First Aid Kits in general Reviews

You will no doubt be used to seeing first aid kits, in offices, workshops, kitchens, shops, but perhaps not in private homes. Accidents happen everywhere, and you need a basic kit for most accidents. Cars etc. are also a useful place to have these, you may not be trained in it's use but it may be required by someone else, perhaps on ...  Read the complete review

Every person should have a first aid kit in their house and also in their car. What you keep in it depends on your family but there are some items which are universal in all cases. Your first aid kit should be kept in an easily accessible place, the last thing you want in an emergency is to be pulling out boxes from your cupboard trying to find ...  Read the complete review

My husband has always been one for safety. As a child and young adult he was actively involved in St John Ambulance Brigade and as a result we've always had an eclectic collection of bandages, slings and plasters around the house but, before we married, you'd never find basic medicines in the house. The household kit that my husband had had been ...  Read the complete review

First Aid A Little Look Inside My Own First Aid Kit. There are thousands of first aid products that are marketed to us as must have items, and as a country I bet we collectively spend billions of pounds a year on sticking plasters and antiseptic creams. So many of the items we buy are highly packaged and contained in tubes and tubs ...  Read the complete review

Now, as a member of the British Red Cross, I believe it's very important that we all have proper first-aid stuff to hand. One of the first things I always ask when starting a new job is where the first-aid kit is, not because I think I'll ever need to use it, but because I might have to. You can never tell with these things. Kits come in all ...  Read the complete review

It is not worth the risk to leave home for a bit of an expedition without one - Advantages: You don't die(possibly) - Disadvantages: inconvenient but necessary

Did you know you should have at least 3 basic first aid kits? One in the house, second in the car and the third in the shed or garage if you have one. Most people are lucky enough to have a few plasters in a cupboard somewhere but they are essential to family life, whether you have a family or not. As this opinion will be posted in the travel ...  Read the complete review

Apart from the normal everyday contents of a first aid kit, you might require far more specialised items if you are travelling in countries where hygeine may be a problem, or equipment is just not available. You should carry sterilised rubber gloves, sutures and syringes and insist that these are used if you need medical assistance in any ...  Read the complete review