The first aid kit as suggested below can easily be included on camping trips or used for everyday problems at home. Be sure to keep it well and freshly stocked.
     The kit and first aid book should be stored together in an easy to reach location. The contents should fit the needs of your Patrol/Troop. Filling a small tool box, fishing tackle box, or Tupperware container with those things your scouts need may be better than buying a pre-assembled kit.

Some of the items you may want to consider including in your first Aid Kit:

· Consecrated olive oil
· Prescription drugs
· Antibiotic ointment
· Aspirin tablets (5 grain)
· Children's aspirin
· Tylenol
· Children's Tylenol
· Ipecac – To induce vomiting
· Motion sickness medication
· Kaopectate (diarrhea medication)
· Laxative
· Eye drops
· Ear drops
· Nasal spray
· Aerosol Burn spray
· Benadryl
· Cough medicine (Codeine Prescription)
· Vaseline
· Hand lotion
· Iodine
· Hydrogen peroxide
· Smelling salts
· Table salt
· Baking soda
· Rubbing alcohol
· Sun screen
· Water Purification tablets
· Soap (tincture of green soap)
· Artificial skin spray
· Chlorine bleach
· Inhalation aids (Vicks, etc)

When buying drug items, check the expiration dates and only buy fresh supplies for longest shelf life.

Dressings

· Adhesive tape, roll 2" wide.
· Bandage, sterile roll 2" wide.
· Bandage, sterile roll 4" wide.
· Bandages, large triangular (37x37x52).
· Band aids (plastic strips).
· Cotton-tipped swabs (Q-tips).
· Cotton, sterile absorbent.
· Ace bandages.
· Gauze pads (4x4)
· Butterfly bandages

Other necessary or useful supplies:
· Tweezers
· Plastic spoons
· Scissors
· Pocket knife
· Needles, thread
· Space Blankets
· Safety pins, assorted sizes
· Paper and pencil
· Thermometer
· Heavy string
· Sanitary Napkins
· Snake Bite Kit
· Tissues
· Matches, butane lighter
· Clean sheets, torn into long strips
· Medicine dropper(s)
· Splints, wooden 18" (optional)
· Rubber Gloves
· Cold pack (turns cold when opened)
· Plastic sheeting
· Dental floss
· Waterproof first aid kit
· Paper cups, 3 ounce size
· Razor Blades

You should also have a good book on first aid in
your first aid kit such as:
· Standard First Aid and Personal Safety,
American National Red Cross (Garden City,
NY; Double day and Company, Inc.)
· Boy Scout Handbook.
· Boy Scout First Aid Merit Badge Handbook.
· The Emergency Preparedness Merit Badge Pamphlet.

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