx 12 cm 6
large sterile dressings 18cm x 18 cm 2
sterile eye pads 2
individually wrapped triangular bandage 4
safety pins 6

Useful Additions:
Scissors, fine-ended tweezers, gauze squares, melolin dressings, micropore tape.

I'm also using a set of index cards, 1 for each child with their contact details/allergy info to carry with me. Easier than notebook (for someone else to look at if I am incapacitated, eg car accident) as I would only have with me the cards of the children that are present.

Thanks for that!