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An emergency first aid kit should include?

A. sterile gauze pads in assorted sizes.
B. a bottle of multiple vitamins.

C. a knife to cut open blood blisters.

D. aspirin.

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1. First of all, vitamins aren't an "emergency" staple. You really don't need them.

Secondly, a knife, scalpel, or anything else shouldn't be used by ANYONE except a trained professional. You can introduce bacteria into the skin, not to mention doing more damage than is already done. You should just leave blood blisters alone.

That being said, here is my recommendations for a basic first aid kit:

1. Sterile Saline Wash (for irrigating wounds or foreign bodies in the eyes)
2. Antiseptic Pads
3. Burn Cream
4. 2-4 of each - 2x2 and 4x4 sterile gauze
5. Butterfly closures
6. ACE Bandage
7. Assorted Band-Aids
8. Antibiotic Ointment
9. Apsrin
10. "KLING" gauze roll

You can add or subtract as you want!

2. multi vitamins are kinda pointless, defiantly not needed for an emergency kit. make sure you have a bandage and some sort of disinfectant with cotton buds to apply it with. Make sure you have heaps of band aids to they always help.
tweezers- to get those annoying splinters
that should do you a pair of scissors comes in hand for cutting bandages, fingernails, opening stuff so is really handy just to have with you and it you never know when they are needed.

3. I would say "A" but asprin is important to. If a person experiancing a heart attack takes asprin when the pain starts it can sugnificantly reduce the amount of damage the heart attack will end up causing. But in this case the answer is "A"

4. "A" and "D"

"A" Mostly but "D" is good to have like the person above said in case of a heart attack.

Also it should have a knife or some sort of sharp cutting tool. But NOT to cut open blisters.


But to help out here is a up to date First Aid kit list that I would recommend

Bandages
Band-aids
Bandage tape
Safety pin
CPR mask cover
Cotton balls
Forceps
Small flash light
Rubbing alcohol
Elastic wrapping
Gauze
Hydrogen Peroxide
Over the counter pain medicine (Aspirin, Ibeprophen etc.)
Scissors
Nitrile Gloves *****(NOT LATEX)*****
exact-o-knife
Allergy medication (If any one is allergic anything that they might come in contact with.)
Splinting cardboard or Splinting inflatable stabilizer
Thermometer
Ropes
Adrenalin shot (optional)
Neosporen
Instant Ice pad
Stuffed animal (If you have kids, it helps calm down kids so you can give first aid.)
Icy hot patch
needle and thread
Sterile abdominal pad
Sterile covering blanket
Blanket or sheet
UP TO DATE first aid guide book
Emergency medications
Emergency numbers and contacts

5. http://www.themormonchannel.net/tmc/1aid.html

this was backed up by red cross. It tells you everything you need.