What are the importance of a first aid kit?

Answer 1

First Aid kits are containers of medical supplies which can be used immediately during a medical emergency. They are usually kept in multiple places around a home, as well as in cars, offices, schools or any place where they might be needed. Which is everywhere. According to the American Red Cross, a kit to serve a family of four should contain:

• 2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)
• 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)
• 1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)
• 5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)
• 5 antiseptic wipe packets
• 2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each)
• 1 blanket (space blanket)
• 1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve)
• 1 instant cold compress
• 2 pair of nonlatex gloves (size: large)
• 2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
• Scissors
• 1 roller bandage (3 inches wide)
• 1 roller bandage (4 inches wide)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)
• Oral thermometer (non-Mercury/nonglass)
• 2 triangular bandages
• Tweezers
• First aid instruction booklet

Individual items within the first case are used as necessary to alleviate pain, clean wounds, stop bleeding, remove foreign objects from wounds, prevent transfer of disease and keep the victim comfortable. You should enroll in a First Aid Course in order to learn how to use the tools in a first aid kid properly.

Answer 2

It depends as always on the first aid kit. The simple kit one might carry in their glove compartment on a weekend drive is far less equipped or complete than one carried on a 1 year trekking exploration. Also, first aid kits are often customized for the terrain they'll be used in. Antibiotics will often be stocked that will combat diseases endemic to a specific area. Finally, first aid kits are task related -- so the kit carried by a medic into combat varies considerably from the kit I carry with me dayhiiking in the woods. That said, the first aid kit contains the tools that should help to temporarily treat and stabilize a victim until they can be delivered to a facility designed to address the injuries thoroughly. A very basic first aid kit should allow you to treat various abrasions and cuts, should have the tools to allow you to perform a direct pressure stop-bleed on an open wound, should contain mild antiseptics and OTC painkillers, as well as a variety of bandages. You should be able to stabilze most minor injuries in the field until help arrives.

Answer 3

They usually contain basic bandages such as band aids. They also usually have some protection like rubber gloves. Mostly all of them have some kind of disinfectant for cuts. More advanced kits contain tweezers and scissors. There are a huge variety of materials that can be put in a first aid kit.

Answer 4

Each first aide kit contains different items depending on which one you buy, or if you want you can make your own. I recommend having the following items though:

1. Bandages
2. Tweezers
3. Alcohol prep wipes
4. Burn cream
5. CPR mask
6. Gauze
7. Advil or Tylenol
8. Anti-inflammatory pills

Answer 5

A first aid kit is a pack of sterile dressings, plasters, anti septic wipes and various other simple medical treatments that may be used to clean, treat and sooth minor injuries, abrasions, cuts, burns, insect stings, sprains etc. before seeking proffessional help.

Answer 6

when some one is injured they would need a first aid kit to calm them selves from being injured bit by bit before they can be treated by the hospital.

Answer 7

The purpose of the first aide kit is to help someone. It is normally used when someone has a minor injury. I

Answer 8

A first aid kit is used to preform first aid. It is a basic medical kit.