Basics of Boo Boo Kit

[illini40]

Hello

I have realized that our first aid supplies are not likely well supplied. I need to improve our supplies/kit.

Im referring to a boo boo kit for our home. I’m not referring to trauma/gun shot wound for the range or other scenarios.

We do little sons, so I know that the scrapes, cuts and bumps will only get bigger and more often.

What are some of the basics of what you would recommend beyond some bandaids and triple antibiotic ointment?
Am I better off just purchasing a premise kit? If so, do you have any recommendations of kits on Amazon that would cover this?

Thank you!

 

[Vigilant]

Pain reliever of your choice, some butterflies, some tape, gauze(pads and rolls), and the norm, trip anti, band aids, etc. OTC meds such as anti-diarrheal, allergy, finger splints, ice pack, burn treatment, blister treatments. Tweezers for splinters, shears for, well cutting stuff.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Home is easy. Build it yourself. here is what is in my plastic shoebox of healing that I pulled out of my bathroom closet.

• Box of assorted band aids; skip the cheap and buy Band Aid flexible fabric. You love your kids and do not want to subject them to cheap plastic "adhesive bandages" or even Band Aid brand Plastic Adhesive Bandages because they are uncomfortable and just dont stick well.
• Fingertip/knuckle bandages (fingertips also work awesome for heel cuts)
• tubes of hydrocortizone, neosporin.
• Bottle of Bactine instead of peroxide*
• disposable pointed tip scalpels for digging out splinters. If you know a doc or nurse get a handful of the heaviest gauge needle you can instead. Those are even better than scalpels for digging out splinters. (Ive used 24 gauge)
• tweezers
• Medic shears and bandage shears. (cheap kit here, forget its tactical... cheaper than buying silver individual)
  https://www.amazon.com/MediTac-Prem...al+medical+scissors+kit&qid=1586051461&sr=8-4
• arm sling
• eye wash kit (not the big unit, just a 4oz bottle with eye cup)
• athletic tape and medical tape. (helps keep hard to stick bandages down)
• non stick pads
• break to activate cold pack. (can put it in the freezer to reuse after activating the firs time)
• butterfly bandages
• Cohesive bandage (the stuff that sticks only to itself)
• Bonus points for a SAM Splint

And a weird one... reading glasses. I need +1 reading glasses for close up work/reading and found that +2 or higher readers are awesome for doing close up magnified work. My daughter needed some +2s after having her eyes dilated so the wife bought a cheap pair at CVS. I kept them and use them today as hands free magnifiers. I put them on when I need to see tiny stuff close up like when I have to remove splinters. works tons better than my prescription readers. (or holding a magnifying glass w one hand and working with the other. )


here is what I do for cars too:

• I buy a good camping kit. (typically about $20)
• I crack it open and add extra band aids and a break to activate cold pack, as well as a pen light**.
• Medic shears (Dont buy cheap. I did that ONCE. Broke first time I used them to cut the cuff of a pair of heavy work jeans)
• I also bought one of these and added a few of each packets to the kit. Much better than carrying multiple bulky tubes of topicals.
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EECZ5D...olid=3U41SQX8Y5V3T&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
• These are handy too (single dose packets of pain meds)
  https://www.amazon.com/Medications-...86050755&sprefix=single+dose+,aps,172&sr=8-13
• survival blanket x2 (mylar)

*Also forget hydrogen peroxide. Yes, it is incredibly efficient at disinfecting wounds. However it also kills healthy tissue at the edges of the wounds. So although it thoroughly disinfects a cut, it causes the cut to heal slower due to the healthy tissue damage.

**Immediately replace the battery in the light with Duracell. Cheap ass batteries discharge on their own within 18 months. I know firsthand how cheap house brand batteries fail.

 

[illini40]

Thank you, both. Very helpful to get me started.

Any suggestions on a bag of case that you like to use for the home kit?

 

[dprimm]

Superglue.

Butterfly band aids. Good for closing major cuts if you can get somewhere for stitches.

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

Here's what I did. I have a 30 person FAK I got at Costco for like $20 and it was in need of a resupply. So I bought enough to resupply it and make a couple more. I also tailored them to where they were going, one for camping, shooting, etc.

 

[Cameramonkey]

We just keep ours on a shelf in the bathroom inside a shoe box size plastic box.

 

[KittySlayer]

Good ideas so far.

Add a printed inventory list. You need to remember to restock regularly for items you use as well as expired medications.

For a car kit add a safety vest for visibility.

 

[dvd1955]

Saving my spot

 

[csaws]

Firstly this is the only band-aids we buy

https://www.band-aid.com/products/water-block

I’ll be back with more info later

 

[OurDee]

Put a pair of 3X reading glasses in there.

 

[CPT Nervous]

Curad makes a great flexible fabric adhesive bandage. That's what the hospitals use. Much cheaper than Band-Aid brand.

 

[Cracker]

https://www.amazon.com/First-Pieces...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BZVGXF5TM10CR3P9A862



These are nice, just not homemade.

 

[OurDee]

https://www.amazon.com/First-Pieces...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BZVGXF5TM10CR3P9A862



These are nice, just not homemade.

Cracker, Look at getting into a free class when you can: https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...e-stop-bleed-classes.html?463869=#post7794876

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

The Amazon branded band aids seem to be be really good, and much cheaper than Band-aid brand.

 

[jagee]

Sooo...who is going to make me one (or more) that I can just pay them for?

 

[Sylvain]

Sooo...who is going to make me one (or more) that I can just pay them for?

I recently updated my car first aid kit/med bag.

I added even more stuff since I posted about it on INGO ....

https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...first-aid-trauma-kit.html?478768=#post8216978


I also made 2 other smaller kits that I keep in my EDC bag, one booboo kit, one trauma kit.

I probably have enough leftover to make more kits since I buy most items in bulk.I need to look into that.

I have made kits for friends and family in the past, and several kits for myself.

 

[Sylvain]

That's the two little kits that I keep in my EDC bag.

One (red bag) is for minor cuts and scratches mostly.

It contains a few bandages, cleaning wipes, roll of gauze, tiny pair of scissors, nail clipper, hand sanitizer, tape, nitrile gloves, sugar cubes, painkillers.

It's what I use 90% of the time to treat myself or others.

The other (black bag) is for more severe wounds, it's my backup trauma kit.
It's why I keep a SWAT Tourniquet in it, not great for self aid but good to help others.
You can use the SWAT T as a tourniquet or as a pressure bandage (with the ABD pads), a sling etc.

A couple 5" by 9" ABD pads, duct tape, gloves, ziplock bag, a few 4" by 4" gauze pads and a roll of tape.

I keep a large pair of trauma shears and a blanket with those 2 kits as well.

My main tourniquet is a CAT gen 7 that I keep on me at all times in another kit carried on my ankle.

If I'm in my car I have all 4 kits with me (2 on my bag on the passenger seat, one in the trunk, one on my person).

 

[illini40]

Circling back to this thread.

For a start on a boo boo kit for the home, I ordered this kit off Amazon. I’ve been adding a few more extra items here and there. It is a good start for boo boos around the house for the family, and I plan to start working on some kits for our vehicles.

https://smile.amazon.com/Be-Smart-G...11&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sprefix=first&sr=8-6

Thanks again for the input.