Basic Home First Aid Kit

[Ric.ror]

What would you advise me to constantly have around the house?

Thanks as always in anticipation

[teacake44]

A basic first aid kit

[woofgang]

plasters, bigger dressings, pain relief of your choice, anything you need for ongoing issues, loperamide if you can use it.

[Maydup]

Scissors, cotton wool, lint dressing and that white tape that is much kinder than plasters.

[Old_Geezer]

Whatever caused panic the last time you needed it because you didn't have it ;-)

[Buenchico]

Here's the official NHS advice:
https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/accidents-first-aid-and-treatments/what-should-i-keep-in-my-first-aid-kit/

I'm amazed that antiseptic cream is included in that list though, as many health professionals would rather that such creams weren't sold at all. (Their use inhibits to growth of new tissue).

I'm also surprised that cough medicine is included in the list, as elsewhere on the NHS website you can be told that they don't work.

Painkillers are often excluded from the contents of first aid kits too but I see that they appear on that list. (As it's a 'first aid kit', rather than a 'medicine chest', I'd prefer paracetamol over ibuprofen, as elsewhere on the NHS site you'll see the advice that ibuprofen shouldn't be used within 48 hours of incurring an injury).

I see that 'sticky tape' is on that list but I'd want to expand that to include both microporous tape, which is excellent for securing small dressings, and fabric strapping, which is useful for bigger tasks.

As someone who spent a decade in charge of first aid in a secondary school, I'd definitely want to add some Melolin dressings to that list. They're great for burns and useful for grazes:
http://www.stjohnsupplies.co.uk/products/First-aid-consumables/Dressings/Pads/Melolin-dressing-pad-10-x-10cm-pack-of-5
(NB: Make sure that you know which way round to use them. The shiny side is applied to the wound).

[anneasquith]

Soluble aspirin,

[BagPussAA]

Buenchico.. I did not know that about antiseptic cream. I always reach for the Savlon when I have got a cut or a graze. I will stop doing that from now on if it will help wounds heal quicker.

Thanks for the info..