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[HapyGirl]

Let's put our minds together and make a general first aid/ winter med kit:

Everyone list a few items they think people should have on hand :

1. Bleach
2. Rubbing Alcohol
3. Hydrogen peroxide
4. Flu meds
5. Band aids in all sizes, and types

[Synn]

Cotton Balls and Q tips
Kleenex

[moonstar]

Thermometer (maybe 2 incase one breaks)
Liquid anti-bacterial soap
SAM (splint)
Surgical gloves
Good ole aspirin
First aid tape
Butterfly sutures or Leukostrip
Eyedropper
Local anesthetic to numb a wound
Magnifying glass
Various pre-cut moleskins
Something for shock
Dental Emergency Items:
Dental floss
Cotton pellets
Dentemp (a temp. filling material)
Dental wax
Oil of cloves
Denture repair kits

[jillg]

Tea Tree oil
Lavender oil
Tums

[gardnmom]

Sportsmans Guide carries some kits from Military surplus. Good prices, too.
Check out this one
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=194059
Edited to add
Check these out also:
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=217676
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WOW! 15-piece Field Surgical Kit...
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/cb/cb.asp?a=40356

[redhenfarm]

I had to order suture kits for the clinic once and the way we found sources was checking with the local hospital purchaser. Also perhaps your doctors office could give you this information (whoever buys for them).

[HapyGirl]

http://www.buynanomask.com/

http://www.allheart.com/

[Homesteader]

Also the perennial item to have for all rooms in the house..baking soda.

[ricardo]

I guess I need more of that then!

I used all mine up making that elderberry tinature. You
should have seen the look on the liqure store clerks
face when he saw what I was buying. I looked at him and
said "Don't ask!" He didn't. He's going to look at me
REALLY funny when I go back for more! I was buying the
biggest bottles they sold and I had 3 of them.

edited to add: They were 1/2 gallon bottles.

[gardnmom]

Here is another site with first aid kits.
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[Judy Moist]

One piece of advice,,, never pass by a clearance or reduced price merchandise carts at the stores....
I found sterile bandages 10 to a pack for $1.50.. usually quiet a bit more than that.
So I have 10 boxes of sterile bandages
Bandaid antiseptic wash
3 boxes of assorted sizes bandaids
neosporin
large medical type cotton swabs
alcohol pads
different tapes, paper and material type
scissors.

and that is just the beginning...

[ricardo]

Quote:

Vodka....

Sams Club or Costco (if you don't have a card then get a friend to pick it up for you) sells 1/2 gallon bottles cheaply.. right around $10.00 a half gallon, different prices in different areas, but only a few cents.

If people want to know.. they are Christmas presents, they are for the punch bowl for the Christmas party!

I live in a dry county. That mean a 40 min trip to the
bording county at Last Chance Liquor. 1/2 gallon is
$13.50. They have a drive thru. A plus.