2. WHY DO YOU NEED A FIRST AID KIT?
A well-stocked first-aid kit can help you respond
effectively to common injuries and emergencies.
Keep at least one first-aid kit in your home and one
in your car. Store your kits in easy-to-retrieve
locations that are out of the reach of young
children. Children old enough to understand the
purpose of the kits should know where they are
stored.
5. SCENARIO AT SCHOOL
If a child gets injured on the
playground at school, such as
falling and scraping their knee on
the concrete, a first aid kit would
come in handy with this situation.
If the skin is broken, the scrap or
open wound needs to be cleaned
with an alcohol pad or hydrogen
peroxide and then a band-aid
should be placed on top to protect
the wound from getting any debris
into it or getting infected.
8. SCENARIO FOR CAR ACCIDENT
If someone gets into a car accident and any
glass shatters and cuts them, a first aid kit
would come in handy in this situation.
Depending on the severity of the cut, you may
have to do more than just place a band-aid on
the wound. Pressure should be applied to the
wound and it should be as clean as possible.
Also, the would needs to be wrapped in a
gauze bandage to continue to stop the
bleeding and to also remain free of any debris
from getting into the wound. If further
assistance is needed, you should seek a
medical doctor just incase something needs to
be removed from the wound or if the wound
needs stitches.
12. SCENARIO FOR OFFICE
All workplaces should have a first- aid
kit at all times. You never know when
someone on the job may get hurt. The
injury could range from a small paper
cut to a sprained ankle. People who deal
with a lot of paper work may cut their
finger or hand from time to time and
paper cuts are the worse if you ask me. I
always need a band-aid around work,
especially when I get a paper cut. We
never know when we trip over
something or don’t pay attention to the
floor if something is on it and an ACE
bandage might be useful in a situation
like this to create localized pressure.
