Unusual supplies for first aid.

Whether you are a prepper or just a parent the need for a well stocked first aid kit is critical.  Case in point.  My daughter just fell off a barstool and jammed her index finger and bruised her cheek up.  So first things first I pulled a frozen sponge out of the freezer, and grabbed the first aid kit.  In my first aid kit I have unusual items.  Like craft sticks the wide tongue depressor type and the Popsicle type.  I buy them at the craft store because they are cheap there. I can use them for a wide variety of uses, like splinting fingers and toes, as well as a tongue depressor.  I have duct tape and white first aid I also have steri strips but that doesn't really apply here.  For my daughter's jammed finger I broke the wide craft stick in half and cover it in white first aid tape to prevent splinters and it pads it too. Then I taped her finger to it.  

Back to the sponge.  I take a cheap kitchen sponge, soak it in water and a little rubbing alcohol and put it in a freezer bag then into the freezer. It stays pliable and it doesn't leak.  It is a cleaner than a bag of peas or ice.  The alcohol makes it stay cold and pliable.  It works great for all kinds of ouchies.

First Aid kit

What is in your first aid kit.  Whether or not you are prepping or not, you should have a first aid kit at your home for emergencies.  And if you have kids, you will need it.  I was recently (this morning asked what my master list is.  Well here it is.

Band-Aids Eye Drops Eye pads Eye patch

Potassium iodine

Gloves

Alcohol Wipes

baby wipes

Pads

Tampons

Alcohol

Hydrogen peroxide

Witch hazel

Epson salt

bengay

blue emu

bar soap

anti bacterial soap

super glue

lemon drops

anise candy

Horehound

Mask

preparation H wipes

preparation H ointment

Hand warmers

Heat pad

hot water bottle

cold compresses

mentolatum (Vicks vapor rub)

Camphor oil

Lice shampoo

hand sanitizer

duct tape

First aid tape

Butterflies

Skin stapler

stapler remover

Staples

Raw honey

Solocaine

Whiskey

Vodka

Candles

Ace bandages

Othro boot

knee brace

ankle brace

wrist brace

popsicle sticks

tongue depressors

Gauze

Tefla pads

gauze pads

Qtips

Calamine lotion

Neosporin

Bractrim

Iodine

meat tenderizer

Tylenol

Aspirin Ibporphin

Scissors Lotramin Monistat Hydrocortisone Anti fungal Bandana Bottled water Sharpie Clean wash rags Some pennies Crutches Glucose meter Strips Glucose tablets Peppermint candy Ginger root tablets Motion sickness bracelets Peppermint tea Yarrow tea Chamomile tea Lavender Smelling salts Benedryl Allergy meds Epipen Scalpel Sutures Tweezers Hemostats Candle Oil lamp Flashlights Batteries Cotton Balls Baster Basting syringe Prescriptions for family Snake bite kit Tobacco Baking soda Olive oil I have been asked about the  meat tenderizer. Spider bites, bug bites ect.