Wound Care: Your Essential First Aid Care Guide to Cuts, Scrapes, and Burns.
WebMD has put together a simple, easy to follow Wound Care Guide with reliable information from a variety of trusted sources.
I especially like the slideshows highlighting wound care basics, first aid essentials, bandaging and the do’s and don’ts of wound care.
However, I will add the caveat that you will not find any suggestion or mention of alternative medicines or treatments for wounds, pain or emotional trauma at the WebMD site.
Here are the items I find essential:
- Children’s Benedryl Chewable or Liquid
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B&T Arnica 200 ck Homeopathic Tabs
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Aspirin 325mg
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Vitamin C High Potency Powder – 1 gm per dose
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Oil of Oregano
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Lavender oil/ or Geranium oil.
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Flexible Fabric Bandaids or occlusive bandaid or
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Liquid Bandaid or Collodion
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Bach Flower Formula’s Rescue Remedy
While traveling France by train one summer, the Conductor got smashed in the ear by falling luggage.
He suffered a large gash on his ear which was bleeding profusely as he walked through my car. When I saw him I pulled out my First Aid Kit, told him I was a nurse in broken French, sat him down and bandaged his ear.
A French Woman sitting across from me with her family, looked at me and said” why do you carry such a thing when you travel?” I replied, “so I could fix his ear!”
Remember to pack your own little First Aid kit, you’ll never know when it’ll come in handy…
