Essentials For A First Aid Kit

Have you ever wondered that we buy and keep a lot of medicines in our first aid kit and then lose the track of why it was in there in the first place?

Now no need to worry about it! Here is our curated list that you can create on your own. This is an optimized first aid kit that will cover all major requirements of a household.

Here is the complete list of first aid box items that you should definitely have:

Syrups – 1. Benedryl – For dry cough

2. Paracetamol syrup – For kids during fever
3. Ascoril-(P) – For productive cough

Medicine-1. Disprin – Headache (when required, dissolve in 10ml water)

2. Omeprazole 40 – Gastritis (before a meal once a day)
3. Unienzyme – Gas formation
4. Paracetamol – Fever (3-4 times/day)
5. Combiflam – Body ache
6. Cetirizine – Allergy/running nose
7. Drotin – Abdominal Pain
8. Insoluble Nitrate – For chest pain/sublingual

Creams/liquids- 1.Betadine

2. Savlon
3. Betnesol cream – For skin allergy/rashes
4. Soframycin

Others- 1. Sticky tape/leucoplast tape (1cm) – For dressing bandage

2. Tourniquet – In case of bleeding
3. Cotton – 200gms.
4. Gloves (disposable)
5. Band-Aid (small and big)
6. Bandage – 2.5cm
7. Scissors
8. Alcohol-free cleansing wipes
9. Thermometer

10. Eyetone eye drops