This document outlines the contents of a basic first aid kit and provides instructions for using items in the kit to treat common emergencies. The kit should include bandages, gauze pads, gloves, alcohol wipes, tweezers, scissors and a first aid pamphlet. Burns, bleeding wounds, and splinters are described as examples of injuries that can be treated using gloves, pads, bandages and other kit items to clean and cover affected areas.

1. First Aid Kit Assignment
by Carina Schmidt

2. First Aid Kit Items
• 10 Band Aids (various sizes)

3. First Aid Kit Items
• 10 Sterile Gauze Pads

4. First Aid Kit Items
• 4 Disposable Gloves

5. First Aid Kit Items
• 5 Alcohol Wipes

6. First Aid Kit Items
• 1 Gauze Bandage

7. First Aid Kit Items
• 1 pair of Tweezers and Scissors

8. First Aid Kit Items
• 1 First Aid Pamphlet

9. Ways to Use a First Aid Kit in an
Emergency
1) Burns: (Gloves, Scissors, Pads, Bandage)
Always put on gloves before administering
First Aid! If clothes stick to the burned
tissue, the scissors can be used to cut away
clothes, in order to better treat wound. Once
the burned area is separated from the rest of
the clothes, cover it with sterile gauze pads
and wrap with gauze bandage.

10. Ways to Use a First Aid Kit in an
Emergency
2) Bleeding: (Gloves, Scissors, Pads, Bandage)
Always put on gloves before administering
First Aid! Locate bleeding wound and use
scissors to gain better access if necessary.
Then cover the wound with sterile gauze pads
and tightly wrap with bandage.

11. Ways to Use a First Aid Kit in an
Emergency
3) Splinters: (Alcohol Wipe, Tweezers, Band Aid)
Always put on gloves before administering
First Aid! Sterilize the tweezers with an alcohol
wipe. Then grab splinter with sterilized
tweezers and remove it. Cover with
appropriate size band aid.