First Aid Kits for travellers
We 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.
Buy kits online
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.
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