compassrose
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How are we all set up for first aid supplies?
Have you gone thru your medicines to check the expiration dates?
It is so much easier to have the stuff on hand than to desperately need medication and have to go find someplace (usually late at night or on a holiday or in a strange town, late at night on a holiday... been there, done that) to buy it from. It's also easier on my pockets to stock my first aid supplies a little at a time than to buy from the only open place in town.
I generally do a main restock and date check in late summer before the fall & winter cold & flu season starts up (the Wal-mart brand of Dayquil allows me to go to work while I am sick). Lists of what to include in a first aid kit, medicine cabinet or first aid drawer (you can put it in anything) can be found on the internet. We personalize these lists to include things that we personlly use and omit things that we would never use. Most of our basic first aid stuff comes from Dollar Tree. The "specialty" stuff I often get from Wal-Mart. I like to keep a box of the butterfly strips (from Walmart) along with a couple tiny tubes of crazy glue (dollar tree). I don't "do" doctors. I have cut myself badly and still fixed myself up with butterfly strips and crazy glue (the same thing a doctor would have done). I try to keep a bottle of saline for rinsing wounds (sold along side of the contact lense solution in many places) as well as the usual rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. I buy our bandaids (waterproof) from Dollar Tree. I also buy the ace type stretchy bandages from them as well (I use safety pins not the little clips that comes with the ace bandages). They are normally good only for a few uses and then the elastic gets stretched out of shape. But I use them to keep bandaids stuck to me when I sleep (bandaids really don't care to stick to me). They also make good coverings for gauze pads (or better yet "panty liners" cut to size) for larger scrapes and cuts. I no longer buy gauze pads as the panty liners/ultra thin sanitary pads work so much better. You can also buy a small box of cheap panty liners or pads at Dollar Tree. I also try to get the needed cold meds before I need them. Because I have discovered that I will take the needed meds if I have them on hand rather than making a special trip to get the stuff. ANTI-DIARRHEAL medications are very handy to have. While diarrhea is your body's way of getting rid of bad stuff, sometimes it's not very convenient. Especially while you are on the road with no bathroom in sight. I like the Loperamide medication as Pepto Bismol makes me nauseous. It works well enough to allow me to get home to my bathroom. A decent first aid book as well as a "home remedies" book is also a must have. Not normally considered "medicine" but I keep a 2 liter bottle of Gingerale tucked inthe back of the pantry. I love Gingerale but this one is my "sick" bottle. I figure if I've got an upset tummy or feel queesy, I will probably end up drinking the whole 2 liters (based on past experiences). Emetrol is also a very good medicine to keep on hand. It really works. I used this on my kids when they were little. I also keep olive oil on hand (I cook with it too). It is great for ear aches (warm until a drop on the inside of your wrist feels comfortably warm, drip into your ear and dip a bit of cotton ball in the oil and tuck into your ear to keep the oil in). Soothes all kinds of ear aches including ones from coughing or sneezing alot. After sun cream made for sunburns are also in my "kit". Early summer is the best time to buy that. For other skin problems including MILD sunburns I like to use coconut oil (which I also cook with).
If you don't have a well stocked first aid kit, I hope this helps you set one up Van or RV, we all need to be well stocked. Make a list of what you need and buy it a little at a time. Most of the stuff you can buy at Dollar Tree. Buy it now whilke you can shop for the best prices and it will save you time and hassle later.
Have you gone thru your medicines to check the expiration dates?
It is so much easier to have the stuff on hand than to desperately need medication and have to go find someplace (usually late at night or on a holiday or in a strange town, late at night on a holiday... been there, done that) to buy it from. It's also easier on my pockets to stock my first aid supplies a little at a time than to buy from the only open place in town.
I generally do a main restock and date check in late summer before the fall & winter cold & flu season starts up (the Wal-mart brand of Dayquil allows me to go to work while I am sick). Lists of what to include in a first aid kit, medicine cabinet or first aid drawer (you can put it in anything) can be found on the internet. We personalize these lists to include things that we personlly use and omit things that we would never use. Most of our basic first aid stuff comes from Dollar Tree. The "specialty" stuff I often get from Wal-Mart. I like to keep a box of the butterfly strips (from Walmart) along with a couple tiny tubes of crazy glue (dollar tree). I don't "do" doctors. I have cut myself badly and still fixed myself up with butterfly strips and crazy glue (the same thing a doctor would have done). I try to keep a bottle of saline for rinsing wounds (sold along side of the contact lense solution in many places) as well as the usual rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. I buy our bandaids (waterproof) from Dollar Tree. I also buy the ace type stretchy bandages from them as well (I use safety pins not the little clips that comes with the ace bandages). They are normally good only for a few uses and then the elastic gets stretched out of shape. But I use them to keep bandaids stuck to me when I sleep (bandaids really don't care to stick to me). They also make good coverings for gauze pads (or better yet "panty liners" cut to size) for larger scrapes and cuts. I no longer buy gauze pads as the panty liners/ultra thin sanitary pads work so much better. You can also buy a small box of cheap panty liners or pads at Dollar Tree. I also try to get the needed cold meds before I need them. Because I have discovered that I will take the needed meds if I have them on hand rather than making a special trip to get the stuff. ANTI-DIARRHEAL medications are very handy to have. While diarrhea is your body's way of getting rid of bad stuff, sometimes it's not very convenient. Especially while you are on the road with no bathroom in sight. I like the Loperamide medication as Pepto Bismol makes me nauseous. It works well enough to allow me to get home to my bathroom. A decent first aid book as well as a "home remedies" book is also a must have. Not normally considered "medicine" but I keep a 2 liter bottle of Gingerale tucked inthe back of the pantry. I love Gingerale but this one is my "sick" bottle. I figure if I've got an upset tummy or feel queesy, I will probably end up drinking the whole 2 liters (based on past experiences). Emetrol is also a very good medicine to keep on hand. It really works. I used this on my kids when they were little. I also keep olive oil on hand (I cook with it too). It is great for ear aches (warm until a drop on the inside of your wrist feels comfortably warm, drip into your ear and dip a bit of cotton ball in the oil and tuck into your ear to keep the oil in). Soothes all kinds of ear aches including ones from coughing or sneezing alot. After sun cream made for sunburns are also in my "kit". Early summer is the best time to buy that. For other skin problems including MILD sunburns I like to use coconut oil (which I also cook with).
If you don't have a well stocked first aid kit, I hope this helps you set one up Van or RV, we all need to be well stocked. Make a list of what you need and buy it a little at a time. Most of the stuff you can buy at Dollar Tree. Buy it now whilke you can shop for the best prices and it will save you time and hassle later.
