Do you have a first aid kit?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (212245)
United States
August 30, 2026 1:12pm CST
I have first aid supplies probably to withstand a natural disaster. The only thing I don't have that I could really use is an antibiotic. I do however have an epipen even iodine for a nuclear event.. Ironically, the only times I have been really hurt here they were just bruises or no open wounds so ice and later hot baths did the trick. Have you seen that medicine supply kit Dr. Drew Pinsky advertises? It has antibiotics and other common medicines..that thing is over 200 bucks though..Could go to a doc probably even urgi care for less than that.
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@snowy22315 (212245)
• United States
5h
These are iodine tablets for nuclear exposure. I live near a plant.
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@MarieCoyle (62257)
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5h
@snowy22315
I have water purifying tablets in mine, too.
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@snowy22315 (212245)
• United States
5h
@MarieCoyle That's an idea. I don't have those. I wish I could get some penicillin to put in there.Did you ever get stranded in a blizzard?
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@Deepizzaguy (124798)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5h
I do have a few items inside of the home in case someone gets hurt inside the home.
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@kareng (83258)
• United States
7h
I do have a first aid kit, but it is more for like cuts with antibiotic ointment, eye wash, q-tips, bandages, and such.
I have not seen that kit, but the price sounds about right. I had to maintain one for work before I retired and all of those supplies are expensive.
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@kareng (83258)
• United States
4h
@snowy22315 Those big kits also include instruments like scissors in different sizes, tweezers, and more.
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@wolfgirl569 (139801)
• Marion, Ohio
6h
I don't understand how they are offering that kit as antibiotics are regulated.
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@wolfgirl569 (139801)
• Marion, Ohio
4h
@snowy22315 I don't understand it. And yet I can no longer buy antibiotics for the critters without a prescription anymore
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@MarieCoyle (62257)
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I have always carried a full first aid kit in the car. Plus a blanket, etc. In the winter I get a bit more in there--and if I am forced to drive a long way in terrible winter weather (which I avoid if at all possible) I take another heavy blanket, water bottles, a few protein bars, etc. I have a large tote here at home with all sorts of what some would consider too much, but my Dad got me started on it all years ago and it has come in handy at times. It's best to be prepared if at all possible. I keep common meds in that one, too, but I don't have any antibiotics with the exception of antibiotic ointment in with the bandages, etc.
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@snowy22315 (212245)
• United States
5h
I wish I could get my hands on some. There have been times here where they would have come in handy. You used to be able to order them from Canada but with this Trump nonsense, they are probably even higher now.
@Ineeddentures (46352)
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5h
That's a good question.
I could have sworn we did have one
Just asked Yvonne and she just shrugged her shoulders
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@snowy22315 (212245)
• United States
5h
Hmm, might try to find one on your shops.
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@Ineeddentures (46352)
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@snowy22315
I think we do have one
In the shed or mancave
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@snowy22315 (212245)
• United States
8h
All I have along that vein is hydrocortisone, Benadryl and and things along those lines..Neosporin .mild anti inflamatories.
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@Juliaacv (57318)
• Canada
7h
I am not familiar with the first aid kit by this doctor.
We have one in our home and one in our vehicle, my husband is particularly fussy about maintaining it so that nothing is outdated. He keeps a tube of polysporin in the kit in the car, just in case. He also keeps a bottle of water in it, so that anything that needs to be flushed out can be. And he even has a flannel blanket throw thing in there. During the winter months he has a bigger blanket.
It isn't hard to maintain and build on a basic first aid kit without buying one for $200.
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