What should a traveler's first aid kit include? Your Med Kit should include Antacid medicine. Antinausea or motion sickness medicine (You may also want to include medicine for altitude sickness if travelling to high altitudes.) Antibacterial hand wipes or an alcohol-based hand cleaner (should contain 60% alcohol or more) Bandages of assorted sizes to cover minor cuts and scrapes.
Also included is dressings such as (gauze role, sterile gauze pads, eye pad, roll of adhesive tape, elastic bandage for sprains, sterile cotton balls and swabs).
Over-the-counter medicine for cuts, burns, and injuries.
Every tactical medical kit needs personal protective equipment (PPE) that keeps you safe when rendering aid. Masks, gloves, and eye protection are mandatory. A medical kit also needs: Airway stabilization tools, like pocket masks and manual suction.
You definitely can't forget medicines such as Analgesic for pain relief, Antihistamine tablets for bites, stings or allergies, Antiseptic solution for cleaning wounds or bites, Antiseptic ointment to apply to a wound, Blister and wound patches, such as sticking plasters, Steristrips which can take the place of stitches.
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