Previously, we discussed about the importance of home first-aid as well as some of the most basic yet important tips when dealing with minor scrapes at home.

Today, we’ll work on building our own home first-aid kit and its most essential contents.

Most Important Contents

The items listed here should be the most important things that we need to add in the kit we’re building. Home first-aid kits should contain supplies that should be able to treat minor injury on the get go. No first-aid kits should be without any of the following

1. First-Aid manual – this is very important as this will serve as your guide in administering the correct first-aid procedure required in a particular situation.

2. sharp scissors – for cutting bandages/gauzes into strips

3. medical gloves – to ensure you don’t get cuts/scrapes infected

4. safety pins – for holding bandages/gauzes in place

5. tweezers – for removing splinters

6. alcohol wipes

7. thermometer

8. clean blankets

9. flashlight with fresh batteries

10. emergency contact number

11. soap

For Cuts/Scrapes

1. antiseptic wipes

2. sterile gauze pads in different sizes

3. adhesive tapes and bandages

4. antibiotic ointment

Burns

1. hot/cold packs

2. burn gels or aloe vera creams

3. ibuprofen – to ease the pain

4. sterile gauzes – to prevent blisters from getting in contact with clothing and prevent accidental breaking

Strains/Sprains

1. triangular bandages

2. elastic bandages

3. splint wood

With these supplies gathered ahead on time and strategically place in your preferred area of the house, you should now be able to attend to any emergency at a moments notice.

The beauty of trying to build your own home first-aid kit is that you can choose to add more supplies as you see necessary. Purchased kits from the local drugstores normally come with only the most basic contents so it’s a good idea to build your own.

Try to store separate kits inside your home and another one on your car. It’s also advisable that you pack basic supplies if you travel just to be on the safe side.

The items included in the list are just suggested supplies. Read up and feel free to add your own item. Let your creativity be your own guide.