10 First-Aid Must-Haves for Cuts and Scrapes

Make sure you have these ten emergency essentials for your child's cuts and scrapes.

• Sterile gauze pads
• Sterile adhesive bandages in different sizes
• Rolls of stretchable sterile gauze to hold dressings in place
• Sterile adhesive tape
• Cotton balls
• Large sterile triangular bandage (to use as a sling or for applying pressure to a wound)
• Antibiotic ointment, such as Neosporin
• Antiseptic wipes or antiseptic solution such as Betadine
• Blunt-tipped scissors (for cutting bandages)
• Tweezers (for removing splinters)

Copyright © 2000 Kathleen Ewald. Reprinted with permission from the February 2000 issue of Parents magazine.

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