First Aid Kit List Home kit: A household first aid kit should include these items: 1. Ziploc bag - as a container for contaminated articles, can become an ice pack. This an also be your container for the whole kit 2. Exam gloves - for infection protection, also to make into ice packs when filled with water and frozen 3. Adhesive tape 4. Coflex 5. 4" x 4" sterile gauze pads -- for covering and cleaning wounds, as a soft eye patch. 6. 2", 3", and 4" Ace bandages -- for wrapping sprained or strained joints, for wrapping gauze on to wounds, for wrapping on splints. 7. Adhesive bandages (all sizes). Band-aids are always a hot item! 8. Non-adhesive pads (Telfa) - for covering wounds and burns 9. CPR app 10. Safety pins (large and small) - for splinter removal and for securing bandana slings 11. Scissors 12. Triangular bandage -- as a sling, towel, tourniquet. Easy route: Get bandanas. 13. Tweezers - for splinter or stinger or tick removal 14. Common medications: tylenol, ibuprofen, aspirin (never give aspirin to kids under 10) 15. Oral antihistamines - diphenhydramine (Benadryl causes drowsiness) or loratadine (Claritin and Zyrtec don’t cause drowsiness) -- for allergic reactions, itching rashes. 16. Anesthetic spray or lotion (Calamine) -- for itching rashes and insect bites 17. Polysporin antibiotic cream - to apply to simple wounds. For families with allergies, get Bacitracin - antibiotic cream least likely to cause a reaction. 18. Family-specific meds: insulin, epi-pen Travel First Aid Kit Essentials Please take out prohibited items if you’re flying! A travel first aid kit may contain these items: 1. Ziploc bags 2. Exam gloves 3. Adhesive tape 4. Adhesive bandages (all sizes) 5. 4" x 4" sterile gauze pads 6. Non-adhesive wound pads (Telfa) 7. Book on first aid 8. Cigarette lighter -- to sterilize instruments and to be able to start a fire in the wilderness (to keep warm and to make smoke to signal for help, for examples) 9. Small flashlight 10. Knife (small Swiss Army-type) 11. Safety pins (large and small) 12. Scissors 13. Thermometer 14. Tweezers 15. Moleskin -- to apply to blisters or hot spots 16. Insect repellant 17. Nasal spray decongestant -- for nasal congestion from colds or allergies 18. Antacid -- for indigestion 19. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) or loratadine (Claritin) -- oral antihistamine 20. Cough medication 21. Antidiarrheal (Imodium, Pepto-Bismol, for example) 22. Antiseptic agent (small bottle liquid soap) -- for cleaning wounds and hands 23. Aspirin -- for mild pain, heart attack 24. Ibuprofen (Advil is one brand name) and acetaminophen (tylenol) 25. Polysporin antibiotic ointment (or bacitracin) 26. Oral decongestant 27. Personal medications and items - LABELED