SURVIVAL Home First Aid KIT

The SURVIVAL Home First Aid Kit is a household kit designed in Australia by first aid professionals, laid out so someone under stress can find things. Folds out to 79cm, packs down to 21 x 12 x 27cm, 1.6kg.

What a home first aid kit actually gets used for

Not the dramatic scenarios. Kitchen burns and knife cuts, kids falling over, splinters, bites and stings, sprained ankles, headaches, and the grazes that come with a garden and a bicycle. A household kit earns its keep on the ordinary things, several times a year.

The dramatic case still matters, and that is where layout counts. Anyone can find a plaster given a minute. Finding a pressure bandage in the dark while someone is bleeding is a different problem, and it is why a kit designed for visual retrieval beats a box of loose supplies.

Where to keep it

Somewhere every adult in the house knows, reachable without a chair, and not in the bathroom. Bathroom heat and humidity degrade adhesives and shorten shelf life on anything with an expiry date. A kitchen or hallway cupboard is better. Tell everyone where it is, including visitors who stay regularly.

If you drive, a house kit is not a car kit. See the SURVIVAL vehicle kit for that, and browse all first aid kits for workplace options.

Keeping it useful

A kit degrades quietly. Check it twice a year: replace anything used, anything expired, and any dressing whose pack has been opened or crushed. Add what your household specifically needs, since no standard kit anticipates your family: prescription medicines, an asthma reliever, an adrenaline autoinjector if someone is prescribed one, and anything for a child or an older relative living with you.

Specifications

A first aid kit supports trained first aid and does not replace medical care. In an emergency call your local emergency number. Check contents and expiry dates regularly. This information is a general guide and is not medical advice.