FirstAid

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Personal First-Aid Kit

The Boy Scout Handbook recommends that personal first aid kits include:

  • Adhesive bandages 6
  • Sterile gauze pads, 4-by-4-inch 2
  • Adhesive tape 1 small roll
  • Moleskin, 3-by-6-inch 1
  • Soap or alcohol-based hand sanitizing gel 1 small bar or travel-sized bottle
  • Antibiotic ointment (Bacitracin) 1 small tube
  • Scissors 1 pair
  • Tweezers 1 pair
  • Disposable non-latex gloves* 1 pair
  • Mouth-barrier device for rescue breathing 1
  • Pencil and paper 1
* Use medical gloves from your first aid kit to protect yourself whenever first aid emergencies involve blood or other body fluids.