First Aid Kits for Vehicle and Home

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#152048 14-Sep-2014 14:54

I am looking for a GOOD first aid kit for my vehicle and take it out also for home between $50 -$100 anyone bought anything lately?

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#1128329 14-Sep-2014 14:58

St Johns sell good ones

http://shop.stjohn.org.nz/servlet/Srv.Ecos_Signon?CN=11523&AC=9wLy8wb09wH4WPn2&UC=STJGUEST

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#1128334 14-Sep-2014 15:06

Red Cross offer similar too

https://www.redcross.org.nz/first-aid/kits/

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#1132038 19-Sep-2014 11:20

your pharmacy will have them.
Mitre 10 also sell very good kits which are both a med kit and have survival stuff.
I have used it a couple of times when i get stuck up a mountain in the snow when fixing a radio transmitter and have to sleep in the car up there.
The foil blanket is great in addition to my sleeping bag stuffed in the spare tyre bay.
I also keep muesli bars in there and a bottle of water.

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#1132081 19-Sep-2014 12:09

I second the St John kits. If you go into a St John station you can usually buy your kit there, filled with the items you select. They can also put you on a mail alert list to send a reminder to you when items hit expiry and need replacing.

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#1132141 19-Sep-2014 14:00

I have my own kit in a sealed plastic container in the car, - a variety of gauzes, scissor, cotton pads, bandage, plaster, glove and little vials of saline ( use for contacts)

I did ask the instructor at a First Aid course I was attending, as to what I need to keep in a kit and the above is a minimalist kit that she recommended.
As you have guessed, this was not from the RED Cross training but a group called TriEx.

But saying that, I did buy a ready made kit from my Unichem pharmacy a month ago for $30
for the house.

One tip if you do buy one is , do open the kit from time to time to get familiar with the contents and
also throw out and replace ones that have expired ( creams) or off colour ( bandages).

Saves time rummaging through the kit in a real emergency where you know exactly where everything is !

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