Emergency Preparedness - Week Three

We are moving right along with our Emergency Preparedness Stations!  Already on week three!  If you need to catch up you can read all about Week One and Week Two Part One and Part Two.  This week we are covering First Aid!

Even though rescue teams hit the scene as soon as they can, it may take hours or days for them to reach you and your loved ones.  So be prepared!

Week Three - First Aid

OBJECTIVES:
- Buy/organize an emergency first aid kit
- Create a mini first aid kit for each Emergency Preparedness Pack

The Red Cross has a great list of items you should have in your emergency first aid kit.  Their list is recommended for a family of four.  Basing our first aid kit off this list, and making a few adjustments of our own, here's what my roommate and I got so far:

There are so many different ways to set up your first aid kit.  Just make sure it's organized!  The last thing you want in an emergency is to have to dig through your supply to find what you need.  You could buy a pre-organized kit, a tackle box, a bin with compartments, or organize with plastic bags.  Whatever works for you!  For now my roommate and I have them organized in the larger first aid case, and put in the corner of our Emergency Preparedness Station!

So now your Emergency Preparedness Station has a first aid kit!  But we also need to prepare your Emergency Preparedness Pack incase of a grab-n-go situation.  We split up the materials from the different first aid kits to put in our Packs.  The little white cases make perfect little first aid kits for each of the Packs.

Remember: All of these items will add up quickly and make your Packs heavy!  Just because you can pick it up at home doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to travel a far distance.  So make sure you keep that in mind!  Maybe take a lap around the block to see how you feel (and if you plan on carrying a child and their pack you need to keep that in mind too).