Home first aid kit: what to buy and how much it costs

To the question: "do you Have in the house first-aid kit? "everybody would say Yes. Somewhere lying around last year's balances after influenza, bath is a small bottle of peroxide or Zelenka and there is something from diarrhea... that's about all that included "standard" home kits. And in the hour "H" begin the chase pharmacies, in search of trivial, but such need the medication, or worse, panic in anticipation of a physician in the absence of drugs. Especially important is properly stocked first aid kit in the autumn-winter period, when at any moment someone from the family can be cold in the house. Antiproton kit it is important to collect right now. Since last year, when I began to panic because of the swine flu, drug prices rose sharply up. But it's not so bad. Many drugs, the same oxolinic ointment, it was impossible to buy. So exercise caution and do now "medical insurance" for the whole family in the form of home antiprotons kits. How to properly staffed, we were told Lydia Petrenko, Savolainen Clinics and diagnostics" IPOG AMS of Ukraine, and Tamara Emelyanova, pharmacist pharmacy Bajao health I" d. Vinnitsa.



First aid kit emergency


Put in a first aid kit:




- wool or cosmetic cotton pads (pre-printed)


the bandage 10 x 5 cm


- sterile wipes


- bactericidal patch


- rubber tourniquet to stop heavy bleeding


- the remedy for burns (preferably in the form of a spray, so you can quickly put one hand)


- Zelenka (for the treatment of abrasions)




Also in your first aid kit should be drugs, as they say, on all occasions:




- Valerian and sedative - from stress or nervous strain


- no-Spa and spazmatron from spasms


- aspirin or aspirin - headache


- Corvallis, valocordin, nitroglycerin or barbul - pain in heart


- remedy for allergies


- sorbents - smectite, activated carbon


- potassium permanganate (potassium permanganate) for gastric lavage in case of poisoning


- enzymatic drugs will help the stomach with overeating. This will put a couple of pipettes and syringes with different capacities (2, 5, 10, 20 ml), and one or two intravenous system.




This box should be kept in an easily accessible place, including for school-age children who stay home alone. Here, first, the collected domestic helpers from injuries or burns.





Antigrippin kit



Strengthen immunity (20-200 UAH)


To influenza bypassed, you need to buy immunomodulating drugs - they increase the body's production of the antiviral protein interferon. This can be based medicines inosine, Arbidol, Amizon, Amiksin, grobinson or nasal drops containing interferon (for children or pregnant women). To take these medicines can start right now.





For the throat (10-70 UAH)


Often cold starts with a sore throat, which is gradually transformed into pain. Please be spray plant-based or antiseptic for the child. For myself - lozenges to suck with antiseptic or antibiotic. In addition, buy solutions for rinsing. It can be herbal pharmacy or sea salt.





Cough (3-60 UAH)


What a cold or flu no cough? From under his arm should be syrup for children (from dry and wet cough) and tablets for adults (for example, on the basis of Ambroxol or plant-based).





From a cold (15-40 UAH)


From "the flood" from the nose you will need rescuers - vasodilator (for adults), herbal or saline drops for children).





From otitis (4-46 UAH)


If your sore spot - ears and any cold gives complications such as otitis media - ear drops buy in advance and put them in the medicine Cabinet.




Total: 84-560 UAH





Put the outer barrier


To put armor against the virus, you can purchase disposable protective mask, preferably 10 pieces, not to "get" to their scarcity, as during last year's epidemic. And, of course, don't leave home without first Namazov the mucous membrane of the nose oksolinovoj ointment.




mask: 2 UAH./PCs,


- oxolinic ointment: 8-9 UAH.





Temperature control (5-50 UAH)


The main component of this kit, a thermometer, preferably electronic, so they could use the child who came from school and felt any discomfort. In addition, electronic thermometers is much easier and safer than mercury.





Fever (2-25 UAH)


Logically, in accordance with the readings of the thermometer in the medicine Cabinet should be antipyretics for all family members according to age. The most effective and safe doctors believe drugs on the basis of paracetamol and ibuprofen (syrup, candles for children and tablets for adults). But you should use them only when the temperature exceeds 38 ° or you can't tolerate (appeared cramps, headache and so on).




Warming

(15-40 UAH)


Antiproton first aid kit should be equipped with mustard, warming essential oils (eucalyptus, pine) or ointment, which you can RUB the chest and back when ill.




This is enough to cure the "normal" flu or a cold. Any complications treats exclusively the doctor and he should prescribe you or your child needs medications, such as antibiotics.

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