How to collect a first aid kit for a trip
When packing your first aid kit on vacation, prepare for any unforeseen situation. Take only proven products – no experiments on the road!
List medicines in four main groups.
Basic first aid kit for typical symptoms
Painkillers: Analgin, Spazmalgon, Pentalgin, No-shpa (antispasmodic), Citramon (for headache).
Gastric: activated charcoal or Sorbex, Imodium, Smecta and Nifuraxoside (for disorders), Regidron (for poisoning), Festal, Creon, Mezim (to improve digestion when changing the usual food and water).
Against heartburn: Rennie, Gaviscon, and for the chronicles – Nolpaza, Ortanol, Omeprazole.
Cardiac: Validol, Corvalment, Corvalol.
Anti-cold: Terraflu, Antigripp, Coldrex, Coldflu.
Antiviral: Nurofen (for ARVI), Otrivin (for a cold), Sinekod, Lazolvan (for coughing), Strepsils (for sore throat), Sofradex (for ear pain), Albucite (for inflammation of the eyes), Zovirakas (for herpes), Kanephron (with cystitis).
Sedatives: Valerian, Novopassit, Persen, Adaptol.
Antiallergenic: Suprastin, Diazolin, Tavigil, Claritin.
External antiseptics: hydrogen peroxide, brilliant green and iodine in travel packaging in the form of pencils + bandage, adhesive plaster and cotton wool.
Typical first aid kit for chronic diseases
Climate change exacerbates chronic diseases. Take your traditional medications with you. Diabetics, hypertensive patients, and people with thyroid disease should take their daily medications.
Typical First Aid Kit for Traffic Symptoms and Outdoor Injuries
For motion sickness in transport: Bonin, Avia-sea or Aviamorin, Ciel, Dramin.
For fans of extreme sports and outdoor activities: elastic bandage, hypotremic package, warming ointments for sprains – Troxevasin, Fastum gel, Voltaren, bactericidal plaster for cuts, calluses.
For sunbathers: sunscreen SPF 30-50, Panthenol (for burns), a soothing spray by skin type.
First aid kit for a trip to exotic countries
In a number of African countries, you will need to be vaccinated or take a course of malaria pills. Reinforce the basic medicine cabinet with gastric remedies of all spectra. Carefully read the reviews of tourists about the specifics of food and water of the exotic country you are traveling to.