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Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 16 September 2026 (aussie.zone)
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[-] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

I have, in a burst of productivity, redone my first aid kit.

Thrown out the old/borderline expired stuff, added some items for the kind of incidents I know I have and so on. I have

  • 1x pair nitrile gloves, for dealing with anyone else’s mess if need be
  • 2x alcohol disinfectant wipes
  • 1x roll strapping tape
  • 1x gauze dressing pad
  • 1x small bottle of Betadine
  • 1x box GOOD bandaids
  • 1x small roll Hydralyte tabs (5 doses) for the “I’ve been pukey, now dehydrated AF” experience
  • 1x box Panadol
  • 1x tube aloe vera gel for burns
  • 1x pack throat lozenges, my preferred
  • 1x pair tweezers
  • 1x pair scissors
  • 1x eye drop guide thingy. I hate putting drops in, I flinch away if anything gets too near my eyes, but if I put this over the neck of an eye-drop bottle it’s less of an issue. I’ve had it for years, but now it’s in a known spot
  • 1x thermometer

Please weigh in, DT? Have I forgotten anything, or put something redundant in?

[-] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Movicol

Imodium

Ural

[-] CadMunt@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Suggestions:

Ibuprofen - different mechanism of action to Panadol.
Asprin for heart attacks.
Shaprie/texta to write times and patient conditions down.
Clear eyes.
Anti-fungal
Zinc Stick
Backup personal meds - eg nexium, telfast, no-doz, valium, dexies, ventolin, lactase etc...
lip balm.
Electrolyte Sachets.
Sports tape, micro pore tape.
Tampons.

[-] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cotton pads, cotton sticks and an ACE bandage. I'd put more alcohol wipes in there and a splinter picker thingy.

[-] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, I've got cotton buds. I'll get some cotton pads

[-] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

One way resus mask, needle stick kit, triangular bandage, big texta, bit of thin plastic (like cigarette packet wrapping), a printed first aid guide (human and pet) phone numbers for nurse on call and poison advice, small flat stick, asprin, eye wash bottle, tampons

[-] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Bottle of saline solution. Instant cold pack - the kind you bend to activate. Safety pins. More dressing pads, and some of those weirdly sticky plasfilm bandages they put on tattoos cos you can put them over a bandaid/gauze pad and shower in them.

[-] StudChud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

A bottle of whiskey

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

One of those foldy space blankets . The silvery thermal kind that you can slip into a pocket. Good for shock. Antiinflammatories. Antihistamines. Charcoal tabs (they don't expire) great for the rankest of farts

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