Supplies
- Antiseptic, such as povidone-iodine (eg,Betadine)- the most commonly used antiseptic for cleaning wounds
- 10cm rolled cotton bandages (the stretch type is excellent for bandaging extremities)
- 10cm elastic bandage (to hold on a variety of dressings and to help stabilize minor sprains)
- Four 10cm x 10cm gauze pads (for bandaging wounds or burns)
- Moleskin (or other skin-protection material to prevent blisters)
- Paper stitches (specialized tape for puling gaping wounds together when suturing is not possible, eg, Steri-streps)
- Scissors (for cutting dressings and tape, or to cut clothes away from a severe injury)
- Sewing needle (to drain a blister, or to help remove a splinter)
- Large sterile dressing (for large cuts or burns)
- 10 assorted sticking plasters (eg, Band Aids)
- Roll of 2.5cm tape (for bandaging)
- Tweezers (for removal of splinters)
- Muslin triangular bandage in a compressed package (handy as sa sling or to fashion different types of splints)
Medications
- Antibiotic eye drops (one bottle)
- Anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen 400mg – 20 tablets)
- Azithromycin 250mg (six tablets)
- Clotrimazole 1% or miconazole 2% cream (one tube)
- Decongestant (eg, Actifed or Drixoral – 10 tablets)
- Diphenhydraming (eg, Benadryl) 25mg or 50mg (10-20 tablets)
- Hydrocortisone 1% cream (one tube)
- Loperamide (eg, lmodium-20 tablets)
- Medication (cream, dissolvable tablets or an oral tablet) to treat yeast vaginitis (one packt)
- Norfloxacin 400mg or ciprofloxacin (20 tablets)
- Paracetamol (acetaminophen) 500mg (20 tablets)
- Potent pain killer, such as acetaminophen with hydrocodone, or acetaminophen with codeine (eg, Vicodin -20 tablets)
- Promethazine (Phenergan) 25mg (five tablets)
- Ranitidi150mg (10 tablets)
- Rehydration salts (two packets)
- Tinidazole 500mg (12 tablets)
