First Aid Tips that Should be At Your Finger Tips.

Today we are going to learn about a few things one should do in order to save a life or at least prevent serious damage.
I recommend that everyone have close family members contacts saved as ICE -Emergency Contacts so as to ease the burden of trying to find the victims relatives. The good thing about saving certain contacts as ICE it enables one make calls or get the contacts saved on such a group without having to unlock the screen.
The following hotline numbers should also be in your dial contact list.

Paramedic in your area.
A doctor or better a family doctor.
Police.
At worst,a taxi driver.

Another thing that you should have in house/vehicles is a FIRST AID KIT.
First aid kit is a collection of equipment,materials and over-the-counter drugs used in giving first aid.
Do you have one? If No,get one as soon as possible from a store or you can assemble the item into a portable box.

Have one in your house and another in your car.

COMPONENTS OF FIRST AID KIT

First aid manual
25 adhesive bandage (assorted sizes)
Dressing packs
Crepe bandage
Adhesive tapes
Disposable gloves
Safety pins
Surgical mask
Scissors and tweezers
A pair of artery forceps
Disposable syringes (2ml,5ml)
A bottle of spirit
A bottle of salvon
5 Antiseptic ointment/solution (e.g hydrogen peroxide)
Cleansing soap
Tetanus injection ampoule
Pain drug( acetaminophen and ibuprofen )
Calamine lotion
2 hydrocortisone cream packs ( 1%, approx 1gram each)
Antacid
Asthama drug
Antihistamine e.g phenhydramine
Antibiotic ointment packs
Packs of Aspirin
Petroleum jelly
Saline solution
Anti diarrhoea medication (e.g. Oral rehydration salt)
Flashlight and extra batteries (nigerian power issues,for those in developed countries you might find yourself in dark place)
Blanket
Mouthpiece for administering CPR
List of emergency phone number including that of family doctor.

PRECAUTION

Store kit out of reach of children but still within the reach of grown members of the family.
Replace missing or expired item
Re check the kit often, this is because the flashlight may not work or the battery is exhausted....you might want to turn the battery in ++ direction, because in that way it wont discharge.