Students, especially freshman can be overwhelmed when they go off to school.  They are often adjusting to being away from home for the first time, hectic schedules, exam stress, assignments, and extracurricular activities mixed with non-academic worries and irregular eating habits. A first-aid kit for students is a great tool to help them with their health and well-being.  

 A kit for students can also encourage them to be more independent when it comes to self-care by taking care of their small injuries and illnesses. In conclusion, kits are an asset for students to support their active lifestyle and give them independence to live on their own while taking care of themselves. 

For people who are too busy to assemble a medical kit, there are a variety of pre-packaged medical kits available in the market. These kits come with the basic medications, supplies, and equipment to handle a first-aid situation. 

Another option is to build the ultimate dorm first aid kit. Here’s a list of essential things needed to assemble a first aid kit for students:  

• Basic Essentials: These include gauze pads, adhesive bandages, wet wipes, antiseptic wipes, iodine ointment, cotton, cotton swabs, band-aids, etc.   
• Pain Relief: Some over-the-counter pain relief medication like ibuprofen.  
• Cold and Flu Remedies: Include some cold and flu remedies, like cough drops, soothing throat lozenges, etc, in your dorm first aid kit while assembling it.  
• Personal Medications: These include prescribed drugs to vitamin supplements. 
• First Aid Guide: In case someone with no knowledge of first aid needs to use the medical kit for students, there should be first aid guides in the kit.  
• Medical Equipment: Here are some of the medical equipment you should have in your medical kit for students:  
  • Tweezers  
  • Scissors  
  • Thermometer – Like Exergen’s TempoTherm or TAT-2000C Temporal Artery Thermometer that is designed to offer quick, precise, and non-intrusive temperature readings. 
  • Cotton swabs  

A first aid kit for students is a great tool to empower students and help them take care of themselves when they are away from home. 

Source: Amber Student,  

https://amberstudent.com/blog/post/assembling-a-medical-kit-for-students 

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