Summer Safety Tips

Here are some essential first aid items to keep handy at home and when traveling:

• • A list of medications you take with dosage amounts
  • An index card, preferably laminated, that notes your emergency contacts, doctors name and phone numbers, hospital preference, allergies, medical conditions, and blood type.
  • Antiseptic ointment or spray
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Non latex gloves
  • Tweezers to remove splinters or ticks
  • Aloe Vera gel or burn spray
  • Mosquito and Bug repellent
  • Hydrocortisone cream
  • Adhesive bandages, non stick gauze pads in small and large sizes, and a roll of first aid tape
  • Triangle bandage
  • Dissolvable Aspirin
  • Instant Cold compresses