First Aid Kits

When thinking of first aid kits, many a person will usually envision a bandage and perhaps a bit of Aspirin. While these items most certainly have their places in a well stocked first aid kit, it is important to realize that a camping first aid kit is designed differently and with different needs in mind that a soccer first aid kit. Wise parents will not leave home without some first aid kit supplies and while it is true that not everyone has a bona fide kit in place, the fact of the matter dictates that accidents will happen and if you are prepared, little accidents and problems will not spoil your fun.

For example, if your child is playing soccer, your first aid kit checklist should include cooling packs. Should the child get kicked in the leg or stumble and fall, such a cooling pack could be the difference between a hurting, crying child that is quickly beginning to evidence a swollen leg, and a child that is only temporarily upset but who – because of the quick response of adults who had well stocked first aid kits available – is able to continue to watch the game with a cooling pack put on her or his leg.

There are several federal laws on first aid kits by various government agencies that want to ensure that in the workplace, in the car, and even in nurseries there are sufficient materials available to put safety first. In addition to occupational health and safety act first aid kit, travel first aid kits and also baby first aid kits, there are the lesser known horse and K-9 first aid kits which help animals most often in human company to get relief when injuries or accidents occur.

What should be in a first aid kit is often hotly debated, and if you take everyone’s suggestion, your first aid kit contents would rival that of an apothecary. Organizers of first aid kit fundraiser events usually stress that the items in a first aid kit need to be in line with the location of the first aid kits and the occasions that will happen when these kits are about. Thus, sports first aid kits will be vastly different from animal first aid kits, which again will be different from kits kept in cars.

As you shop for the contents of your kit, think about any special needs you may have, then think of the accidents and injuries that occur while you have the kit with you, and then include some common sense items, such as headache and pain medication, scissors, tweezers, matches and a candle, and paper towels and baby wipes.