What to include in your Personal First Aid Kit

A properly stocked personal First Aid Kit is essential for every home and we also recommend you keep one in your car.

Why?

Because you never know when you’ll need it!

Do I need to spend a lot of money on a First Aid Kit?

No, absolutely not.

You don't need to have the most elaborate of First Aid Kits, or spend a fortune on one. 

A First Aid Kit should include:

• crepe bandages of varying widths

• hypoallergenic (skin) tape

• triangular bandages

• adhesive dressing strips (such as bandaids) in different sizes

• gauze swabs

• combine dressing pads (10cm x 10cm)

• non-stick dressing pads (7.5cm x 10cm)

• sterile eye pad

• alcohol swabs

• stainless steel scissors (sharp/blunt) 12.5cm

• disposable gloves

• stainless steel pointed splinter forceps (tweezers)

• shock (thermal) blanket

• safety pins

• notepad and permanent marker

• sterile saline tubes/sachets

• disposable resuscitation face shield

• antiseptic skin swabs

• stop itch cream

Items we recommend our students add to their standard First Aid Kits that may not necessarily be include are:

• PPE - Gloves

• Scissors

• Tape

• Triangular Slings

• Space Blanket

• Bandages

• Snake Bite Bandages

• Normal Saline

Here’s a link to a video Sarah filmed recently showing you the above items.

When should you replace items in your First Aid Kit?

You must ensure your First Aid Kit is well stocked and you replace items as you use them or as they expire. 

We recommend that you periodically review the contents of your First Aid Kit to ensure any items you have used are replaced and that you check expiry dates on all items, especially any creams you have in there and that if anything is open, you throw it away and replace it. Do this every 2 months.

What First Aid Kits do we Recommend?

Our recommended Personal First Aid Kit is the SMART First Aid Kit, view the different options here.