First Aid
Any comprehensive emergency preparedness kit or disaster survival kit should include some type of first aid kit.
Recommendation
Recommendation: Store a first-aid kit for your home.
Supplies: Various. See link below.
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Explanation
In the aftermath of a major earthquake we will not be able to expect medical attention or easy access to medical facilities. We need to be self reliant. Often injuries sustained in an earthquake are from broken glass or falling objects. Having a dedicated (larger) first-aid kit than just band aids in a medicine cabinet will be helpful to provide immediate medical attention.
Optional Recommendation
Recommendation: Pool together with a few families and store a trauma kit for your neighborhood.
Supplies: Buy or build a trauma kit for 50 people.
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Option 1: Buy an off the shelf trauma kit
Total Cost: $200
Items:
Option 2: Buy and build a trauma kit
Total Cost: $200+
The benefit of this is that you can consult with a medical expertise in your neighborhood to customize your bag and add specific items for earthquake injuries
Items:
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First Aid Bag with basic supplies
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Splint
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Field Dressing
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Steri-strips (skin closures)
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Self adhesive bandage
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Gloves
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Abdominal pads
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Tape
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Gauze rolls
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Gauze sponge
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Bandage/clothes shears
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Hemostats
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Bactine
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Explanation
In some cases some neighbors will need medical supplies that go beyond your basic first aid kit. While not every household will need a fully stocked trauma kit, it would be nice for someone in the neighborhood to have a well stocked trauma kit like one of these.