Personal First Aid Kit

Here is a possible list to start from.


Your doctor will also give good advice on this.

Recommended items for a personal medical kit

Personal medications – Anything prescribed for you that uou will need with you. They need to be in the presciption bottles/packets.

Prescription:

·      Norfluxacin                            ecoli and travellers diarrhoea

·      Azithnmycin                           campylobacter

·      Ornidazole                             Giardia

·      antihistamines for allergies, eg Loraclear (Loratadine)

·      diarrhoea ‘stopper’, eg loperamide

·      anti nausea and vomiting eg. Prochloperazine maleate

·      antiseptic for cuts and scrapes, eg iodine solution such as Betadine

·      steroid cream for allergic/itchy rashes, eg 1% hydrocortisone

Broad Spectrum antibiotics - these were held in the group medical kit 

·      Fluclixacillan                          Skin infection

·      Amoxycillan                           Sinus infection, throat ears etc

·      Topical antibiotic                   bactatron       bacterial infection

·      Topical antifungal                 athletes foot

Chemist:

·      paracetamol or ibuprofen for pain

·      DEET-based insect repellent

·      Sunscreen

·      Sea Legs

·      Gastrolytes (lots of these)

·      first-aid items, such as scissors, plasters (such as Band-Aids), bandages, gauze, blister blocks, safety pins and tweezers

·      Sanitary Supplies
    Hand Sanitiser