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Emergency Essentials Checklist: First Aid

An American Red Cross approved kit contains the following...

• Sterile, adhesive bandages
  
• Assorted safety pins
  
• Cleansing agent/soap
  
• Latex gloves
  
• Sunscreen
  
• Sterile gauze pads
  
• Triangular bandages
  
• Sterile roller bandages
  
• Scissors
  
• Adhesive tape
• Tweezers
  
• Needle
  
• Moistened towelettes
  
• Antiseptic
  
• Rubbing alcohol
  
• Thermometer
  
• Tongue blades
  
• Tube of petroleum jelly
  
• Extra eye glasses
  
• Insect repellant