Preparing Your First-Aid Kit

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.

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