What should be in the first aid kit
What's in a professional first aid kit
Expert: Shang Yong, Deputy Director of Orthopedics Department, Air Force General Hospital
The first aid kit includes various rescue items that people use when an accident occurs. The items in the army first aid kit include: triangular bandages, self-adhesive elastic bandages, chest sealing stickers, portable roll splints, gauze sheets, surgical blades, medical hemostatic clamps, scissors, safety pins, medical gloves, tracheal puncture needles, mouth-to-mouth breathing Cotton towels, polyketone iodine swabs (with disinfectant solution), alcohol disinfection tablets, cooling patch bags, tourniquet strips, emergency blankets, flashlights, band-aids, etc.
The first aid kit is pressure-resistant and waterproof, and easy to carry. The "Blood Shield" quick-acting hemostatic powder inside is the latest hemostatic weapon, which can stop arterial and venous bleeding in an average of 30 seconds. Whether it is officers and soldiers going out for training or living at home, accidents can happen at any time. Before the rescuers arrive, the first time bandaging to stop bleeding can minimize the death rate of the seriously injured.
In our daily lives, we also need to have the concept of first aid. We can refer to the army's first aid kit and equip ourselves and our family with a first aid kit. It is recommended that families with private cars may wish to equip them with first aid kits as essential safety equipment to provide safety protection for outdoor sports.
Bring them to save lives in emergency
Expert: Hu Aimin, Director of Emergency Department, Air Force General Hospital
According to different environments and different objects of use, first aid kits can be divided into household first aid kits, outdoor first aid kits, car first aid kits, disaster prevention first aid kits and other different categories. Under normal circumstances, in an emergency, many household items can be used for first aid, such as paper, pens, flashlights, whistles, chopsticks, spoons, etc.
Whether going to climb the mountain or go to the beach to play, in most cases it is impossible to carry a first aid kit, but it is still necessary to pack some necessities in the backpack we carry with us. For example, when climbing a mountain, we can bring life-saving whistle, emergency flashlight, rope, bandage, bright silk scarf, insect repellent and essential life-saving medicine, disinfection iodophor cotton swab, match or lighter. The life-saving whistle can sound when rescue is needed to remind one's own position, and blowing it is definitely less effort than shouting. The long silk scarf is not a woman's patent. It can prevent mosquito bites and sun exposure when climbing mountains. What's more, it can be used for dressing once injured. If we go to the beach, we need to bring some waterproof and moisture-proof plastic bags. Let me tell you a little trick here. If you hurt your foot while playing on the beach by the sea, plastic bags will play a big role: You can wash your feet with sea water, and then put on the plastic bag, so you can leave without keeping the wound clean. beach.
When we prepare the first aid kit, we must prepare a first aid information card. It is recommended that every family and everyone should prepare such a card instead of storing it in the mobile phone.
Don't ignore these details
Expert: Gu Guoli, Deputy Chief Physician of General Surgery, Air Force General Hospital, member of Air Transport Medical Team
Family first-aid kit must be equipped with a first-aid manual, indicating the method of use and personnel information. Drugs should be checked and replaced regularly, and cleaned up every 3 to 6 months. If there are elderly people in the home, the first aid kit should be placed beside the bed in the room where the elderly live. Family first aid is only an emergency. After the sudden symptoms are relieved, they should be sent to the hospital immediately, so as not to miss the opportunity for treatment. People are reminded of the following points:
1. First aid supplies should not be scattered, and should be placed in a first aid box after relatively independent airtight packaging.
2. Try to choose drugs that will not cause a strong allergic reaction, such as cephalosporins.
3. The first aid kit must have a handle and a strap.
4. There must be a notebook and pen in the first aid kit.
5. A multi-function knife, flashlight, vitamin effervescent tablet, thick soup treasure, and space blanket can be placed in the first aid kit. These things are sometimes more important than pills.
Remember, you are not a doctor. You are just buying time to save lives. Everything you do is to prolong the life of the patient until the rescuer arrives to send the patient to the hospital safely.
