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RN Mom's First Aid Kit - Essentials For Small Home, No Expired Meds
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items What an RN Mom actually keeps in 1 cabinet at home. No expired meds, no over-buying. When I worked abroad as a nurse, our medicine cabinet was checked daily - no expired, no clutter. At home with 2 kids, I do the same. No big plastic box that doesn't... *For home first aid, (for minor issues only). For information based on my nursing experience. For severe, deep, large, bleeding, infected wounds or high persistent fever, please seek medical care. Always check expiry dates.
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First Aid Kit Essentials -From My Nurse Bag To Your Home
First Aid Kit Essentials -From My Nurse Bag To Your Home
What I actually kept in our medicine trolley abroad as a nurse, and now in our small home in PH. No over-stocked cabinet, no expired meds. Just the items that heal faster, sting less, and survive real mom life! Kitchen oil splashes, scraped knees fro... *For information & personal experience only, not medical advice. For severe, large, deep, or infected wounds, please seek medical care.
Hospital-grade moist healing, now in my home first aid kit. As a nurse abroad, I learned: dry wounds scar more, moist wounds heal faster. MEBO does that. We used it for: Mild burns (cooking oil, hot water, iron) Scraped knees, small cuts, Sunburn & peeling, Pressure sores, cracked heels from 12-hr duty, Diaper rash & nipple cracks, Old scar softening. Thin layer, 2-3x a day, clean wound first. Small tube lasts months. * Sharing based on my experience working as a nurse abroad and personal home use. For information only, not medical advice. For severe, large, deep, or infected wounds, please seek medical care.
MEBO Burn Cream Skin Healing Ointment Wound & Scar
The only wipes our pedia and I trust for newborn skin.
As an RN mom and mom of sensitive skin babies, I've tried Huggies, Pampers, Johnson's - WaterWipes is the purest. Just 99.9% water + a tiny drop of fruit extract, that's it. No fragrance, no alco...
WaterWipes Original Baby Wipes 99.9% Water - Sensitive Skin
As an RN who worked abroad, this was our triage thermometer. Fast, no contact, no cross infection. At home with 2 kids, it's a lifesaver. No need to wake a sleeping toddler, no need to hold under armpit for 2 minutes while they squirm. Point at foreh...
Infrared Forehead Thermometer Gun - No Touch Baby Thermometer
When I was working as a nurse abroad, we never used alcohol or hydrogen peroxide for wound cleaning, it stings and kills good skin. We used saline wound wash. It's just 0.9% salt water, same as tears, but in a pressurized spray that flushes dirt, san... *For minor scrapes and cuts only, for information based on my nursing experience abroad. For deep, large, heavily bleeding, animal bites, or signs of infection (pus, increasing redness, fever), please seek medical care.
Saline Wound Wash Spray - No Sting First Aid Wash
As an RN, I learned that if a kid picks their own plaster, they feel brave. At home, after saline wash + MEBO, I let my kids choose - dinosaur, princess, Spider-Man, animals. Instantly they stop crying and show it off to everyone. These are small, st...
Fun Kiddie Waterproof Bandages for Kids
If MEBO is for wounds, Aquaphor is for everything else (the Vaseline that actually heals). When I worked abroad as a nurse, Aquaphor was in every baby trolley and nurse's pocket, for dry hands from alcohol, chapped lips from masks, cracked heels from... *For external use, dry skin and minor irritations only. For infected rashes, deep wounds, or persistent eczema, please consult your pediatrician/doctor. Based on my experience as a nurse abroad and mom of 2.
Aquaphor Healing Ointment - Multi-Use Baby Healing Balm
As an RN mom, I’m strict with hand sanitizers, alcohol must be 60%+ but not drying, no harsh scent, no sting on small cuts. This one is kid-safe, gentle, moisturizing, hydrating and doesn't leave hands sticky or super dry. My kids actually want to us...
Kids Hand Sanitizer - Gentle, Non-Stick, Hydrating & Moisturizing
When I worked abroad as a nurse, we had a grab pouch, everything for wound care in 1 small bag. At home, I copied it. I have 3 of these pouches with same items inside: 1 in medicine cabinet, 1 in Mom's bag, 1 in car. This small pouch fits MEBO, Aquap...
Small First Aid Bag - Portable Organizer
As a nurse, we never used plastic tape for kids - it rips skin and causes more ouchie when removing. We used micropore - paper tape, breathable, hypoallergenic. At home, this is what holds gauze over bigger scrapes that fun plasters can't cover, and ...
Micropore Tape - Hypoallergenic Breathable First Aid Tape
I never used tissue, cotton balls, or face towel for wounds coz they leave fibers and stick to wound, more ouchie when removing. We used sterile gauze pads. At home with 2 kids, after saline wash and ointment, I put small gauze pad over scraped knee ...
Sterile Gauze Pads - Non Stick Wound Dressing Pads
This small set was in every first aid, not kitchen scissors, not eyebrow tweezers. First aid scissors are blunt-tip (safe even if kid moves), small, sharp enough to cut micropore tape, gauze, clothes around wound. Tweezers are fine-point, not flat, f... *For minor first aid use only. For deep splinters, deeply embedded objects, or wounds with foreign body that won't come out, please seek medical care. Clean with alcohol before and after use. Keep out of reach of children.
First Aid Scissors And Tweezers Set
Big Lesson: NOT For Wound, But For Everything Around Wound We never put alcohol directly on ouchie, we used it to clean tools and skin around wound. Alcohol pads are NOT for cleaning open wound, it stings so bad and kills healing skin. We used saline... *For cleaning tools and skin around minor wounds only, not for direct use inside open wounds. For information based on my nursing experience. For deep or infected wounds, please seek medical care. Single use only.
Alcohol Prep Pads 70% Isopropyl Sterile
We used instant cold packs for playground falls, lump on forehead, sprained ankle (no need to find ice, no freezer, no wet towel dripping everywhere). At home, with toddlers who run non-stop, I keep this everywhere. Just squeeze hard, shake, and it g... *For minor bumps, bruises, swelling only. For information based on nursing experience. If head injury with vomiting, loss of consciousness, unusual sleepiness, persistent crying, large swelling, or bleeding, please seek emergency care immediately. Si...
Instant Cold Pack Single Use - No Fridge Needed
This stick stops the scratching in 1 minute, no messy cream on hands. Small like lipstick, fits in 1st aid pouch and diaper bag. *How I use - RN tip:* Clean bite with WaterWipes first, then roll this ON the bite only, not around. Don't use on open scratched wounds (use MEBO if they already scratched it). For 2 yrs old and up. For baby under 2, I just use cold compress + Aquap...
Insect Bite Roll-On - Itch Relief for Mosquitoes - No Scratch, No Mess