Field Supplies - First Aid Supplementary Pack

All of the First Aid Supplementary Packs have been designed to further customise your first aid kit to perfectly suit your activity or lifestyle. These packs are also ideal for replenishing or updating existing kits.

This Pack contains quality components for the management of wounds sustained in the marine environment. These essential items are an ideal supplement to a basic First Aid Kit or as a Stand-Alone Kit. Because of the high risk of bacterial contamination in marine wounds, thorough wound cleaning is essential to prevent infection and encourage healing.

The Reef Rash contains:

Medical & Kit Information

Contents / Instruction Sheet Emergency Action Card
Use to aid rapid response in emergency situations. Contains an illustrated guide to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and notes on 10 common life threatening emergencies.

Wound Treatment Items

Sterile Gauze Swabs (3) x 2
Use as an aid to wound cleaning, burns cover (soaked in saline) and wound cover.

Iodine Swabs x 6
Use to clean marine wounds after irrigation with clean water. Caution: do not use if there is a known allergy to iodine.
Sterile Wound Irrigation Syringe (10mL) x 1
Use to irrigate wounds under pressure with clean water to dislodge dirt and germs from the wound site.
Green Soap Scrub Sponge (e.g. Wet Prep Green Soap Sponge) x 1
Use to scrub dirty wounds such as abrasions in addition to irrigation with clean water and disinfecting with iodine.
Alternatives: Soap and water.
Sterile Wound Closure Strips (Steristrips or Leukostrips) x 3
Use to close skin lacerations after appropriate wound cleaning.
Apply Wound Closure Strip across the wound to pull the wound edges together. If necessary cut in half ensuring that 2cm of tape remains on either side of the wound.
Alternatives: Suturing, Skin Staples or strips of Fixomull.
Caution: Do not close wounds with a high risk of infection and always seek Medical Consultation.
Tincture of Benzoin Swab Stick x 1
Use to form a protective film on the skin before applying the Wound Closure Strips.

Wound Cover and Bandaging Materials

Waterproof Absorbent Dressings (6 x 10cm) x 2
Use to cover cuts and abrasions where there is likely to be a significant ooze of fluid from the wound.
Change after first day and cover with a Waterproof Dressing once ooze has ceased. Dispose of in Biohazard Bag or burn.
Waterproof Dressings (6 x 7cm) x 4 and (9 x 10cm) x 2
Use to cover larger wounds where ooze of fluids is minor only.
Apply by peeling off central portion of cover strip, applying sticky surface over the wound, then removing the outer cover of the strip. Replace every 2-5 days.

Suggested Prescription Medications (Not included as they are Prescription Items - recommended for travel to remote areas)

Neosporin Topical Ointment (15gm) (Polymycin B sulphate 5,000 units, neomycin sulphate 5mg, bacitracin 400 units in paraffin)
Use to treat wounds if signs of infection appear (increasing redness/ warmth/ swelling/tenderness/swelling. Can also be used to treat outer ear infection (Swimmer's ear) provided the tympanic membrane (eardrum) is intact. Apply lightly to the affected area 3 times daily. Do not use if there is a known allergy to any of the components.
Roxithromycin (Rulide 300mg) x 5
Use to cover larger wounds where ooze of fluids is minor only.
Use to treat infected wounds not responding to the above measures. Take one tablet daily with food. Do not take if known allergy to macrolides including erythromycin. Alternatives: Ciprofoxacin, Doxycycline.

Cat No.	Product	Dimensions	Quantity	Price	Price + GST	Qty to Add
EA3000	First Aid Supplementary Pack - Reef Rash Pack		each	$30.70	$33.77

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