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By Tammie Caldwell


No one plans on having an accident but regardless of the amount of planning and prevention, people still end up with cuts, bruises and sprained joints. When planning for preparedness, it is a good idea to stock your First Aid suvival kit so that it is ready for any occasion. Let's look at a few places where accidents happen, and emergencies need temporary medical attention.

Home is a place to relax and enjoy time with family and away from work. However, statistics indicates it is also where the greatest number of accidents occur. People clean out the gutters and fall off the ladders, decide to trim trees and end up breaking an arm as they land soundly on the ground. Even the kitchen is not safe from getting burned while cooking on the stove or roasting a ham in the oven.

One of the hottest trends is surviving without modern conveniences, but even with the greatest care and attention to safety there is still a chance the outing results in some injury. In the great outdoors, fresh, clean water for cleansing wounds is often scarce, and other liquids intended for this purpose add weight to backpack. Handy wipes are less bulky and offer a sterile means of cleaning wounds.

Military units have a Medic recruit, but many of the injuries occur when they are on the practice battlefield. Military emergency kits have additional items to help hold vital organs in place and set bones with long strands of gauze. Typical and topical antiseptics add to the mix along with band-aids, ointments and cleansers for sterilization of the wound.

Roadside emergencies happen when least expected and along with them a potential for injuries. Changing a tire, replacing a wiper blade and even cleaning off the mirrors are opportunities for scrapes and bruises. A fully stocked emergency kit not only includes flares for warning other motorists but also has a supply of bandages, adhesive tape and antiseptics.

Corporations have lounges and break rooms where accommodations exist to tend the needs of an injured person. These areas also accommodate people with suspected heart attacks or strokes. The typical requirements for such an office environment include the standard band aids, smelling salts, disinfectants, and ointments.

Many people think of weddings as a festive event and never consider that accidents happen at these galas, too. Even funerals have a high rate of accidents when people are not watching where they step and end up turning an ankle. Skinned knees are not the only mishaps that occur at these moments in time when people are distracted by the importance of the event.

Band-aids, gauze, disinfectants and ointments are only a few of the items required in emergency situations, also included sufficient binding for splits and pressure bandages. When choosing the best ideas for any situation where time is crucial to the outcome of an accident, start by selecting a kit that covers the most situations with the least amount of bulk.




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