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First Aid Kits for travellers

First aid health kitWe highly recommend that you take at least a basic and well looked after First Aid Kit with you on your travels, especially when travelling through lesser developed countries.

First Aid Kits are available through Gear Zone.

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Pre-packed first aid kits can be bought from travel health clinics and pharmacies but you can also put together your own kit depending on where you are planning on travelling.

If you are heading for more remote or less developed destinations (such as parts of Africa and Asia) you should consider purchasing a more comprehensive first aid kit to include sterile needles, syringes, etc., which are not so necessary for a short break to Thailand.

What should be included in a First Aid Kit?

These are the basics for a first aid kit:

Plasters (Band Aids)
Tubular bandages
Elasticated support bandage
Micropore tape
Melolin dressings (non sticky)
Butterfly closures (for open wounds)
Paracetamol
Stronger painkiller (Ibruprofen)
Diarrhoea tablets
Rehydration tablets (Diarolyte)
Malaria Pills
Antihistamine tablets (eg Benadryl)
Iodine (for small cuts etc)
Travel sickness pills
Vaseline (for ticks/cracked heels)
Sterile hypodermic needles
Scissors
Tweezers
Antiseptic Wipes
Antiseptic cream
Cold & flu tablets
Multivitamins

Where to buy first aid kits:

GearZone

Gear Zone has a wide selection of First Aid Kits from pocket health kits to expedition medical kits.

Buy first aid kits online

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