First aid plays a significant role in preventing harmful situations as well as saving individual life, from cutting hands with the knife to falling from a bicycle or stairs, first aid can help people in situations of crisis.
On the second Saturday of every September, World First Aid Day is celebrated to promote awareness about how first aid can save millions of lives globally. ‘Lifelong First Aid’ is the theme for World First Aid Day 2022.
There are many ways one can get injured needing medical help. You don’t have to be a doctor to save a life. Knowing and having basic first aid stuff can make you save a life someday. The timely intervention can also save a medical case from going critical, thus saving money, time and energy.
Must-have things in your First Aid Box:
1. Antiseptic creams: It saves from septic OR infection from poisonous bacteria.
2. Adhesive bandages: These reduce the chances of infections.
3. Tweezers: To remove foreign objects like thorns or pins lodged in the skin.
4. Tape and sterile gauze: It can be handy in minimizing bleeding.
5. Muscle pain spray or tube: They can be used for instant relief from muscle sprain and backache.
6. Pain relievers: Pain can seize you anywhere and at any time. Swallow one until you meet the doctor. It will give you the much-needed temporary relief till you see a doctor for long-term treatment.
7. Thermometer and medicine for common and frequent ailments like fever, cough, cold, headache, body ache etc.