PracticalHealth’s Customised First Aid
Every Family should have a first aid kit in their home. But not every family’s kit should be the same, according
to the Singapore Health Promotion Board. The board has a few suggestions to get started.
- Thermometer – Either the traditional glass type or the new electronic kind is an important tool for monitoring fever.
- A small torch – This can be used to find small objects embedded in an ear or nostril, and to look at the back of the throat.
- Materials for treating small wounds – Cotton swabs, antiseptic solution, antibiotic ointment, gauze bandages and adhesive tape to secure it, and bandage scissors.
- Tweezers – For removing splinters and things lodged in the skin.
- Simple medications – Paracetamol, antacids, antihistamines for allergies and runny nose, cough medicine and diarrhea medicine.
After stocking your kit with the basics, customize it with special items your family might need. such as inhalers for asthma. Remember that first aid is simply the first application of care. Keep emergency phone numbers nearby to call in the professionals for serious problems.
Whenever i have diarrhea, i just take some Diatabs or Imodium tablets and it gives me some relief after a few minutes.*.-