If someone at your home got sick or injured, what will you do? You just run to get your first aid kit, right?
If you have had just dump all your medicines or first aid supplies in a drawer or box it will take ages to find what are you searching for in case of emergency and sometimes you find medicine but it get expired or the bottle is empty.
Good organization method helps you out to avoid getting in fuss with a sick kid. I don not have habit to stock lots of medicines as the medical store is near by our place. That is why it doesn't make any sense to stock up lots of medicines. Also now a days we have facility of home delivery and also there are the websites from where you can order the medicines.
Some websites from where you can order medicines by uploading the prescription are:
This box contains:
If you have had just dump all your medicines or first aid supplies in a drawer or box it will take ages to find what are you searching for in case of emergency and sometimes you find medicine but it get expired or the bottle is empty.
Good organization method helps you out to avoid getting in fuss with a sick kid. I don not have habit to stock lots of medicines as the medical store is near by our place. That is why it doesn't make any sense to stock up lots of medicines. Also now a days we have facility of home delivery and also there are the websites from where you can order the medicines.
Some websites from where you can order medicines by uploading the prescription are:
I have this first aid kit box which I bought from D-Mart for Rs.140. The box is quite handy which has quite a deep container and have a partition tray to keep medicines segregated.
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This box contains:
- Cotton
- Bandage Roll
- Antiseptic Ointment
- Bandaid
- Medicine for : Cough, Fever, Cold, Stomach Infection, Pain killer
- Thermometer
- Doctor Tape
- Small Scissor
For Syrups, I have used a basket. The basket have my daughter's suspension medicines.
If you want something similar, there is one on amazon
These Suspensions are for following medical emergencies:
- Cough Syrup
- Stomach Infection
- Pain Killer
- Fever
- Throat Infection
- Vomiting
Some ointments which we want handy is in our bed side table or in our dresser, like:
- Vicks Vapour mainly used to cure block nose, running nose
- Nasal drops for daughter
- Amrutanjan for headache
- Moov or Volini Spray for back pain
- Iodex for sprains
- Dettol/ Savlon antiseptic disinfectant
The medicines I have are mostly prescribed by my daughter's pediatric or by our family doctor. Please do ask your doctor before purchasing any medicine.
Where to store the medicines:
I have 5 year old at my place that is why I store the box somewhere where she cant reach easily. Always, keep in mind that humidity and heat can damage the ingredients of the medicines, that is why always try to avoid to keep the medicines in bathroom or kitchen area.
I have dedicated one of my wardrobe's drawer for the medicines and first aid kit.
How I maintain the kit:
I taped a transparent folder inside the door of the wardrobe in which I insert an A4 size paper on which I have pen down the list of the medicines I have in my kit with the details like:
- Medicine Name
- Prescribe For (to whom the medicine belong)
- Prescribe By (Doctor Name)
- Usage of the medicine
- expiry date of the medicine
Something like this:
| Medicine Name | Prescribe For | Prescribe By | Usage | Expiry Date |
This method help me out to track down the medicine on which we are getting low.
I hope, the above method will help you to organize your first aid kit and medicine kit.
Tell me, how do you organize your first aid supplies and medicines at your place?
