Making An Infant-Paly First-Aid Kit – Part I

The necessity of having a first-aid kit

When there are tiny bundles of joy prancing about the house, it is always a prudent initiative of maintaining a stockpile of crucial first-aid items that could help one tackle any kind of emergency that might be anything from bumps, contusions to grazes. By having whatever hypothetically one might need, neatly stacked in one place would translate to lesser periods of time spent dashing about searching for items and spending more time to comfort and tend to the infant.

Getting started

All kinds of first-aid kits are obtainable in the shops and these could be a great way to get started especially if they are planned to be children-friendly. Optionally, one could put together one’s own first-aid kit by selecting a heavy-duty, watertight box and labeling it ‘First Aid’ in bold and lucid writing or making a large-sized medical red cross sign so that it would become easier to detect when one urgently requires it. The contents of the box also need to be clearly mentioned on the outside.

It is crucial to secure the first-aid kit and keep it well out of the reach of children. An ideal place would be placing it in those particular places where it would be easy to find such as the top shelves of the kitchen or in a closet in the washroom. It is always sensible to inform about the location of the first-aid kit to one’s babysitter, family members or to friends that are tending to one’s kids, so that they would know the place where to spot the enclosed data and supplies, if and when the need arises.

It is always practical to maintain a scrolling of emergency contact numbers on the first-aid kit, as they might just turn out to be handy when the need surfaces. One must also mention the bare essential contact numbers that are stated below:

• One’s general practitioner or health care provider.
• The direct get through number of NHS (0845 4647).
• The emergency dial-up number 999.
• The contact numbers of one’s workplace, residence and cell phone numbers.
• The contact numbers of at least two family relatives or friends that could be called in case of an emergency.

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