How to manage family emergency kits?

Case: Zhang old man his wife died more than two years, children usually work very busy, go home two to three times a week. Due to growing age, Zhang Laohan’s vision is getting worse. One night, Zhang Laohan couldn't stop because of a severe cough. He took the ambroxol cough syrup from his family medicine box and found that he did not have the right taste. When he took a closer look, he found that he had mistakenly used iodophor as a cough syrup, and then he rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. Gastric lavage.

Comprehensive first aid kit

The family emergency kit is a double-edged sword. It can be saved and properly stored and stored. However, improper storage can also lead to illness and sometimes even life-threatening. Therefore, the following things need to be done to organize family medicine kits:

1. Establish a drug registration form

The drug registration form can help us to understand the consumption of drugs in a timely manner, record the use, quantity, and validity period in detail, make it easy to find and avoid the expired drug waste, and at the same time avoid eating the wrong drug in an emergency.

2 , separate management

In order to minimize drug application errors, drugs should be managed separately from adult drugs and children's drugs, first-aid and conventional drugs, and internal and external drugs. Drugs must be used according to the instructions on the instructions, otherwise it will bring harm.

3 , correct storage of drugs

Periodically check the quality of medicines and the period of validity. Some medicines are susceptible to decomposition and failure or produce toxic substances. They should be stored in brown bottles and protected from light, such as nitroglycerin tablets. Some drugs are prone to deliquescence and must be sealed or stored in a dry place, such as Chinese medicine pills. Some drugs are sensitive to temperature and require preservation in the refrigerator, such as insulin. Another implication of correctly storing medicines is to ensure that medicines are not freely available to children, mentally handicapped people, and mentally ill patients who are suicidal.

4. Management of scattered medicines

It is best to label each one separately , and write the medicine name and time of use on the label.

5 , the management of special drugs

Bottles should record the opening time of the drug. For example, after eye drops are opened, they can only be used for 4 weeks. They may be contaminated after being opened for 4 weeks. They must be discarded; drugs that absorb moisture easily need to be stored in a container with a dry function. Such as acarbose tablets, telmisartan tablets, compound α-keto acid tablets, potassium aspartate magnesium tablets ( Pan Nanjin ) and other drugs easily change the shape of moisture absorption. In order to ensure the efficacy of the drug, it is recommended that all tablets should be removed from the original packaging before use. The medicines that need to be stored in the refrigerator should be refrigerated or frozen according to the instructions of the medicines.

6 , separated by

Medicines with similar packaging, similar drug names, and similar tablet shapes and colors should be placed separately to avoid misconduct. It is best to make a bold logo.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.