Customizing Your First Aid Kits

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Customizing Your First Aid Kits
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• The first aid kit is a basic survival necessity
  and is perhaps the most common emergency utility
  available in any home anywhere in the world.

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• With growing concerns on disaster risks brought
  about by modern problems such as climate change
  plus newer and newer forms of viral infections
  that result from wanton use of pesticides and
  chemicals in food production, animal and crop
  growing, the threats to the health and safety of
  family members is at an all-time high.

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• The fool proof recourse is to build,
  disaster-resilient homes. Architectural designs
  meant to assure good ventilation and airflow can
  help minimize risks of bacteria concentration.
  However, setting up an anti-infectious
  architectural design can be costly.

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• Installing additional safety equipment such as
  air-vents or air ducts and other filter systems
  including automated sophisticated ventilation
  designs and layout are obviously more extensive
  solutions but these are all the more expensive.

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• Of courses, when it comes to health and safety of
  family members, costs hardly matter but then some
  of these structural solutions may be too costly
  and even unrealistic.

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• There are instead the more practical options. On
  fact, these options are so fundamental, they are
  still necessities even when you have a
  disaster-resilient home structure and design.

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• One such basic necessity in the house is the need
  to have first aid kits. It is important that
  these first-aid kits contain the vital items and
  are placed in readily accessible places in the
  house. The basic first-aid kit must contain the
  following items sterilized gauge or bandages,
  scissors or tweezers, safety pins, eye patches,
  surgical gloves, anti-septic wipes, alcohol,
  antibiotics and wound and skin cleansers.

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• In addition to these standard contents, it is
  ideal to place medicines and medical utilities in
  the first-aid kit as well, so that the kit can be
  useful in any household situations or
  emergencies. Pain relievers, anaesthesia and
  antibiotics are important medicines that are
  handy in any emergency situations.

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• Then to, it helps to put additional utilities in
  the kit depending on special circumstances of the
  house. For instance, when living in a cold
  region, it helps to put in a thermal blanket in
  your first aid kit. When living in isolated
  areas, emergency phones, directories and even
  extra cash may also come in handy during serious
  emergencies and must be placed in the first-aid
  kit.

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• Due to many new and changing circumstances and
  likelihood of different emergency scenarios in
  the home, various first aid kit suppliers
  assemble and design custom special kits.

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• One of these custom kits that has seen with
  growing demand in recent years is the MOM first
  aid boxes which are often include the standard
  contents of any basic first aid kit in addition
  to special items like disposable resuscitation
  pack, special items for babies, elderly or
  disabled household members, cold compress packs,
  ointments, and disposable CPR shields.

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• When determining the ideal contents of a MOM
  first aid kit for your home, it is best to
  consult first aid kit suppliers.

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• And since it is ideal to secure the items of your
  first-aid and MOM kit in an enclosed, durable
  container, first aid kit suppliers may even
  custom design the size, compartments and
  functionality of your case or box depending on
  your unique needs or special circumstance.