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Ochsner’s Guide to Emergency Care.

Expecting the Unexpected

Keep a well-stocked irst aid kit on hand—and

Ochsner can help you get started with a free one!

Here’s a simple way to prepare for most minor emergencies: Stash irst aid

kits, customized to meet your family’s needs, in your home, car and carry-on

bag when traveling. Be sure to keep them current—periodically check batteries
and toss expired products—and out of reach of children.

Here’s an overview of the basics:

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For a free starter irst For a family of four:
Additional items for babies:
+ Emergency contact + Space blanket
+ Acetaminophen
aid kit, visit www.ochsner.
org/irstaidkit. Quantities information
+ Breathing barrier
+ Baby nail clippers

are limited.
+ Flashlight
(with one-way valve)
+ Cotton balls and/or swabs

+ First aid instruction booklet + Instant cold compress
+ Petroleum jelly

+ Personal medications
+ 2 pairs nonlatex gloves
+ Medicine syringe
+ 2 absorbent compress
+ 2 hydrocortisone ointment
+ Bulb suction and saline drops

dressings
packets
+ Rectal thermometer

+ 25 adhesive bandages in
+ Scissors
+ Diaper rash ointment

assorted sizes
+ 2 roller bandages
+ Moist towelettes
+ + +
1 adhesive cloth tape
10 sterile gauze pads Diapers
+ 5 antibiotic ointment packets + Oral thermometer
+ Bottles

+ 5 antiseptic wipe packets
(nonmercury/nonglass) + Baby formula and/or food

+ 2 packets of aspirin
+ 2 triangular bandages

(81 mg each)
+ Tweezers
/ Source: American Red Cross

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“Whether on the soccer ield or ishing on your boat, you never know when you will

need a irst aid kit. hey are easy to stash in a backpack or glove box. Just remember to

check yours once a year to ensure the supplies are up to date.”
—Brian Seymour, MD, Medical

Director of the Emergency Department, Ochsner Medical Center – North Shore

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