Our homework for 11/8 will be requirement 2d – “Prepare a first aid kit for your home. Display and discuss its contents with your counselor”
Please prepare and bring this kit to the meeting on 11/15.
For guidance, please refer to the following URL - http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/HealthandSafety/GSS/gss06.aspx
Excerpt:
First-Aid Kits
A first-aid kit well stocked with the basic essentials is indispensable. Choose one sturdy and lightweight, yet large enough to hold the contents so that they are readily visible and so that any one item may be taken out without unpacking the whole kit. A plastic waterproof box, large slide lock freezer bag, or shoe box is a practical kit. Keep a list of contents readily available for easy refilling.
Suggested First-Aid Kit Contents
• Bar of soap
• 2-inch roller bandage
• 1-inch roller bandage
• 1-inch adhesive
• 3-by-3-inch sterile pads
• Triangular bandage
• Assorted gauze pads
• Adhesive strips
• Clinical oral thermometer
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Sunburn lotion
• Lip salve
• Poison-ivy lotion
• Small flashlight (with extra batteries)
• Absorbent cotton
• Water purification tablets (iodine)
• Safety pins
• Needles
• Paper cups
• Foot powder
• Instant ice packs
Because of the possibility of exposure to communicable diseases, first-aid kits should include latex or vinyl gloves, plastic goggles or other eye protection, and antiseptic to be used when giving first aid to bleeding victims, as protection against possible exposure.
