making a first aid kit
14
Mar
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Basic First Aid kit

I am very pleased to report that thanks to Miss Paula’s wonderful donations our San Pedro Branch office is ready for action. Yesterday Gigi, Paula and I met up and sorted through all the things Paula was donating to our worthy cause and then we took them over to the office. I did a quick set up so she could see what her stuff would look like and knew I would be going Nate show on the room later  in prep for today’s first volunteer & member sign up. I am so glad Mary and David are joining me from 10am – 1pm to help man the office.

One my tasks this morning before heading to town was to make a Red Cross first aid kit for our San Pedro Branch. I was inspired by the one Paula gave me yesterday that I totally fell in love with, it was also a good reminder that I need to check all of ours and do some restocking. Even though it is a gorgeous warm sunny day  Hurricane season is just around the corner and the recent rain is a good incentive to start preparations sooner than later.

I must confess it was not until I moved to Belize that I started a first aid kit collection. What got me started was thinking in terms of emergency preparedness kit when hurricane Dean was coming and finding a good way to recycle the plastic packaging our sheets came in. You can see my homemade Hurricane season kit  and my emergency light collection in Hurricane Season Belize – time to prepare post from May 2009.

Two related posts to check are:

Hurricane Planning tips  featuring Dianne Campbell’s updated list for hurricane tips and planning.
Tropical Storm Matthew featuring  Cindy’s hurricane prep to do list.

Any good recommends for unusual but useful first aid kit additions?

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I just got an email that the new Minister of NEMO is Hon: Godwin Hulse.

making a first aid kit
Basic first aid kit
san pedro branch
Coffee maker & water dispenser donated by Paula
san pedro branch belize red cross
Paula’s table and the chairs I raided from our yard
san pedro branch red cross belize
We watched a woman make this peace sign on the beach yesterday
tacogirl

Laurie Norton grew up dyslexic and was very challenged by the school. She never dreamed she would move to Belize and become a writer. A year after her move to Ambergris Caye, Laurie became an entrepreneur and professional writer starting tacogirl blog in 2007. Since then she has helped many people plan their vacations or move. She also has been published in Great Destinations Belize Guidebook, Moon Guide to Living in Belize, Insight Guides, Island Magazine several times and USA Today. Currently Laurie resides in downtown San Pedro and enjoys being a "city girl" on a tropical island.

5 thoughts on “Basic First Aid kit”

  1. Ari Feder says:

    My wife and I are looking for a ride to the bay islands from belize. Can someone please point me in the right direction to find a ride sailing out soon?

  5. al salter says:

    A Belize first aid kit should also have Cipro 250mg, loperamide, morphine inj.,suture kit, IV setup with Ringers lactate solution,anti snake venin, condoms ( emergency use only), 12oz grey goose vodka and a KJV bible if all else fails.

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