School First Aid Kits

School First Aid kits really have to be top-notch. There should be no scrimping and saving with school First Aid kits. This makes them expensive to buy and to maintain, because children's accidents are usually scrapes and bruises, but your school First Aid kit must contain everything, despite the fact that many of the item will never be used.

School First Aid Kits

When thinking about the contents of the ideal school First Aid kits, you have to think about the sorts of problems and accidents that often befall children. Young children tend to run around a lot, fall over and sometimes will hit each other, but they do not usually break bones because their bones are still soft and malleable.

Older children play a bit rougher and also fight, but in this age group bones do sometimes get broken, so this has to be borne in mind when thinking about the contents of your school First Aid kits. If you intend having a First Aid kit in every classroom, you could take this age-related information into account, but if you are just going to have one kit in the head's office, it will have to be all-encompassing.

Starting with the most common problems or accidents face, bumps and scrapes, you will need to have in your school first aid kits: some antiseptic cream like Germolene; iodine; Vaseline; anti-histamine for bee stings (Tiger Balm is pretty good for most bites and stings); calamine lotion for sunburn; alcohol or antiseptic wipes for cleaning the wound; some plasters or band-aids of different sizes (or a roll so that you can cut your own) and scissors.

Kids get splinters of wood, glass and metal under their skin and in their eyes, so you should have tweezers and eyewash in your school First Aid kits too. Headaches and upset stomachs are pretty common, so you could have some junior Anadin or Dispirin and some charcoal tablets to stop diarrhea.

Then your school First Aid kits should contain something in case of more serious injuries such as breakages. If a leg gets broken you will need some two or four inch bandages and splints, although at school rulers will do. If an arm gets broken it too should be splinted and then supported with a (folded triangular) bandage around the neck.

School First Aid kits containing these items should be adequate for most everyday problems that kids face, but the main thing is for the teacher to have had some training in how to administer First Aid. naturally, the teacher will detail someone to get or phone for help immediately if the injury is serious, say a fracture or if the patient has been knocked unconscious.

School First Aid kits are very necessary items to have at hand and the law probably requires it, but more important really is to have a teacher on hand who knows what to do and does not panic. Kids are unpredictable and one of them will get hurt sooner or later, so just make sure that you have had adequate training, that your school First Aid kits are well-stocked and get on with it.