Emergency Supplies List - Provident Living

[Northmountain]

Emergency Supplies List from the ProvidentLiving.org website in 2005

Recommended Emergency Supplies
www.providentliving.org

Here is a general list of the supplies you should have for home emergencies and natural disasters:

1. Supply of prescription and other necessary medications.
2. Flashlight with extra batteries.
3. Portable, battery-powered radio for receiving emergency communications.
4. Waterproof matches, and either long-burning candles or a kerosene-type lamp with extra fuel, all properly stored.
5. Fire extinguisher, ABC or dry-chemical type for all classes of fires. Check the expiration date and be sure you practice and know how to use it.
6. Electrical fuses, if needed for your home.
7. Rope ladder to hold your weight if you need to exit upper floors of your home to ground level, and some additional length of rope for multipurpose use.
8. First aid instruction book.
9. Blankets and sheets. These can be used for warmth, for splints, and for transport of injured persons.
10. First aid supplies:

• Medical-grade vinyl gloves
• Poison ivy relief cream
• Burn relief cream
• Sunscreen, SPF of 30 or greater
• Antibiotic ointment, Polysporin® or similar
• Sting relief lotion or ointment, calamine or similar
• Box of sterile gauze pads, either 3" x 3" or 4" x 4"
• Abdominal (ABD) or combine sterile pad, 5" x 9"
• Rolled gauze of 2 sizes, 2" x 4 yards and 4" x 4 yards
• Bandages of assorted types: finger, knuckle, plastic, Telfa®, and general adhesive
• Sterile oval eye pad
• Small sharp scissors
• Tweezers with pointed tip
• Thermometers, oral and rectal (for babies)
• Elastic bandage, 3" x 6"
• Instant ice pack
• Roll of adhesive tape, 1" wide, may use plastic type if preferred
• Triangular bandages, 2
• Package of safety pins, assorted sizes
• Absorbent cotton balls, 1 box
• Diarrhea remedy, Pepto-Bismol® or Kaopectate® or similar
• Popsicle® (craft) sticks or finger splints
• Antibacterial soap, liquid or bar
• Medicine dropper
• Water purification tablets
• Small bottle of bleach
• Sharp knife or multipurpose knife/tool
• Bottles of aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen (children’s or liquid if needed)
• Splint materials: thin boards 2-3' long
• Cough syrup and throat lozenges
• Large plastic trash bag and several smaller, zip-closure bags

You may need to add other items that are particular to your climate and to the types of natural disasters that you have in your area. If mosquitoes are a problem or could become one (after a hurricane, for example), you may wish to add mosquito repellent to your supplies.

Include consecrated oil with your supplies so priesthood blessings can be given if needed. Also be sure to include the scriptures and some favorite toys, games, songs, or books so that your family will be able to have some degree of normalcy if a time of emergency comes.

[rflistner2000]

One concern that I have with the Providentliving.com web site, is the lack of specifics. I understand and (partially) agree, with what I've been told is the reason for this. So I'm a bit surprised that you have found this list of First Aid supplies on the web site. Where was it? I haven't been able to locate it.
It is a good list.

[Northmountain]

The information was on the site in 2005 or 2003 (the date on my printout is smudged).

I printed the page as a shopping list to show folks in our stake / wards / CERT teams. Knowing I'd use the kit in 'show and tells' I mirrored a typical shopping pattern and purchased the contents at the local discount grocery shopping center (not Walmart). The price for the contents was a little over $120. Fortunately, I picked up a bag that normally retails at $59.95 for $5.00 at Recreation Outlet in Utah. Bag cost is always a big part of any self-built kit.

The list is just a rule of thumb starting point. It should be modified to fit the needs of individuals and families.

If a neighborhood, CERT or other group decides to build their own kits, they could save money with a group supplies purchase through www.statmedical.com or similar store. Making the point again, the bag will probably be the single most expensive component in basic kits.

I use the kit for demo's and added some extra items including clear plastic tubs to hold bandages, Burn Free, sutures and other smaller things.

[rflistner2000]

I've got six or seven First Aid Kits that I've aqquired over the past year, and a bunch of 1st Aid items that I've purchased seperately. And now that I see your little plastic containers, I know how to organize the extras I have. Not sure why I didn't think of it sooner. Thanks for the concept.

[Northmountain]

The little Rubber Maid containers work very well as bandaid containers too. We purchase the large bandaid packages at Costco and put them in these little containers as gifts for family and friends (especially those with little kids or Dads who work with their hands in trade jobs). The containers keep the bandaids dry, organized and you can see what is in the case.

If you aren't already doing so, be sure to keep 3 or 4 bandaids in your wallet / purse all of the time. Once you start carrying them, you'll be surprised at how often you'll use them .... kids scraped knees, finger cuts, etc.