First-aid kits are only intended for emergency use. If use other times, you may find yourself without the supplies you actually need.

Here is suggestion for making up your kit:

• Sterile gauze square, 3” 3”, in packages adhesive tape, 1” width
• Burn ointment, one one tube
• Aromatic spirits of ammonia
• Tourniquet
• Bandage scissor
• Antiseptic solution {such as Merthiolate}
• Splinter forceps {tweezers}
• Roller bandages, 1” and 2” wide
• Mineral oil, or castor oil, for use in eyes triangular red cross bandage, made from any cloth, 36” square Absorbent cotton, sterile.

Do not keep your first-aid kit with the regular medical supplies in your medicine chest. It is far better to have the first-aid kit in a different place. These materials should be kept in an airtight, metal container, plainly marked for use in a time of real emergency. Be sure you know where to find your first-aid kit in a hurry. It would also be well to have an extra first-aid kit in your car, if you travel very much on the highways. You never know when it may be needed.