Virtually everyone will have to use, or be in need of a first aid kit at some point and time in their life, and the last thing you want, is to be stuck with a huge health problem, without the proper tools, especially when traveling.
That is why you should take the time to prepare a kit to have available to you when traveling.
Travel first aid kits are easily made and can inexpensively be put together to be either basic or comprehensive depending on your medical training and how far you expect to be from professional medical help.
Let us look at how to prepare a functional travel first aid kit.
Remember it is adaptable to what fits for you, however here is a list of some typical travel first aid kit items.
For Indigestion, anti-diarrheals, pain etc… – be sure to include an antacid for indigestion, an anti-diarrheal (such as Pepto-Bismol, or Imodium), aspirin (for mild pain and heart attacks), anti-histamine cream, a diphenhydramine (such as benadryl).
Do not forget to carry along your normal medicines that help you take care of the odd allergy or help boost blood sugar levels as these are proven items and you must carry them along with the other travel first aid things. You will do well to take along cough formulations, inhalers and such other items that enable you to manage any throat or respiratory problems.
Regular first aid kit components – Aside from the medicinal and drug related items of a travel first aid kit, you should also include things like adhesive take, sterile gauze pads, antiseptic (even a small bottle of liquid soap, so that you can clean your hands or wounds), bandages/band aids of various sizes, examination gloves, safety pins, scissors, tweezers (in the instance that you would have to remove anything, such as a bee stinger).
The main purpose of the travel first aid kit is to be fully prepared to tackle any emergency. Take extra care and caution then to always have at least 60 minutes on your phone for battery time, or to have a phone card, to include a lighter (to sterilize things, or start a fire if need be), a small flashlight (you can find ones now that do not require a battery, but just need to be shook to generate power).
Please also carry along telephone numbers for easy communication.