How to Stock Your First Aid Kit for Less
With Dollar Tree you can easily stock your First Aid Kit for less. When Dollar Tree first came into town they were an answer to prayer on budgeting for prepping supplies. With everything costing only $1 it sure helps the bottom line in getting all types of survival supplies on hand. First of all I don’t like the pre-manufactured First Aid Kits. They mainly have bandage supplies and not much else. When you put together your First Aid Kit for your family you need to take into consideration what types of health conditions your individuals have. For example if you have a child that is always getting splinters in their hands and then it getting infected you will want to make sure you have tweezers and antibiotic ointment in your kit. Also, if someone in your family has constipation often then make sure you have stool softeners & laxatives in the First Aid Kit. The basic items that you can get at Dollar Tree are:
Assorted sizes of bandaids
Gauze and telfa pads assorted sizes
Disposable masks
Super Glue
Bandage tape
Rolled Gauze
Elastic Bandage
Triple Antibiotic Ointment
Hydrocortisone Ointment
A & D Ointment
Hydrogen Peroxide
Wet Wipes
Cold Packs
Anti-diarrheal
Laxatives
Pepto Bismal
Tums
Zantac
Thermometer
Cough Drops
Chest Rub
Dental Floss
Cotton Swabs
Cotton Balls
Chap Stick
Petroleum Jelly
Sunscreen
Aspirin tablets
Tylenol liquid if you have younger children and tablets for older children and adults
Athlete Foot Powder
Advil or Ibuprofen-liquid if you have young children & tablets for older children &
adults
Benadryl liquid if you have young children and tablets for older children and adults
Some type of cold medicine whatever works on your family
Nasal Spray like Afrin if it works for your family [it is also good for bloody noses]
Nail Clippers and file or if you can get a kit that also has tweezers in it
Some type of mild bar soap or even baby soap
Some type of skin lotion
Small garbage bags
Plastic or rubber gloves
Package of feminine pads works great for stopping large amounts of blood
Baking soda you make a paste by adding water and it helps on insect stings or sunburn
Super Glue this is exactly what the ER uses to close cuts
Small flashlight
Duct tape
Aluminum foil-take about 2 feet and fold up and put in kit
Scissors
Disposable filter masks
Something to put all of this in
If you have a diabetic you can use tube frosting for quick sugar
Whew, what a lot of supplies. But imagine all this you can get at the Dollar Tree for just a dollar. Much better than paying even Wal-Mart prices for these items. If you can get at least this much then the rest will be easier to afford.