Stock Your First Aid Kit

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.

 

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