Kit, Home First Aid

First Aid Kit

Keep a first aid kit readily available in your home, cottage, car, boat, workplace, and recreation area. Store it in a dry place and replace used or outdated contents regularly. A first aid kit should contain the following:

• Template - Emergency telephone numbers for EMS/9-1-1, your local poison control centre, and your personal doctors
• Template - Home and office phone numbers for family members, friends, or neighbours who can help
• - Sterile gauze pads (dressings) in small and large squares to place over wounds
• - Adhesive tape
• - Roller and triangular bandages to hold dressings in place or to make an arm sling
• - Adhesive bandages in assorted sizes
• - Scissors
• - Tweezers
• - Safety pins
• - Instant ice packs
• - Disposable non-latex gloves, such as surgical or examination gloves
• - Flashlight, with extra batteries in a separate bag
• - Antiseptic wipes or soap
• - Pencil and pad
• - Emergency blanket
• - Eye patches
• - Thermometer
• - Barrier devices, such as a pocket mask or face shield
• - Coins for pay phone
• - Canadian Red Cross first aid manual