First Aid Box....whats in yours??

[thepuddingchef]

As part of my new years drive to be more organised I thought i'd better sort my first aid box out...so far I have a half empty box of plasters......not sure as to what I really need as i'm on a budget, all the lists I have searched for on the web seem to be soooo long! Do you really need an eye bandage...just in case?
Please tell me what you have in yours
Thanks!

i've got those fabric strips that work like stitches, i think they're called Steri-strips.

Arnica or'there, there' cream, as my dd calls it!

germolene.

fabric plasters.

cotton wool.

think that's it.

oh and little plastic tube thingies of sterile saline called 'Irripods' for washing grit and muck out of wounds.

what does arnica cream do?

ice pack, piriton, burn stuff, insect stuff, bandages, plasters, scissors, eye wash stuff. paracetamol, bonjela, asprin, nicotine patches. probably more

it's a homeopathic cream for bruises. it's very gentle and soothing!

oh ok..i'll put that on my list

Plasters
Arnica cream
TCP
Burn cream
Lint free dressings
Ibuprofen
Calpol
Nurofen for kids
Migraine pills
Some old Diclofenac pills
Diarrhoea meds
Travel sickness pills
Cough medicine
Strepsils

Pretty much everything under the sun !

plasters
bite cream
burn cream
arnica
steristrips
bandages
sterile swabs
sterile absorbant pads
paracetamol
cocodamol
ibuprofen
junior paracetamol
junior ibuprofen
piriton
bongela
syringe (no needles)
Eye drops
hayfever stuff

didn't realise how much like a chemist the bathroom is

Currently an empty packet of plasters, nearly empty tubes of arnica and calendula and some lego

Our was built with travel to exotic climes in mind so we have:

Triangular bandage (for arms)
Crepe bandage
Tubular support (for wrists/ankles)
Dressing bandage
Steri-srips
Dressing pad
Sterile gauze
Micropore tape
Antiseptic wipes
Latex gloves
Syringes and needles (has to travel in hold!)
Cotton wool pads & cotton buds
Eye wash
Various plasters
Antiseptic cream
Scissors
Safety pins
Thermometer
Heat retentive blanket (those shiny foil ones)
Clove oil (for sore teeth)
Paracetamol & ibuprofen & asprin
Travel sickness tablets
Diarrhoea pills
Decongestants
Antacids
Rehydration sachets
Travel pack of antibacterial wipes
Antibacterial handwash
Arnica
Calamine lotion
Antihistamine cream
Insect repellant
Small tin of vaseline
Calpol

I feel like a travelling pharmacist! It mostly all comes home untouched - but I'll be mighty glad of it one day. It all fits into a (large) wash bag, so isn't as bad as it sounds - though DP usually whinges about lugging it around. I have also on occasion at the end of a holiday gifted most of the content to small clinics (talking 3rd world here) where they are often desperate for stuff.

I was just feeling totally inadequate by everyones lists then I spotted you seeker....at least i'm not the only one
I am going to sort it out though!
Lionstar very impressed with your list, we won't be travelling any further than bognor I would imagine though

you obviously travel a lot lionstar......how old are you dc and where do you travel to?

Plasters of every shape and size including some with butterflies on them

Steri strips

Arnica

Big cotton pad things as I fear cotton wool

All the usual medicines and lotions and potions.

I have most of the above bits and bobs and also:

lavender oil
tea tree oil
antiseptic wipes
tixylix various
indigestion tablets (dh calls them "fart pills" )

...and in my handbag I have:
plasters
antiseptic wipes
arnica
eyewash
calpol sachets
tweezers
savlon

waterproof plasters
antiseptic wipes
calpol sachets
savlon cream
bandage
tweezers
some cream i can't pronounce which is aparently for bites/ stings and mild burns
teething powders for ds
baby neurofen
paracetamol
rennies

that's it!

pudding - sadly since the arrival of DD (nearly 2) we have rather curtailed our exploring and gone for the sea & sun variety. I probably should cull some of the kit (I was being overzealous with it anyway - at least according to DP)! We have in the past trekked around the US, Canada, Peru, Nepal, Egypt, Turkey & a fair bit of Europe. We're hoping to get back to being more adventurous when LO is a bit older (and can stay with my Mum )

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