FirstAid

Personal First-Aid Kit

The Boy Scout Handbook recommends that personal first aid kits include:

• Adhesive bandages 6
• Sterile gauze pads, 4-by-4-inch 2
• Adhesive tape 1 small roll
• Moleskin, 3-by-6-inch 1
• Soap or alcohol-based hand sanitizing gel 1 small bar or travel-sized bottle
• Antibiotic ointment (Bacitracin) 1 small tube
• Scissors 1 pair
• Tweezers 1 pair
• Disposable non-latex gloves* 1 pair
• Mouth-barrier device for rescue breathing 1
• Pencil and paper 1

* Use medical gloves from your first aid kit to protect yourself whenever first aid emergencies involve blood or other body fluids.