The Coronavirus Preparedness Handbook by Tess Pennington

Author:Tess Pennington
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510762572
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2020-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Build the Ultimate One-Year Medical Supply

Experts suggest that each home has a basic medical supply that is unique to your family’s needs. It is in your best interest to ensure that you have any and all necessary medications that require prescriptions before an emergency happens.

We all have our fair share of band-aids and antibiotic ointment, but do you have medical supplies that can help with true medical emergencies? The following list is your basic medical preparations broken into sections of need to help in your organization.

Hygiene

• Liquid antibacterial hand soap – 20 bottles

• Disposable hand wipes – 20 packages

• Antibacterial hand sanitizer – 20 containers

• Feminine items – 12 packages

• Extra baby needs (diapers, wipes, pacifiers, bottles, medicine, etc.) – in quantity

• Disposable Nitrile gloves – 5 boxes or more

Essential Medical Tools

• Trauma shears

• Penlight or small flashlight

• Scalpel with extra blades

• Stethoscope

• Irrigation syringe

• Tweezers

• Thermometer

• Foam splint – 2 per family member

• Thermometer

Over-the-Counter Products

• Aspirin or non-aspirin pain reliever (for adults and children) – 5 bottles

• Stool softener – 5 bottles

• Electrolyte powder – 3 boxes

• Cold/flu medications – 3 boxes per family member

• Expectorant/decongestants – 3 per family member

• Hydrocortisone – 3 tubes

• Miconazole/anti-fungal – 3 tubes or spray bottles

• Syrup of Ipecac and activated charcoal – 2 containers

• Eye care (e.g., contact lens case, cleansing solution, eye moisture drops) – 3 per family member

Natural Supplements

• Potassium iodide tablets – 1 box per family member

• Multivitamins – 2 large containers

• Vitamin C – 1-2 large containers

• Ginger – 1 bottle

• Garlic – 1 bottle or grow your own

• Ginseng – 2 bottles

• Colloidal silver – 1 container per family member

Wound Care

• Disinfectant (Betadine, isopropyl alcohol, iodine, hydrogen peroxide, etc.) – 2 per family member

• Band-aids – 3 large boxes in assorted sizes

• Antibiotic ointment – 5

• Instant cold and hot packs – 10

• 1 week of prescription medications – as many as you are able to get with your prescription

• Ace bandages – 10

• Non- stick gauze pads in assorted sizes (3×3 and 4×4) – 10 boxes

• Sterile roller bandages – 5

• Surgical sponges – 5

• Adhesive tape or duct tape – 5

• Steri-strips – 5

• Moleskin – 3

• Respirator masks – 4 cases for shortterm events. For longer-term events multiply the supply.

• CPR micro shield – 1 per family member

• Suture kit – 3 per family member

• QuikClot® compression bandages – 2 per family member

• Tourniquet – 2

• Thermal Mylar blanket – 1 per family member

• Antibiotics – 2 types per family member

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