Simple guidelines to make a first aid kit for your home.
It is important to keep a well-stocked first aid kit handy and in a convenient location near your pool area. Make sure that everyone in your family knows where the first aid kit is stored in case of an emergency.
The Red Cross recommends that all first aid kits for a family of four include the following items:
- Two absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)
- 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)
- One adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)
- Five antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)
- Five antiseptic wipe packets
- Two packets of aspirin (81 mg each)
- One blanket (space blanket)
- One breathing barrier (with one-way valve)
- One instant cold compress
- Two pairs of nonlatex gloves (size: large)
- Two hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
- Scissors
- One roller bandage (3 inches wide)
- One roller bandage (4 inches wide)
- Five sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches)
- Five sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)
- Oral thermometer (non-mercury/non-glass)
- Two triangular bandages
- Tweezers
- First aid instruction booklet
For more information, visit the American National Red Cross.