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First Aide Kit Shopping List

Check with your organization for specific first aide kit requirements.

 Adhesive tape and bandages

Alcohol wipes

Band-Aids, assorted sizes

Bottle of distilled water (to use as an eye rinse or to clean wounds or other items)
Coins for phone calls
First-aid book
Flashlight
Gauze pads
Instant chemical icepack
Latex or vinyl gloves (disposable, to use in situations involving blood or other body fluids)
List of emergency phone numbers
Oral thermometer
Paper drinking cups
Plastic bags (to dispose of used materials and to collect vomitus for analysis in suspected oral poisonings)
Pocket face mask or face shield (to use when performing mouth-to- mouth resuscitation)
Roller gauze bandages
Safety pins
Scissors
Soap (antibacterial liquid)
Splints
Triangular bandages
Tweezers
White index cards, transparent tape, and self-closing plastic bag (to use when removing objects such as ticks; tape the removed item to the index card, enclose it in the plastic bag, and give it to the medical professional)
Additional supplies you may need are personal care products (for example, sanitary napkins or tampons).
 
 
 
 
 
   

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