What is the survival kit for a successful trip? Here’s what to put in his pharmacy kit on a trip!
To start serenely abroad, it is highly recommended to carry a rescue kit in his bag to deal with any possible problems (accident, repatriation , disease, etc.). Indeed, Social Security is not as good quality in all countries as in France. Several documents must be taken with his passport and the plane ticket: the vital card, his European health insurance card – if you travel to the European Union – and his third-paying card, all to avoid having to advance the care expenses in case of a problem.
But we can always find ourselves in a discomfortable position without requiring medical intervention. A foot on a urchin, a little bobo after a bad fall, a skull disease, insolation, a benign disease and hop, how to treat yourself? Here is the essential to include in his pharmacy kit to leave quietly.
How to make his emergency kit?
Accumulate all the prophylactic products needed for a long journey, it takes place. The number 1 gold rule is to remove all products and medicines from their cardboard box.
Then, scot or fix an elastic for each product to its instructions and regroup them by feature (pains, dermatology, infection, digestion, etc.).
In this way, in case of a problem where you need to act quickly, you will know immediately where you are looking for your products.
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Put all these products and medicines in the emergency kit in ZIP bags, type of freezer bags. They have the advantage of being flexible and moving to airports.
During a trip to the Philippines I personally fell from my scooter in a turn. If I had at my disposal the bulk of the pharmacy kit on my trip, I might have been able to clean and disinfect the wounds immediately before putting dressings. Instead, I had to treat myself a few days later with antibiotics because my wounds were infected.
Don’t do like me: plan what you need in your emergency kit!
Essential products
Among the immanquables of his rescue kit are the basic accessories:
- Stem pins,
- Compresses,
- Hemostatic (often sold in compresses, are effective in stopping minor bleeding),
- Pansements,
- Adhesive tapes,
- Spiral pinch,
- Tick pinch,
- Disposable jaws,
- Pair of small scissors,
- A water filter ("lifestraw") to filter unsafe water,
- Thermometer,
- Antiseptic (in spray or in wipes),
- Betadine (in gel).
This panoply should already premunite against a number of travel-related risks (accidents, injuries, etc.).
Antibacterial products
How to avoid infection of a wound or contain a wound that starts to bleed a lot? Start first with washing, then disinfect it every two days. To do this, use:
- Savon de Marseille,
- Disinfectant and healing,
- Homeoplasmine type cream (very effective in healing),
- Physiological serum dosettes,
- Puff for burns.
Is there room in your emergency kit? This falls well, because our shopping list at the pharmacy is not over.
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The dermatology emergency kit
On holiday in warm countries and summer, we must of course protect the skin of the sun. So, one sun protection is indispensable. I sometimes forget it and I often charge for two or three days of unpleasant sunburn. To not do like me, take:
- A sun cream,
- One after-sun,
- Biafine.
Here are other useful products according to the problems encountered:
- Special panels for bulbs,
- Anti-histamine (in case of allergy or transport harm),
- Fever button ointment.
Digestion, pain and fever
If you regularly suffer from headaches or have problems of digestion, leaving abroad can aggravate disorders (different hygiene standards, unusual culinary specialties, etc.). Also, it happens to catch cold because of the air conditioning temperature shifts in the aircraft, or the air conditioning in the hotel room. Forecast:
- Antiseptic intestinal (Smecta, Spasfon),
- Anti-diarrhea (Serious diarrhea:Zithromax/ Diarrhoea:Immodium),
- Laxative (in case of constipation),
- Anti-nause drugs, anti vomiting:Vogalene,
- Antalgic anti-inflammatory (to alleviate pain):Dafalgan,
- Analgesic anti-inflammatory:Ibuprofen,
- Respimer netiflow for nasal irrigation,
- Antispasmodic,
- Anti-acid and reflux,
- Aspirin,
- Paracetamol,
- Efferalgan or codeine,
- Amoxicilline (antibiotics),
- A lotion mouth bath (in case of gum and teeth pain).
Emergency kit: bites and bites
When traveling to tropical countries, you often go to unwelcome areas or areas where animal venom can be dangerous – without being lethal – (jungle, tropical forest, sea and ocean, desert, etc.). Here is what to take in this case:
- mosquito repulsive,
- Anti-seeding:diprosone,
- Malaria medicine,
- Aspire-venin.
Travel pharmacy kit: sleep
Sleeping well on a trip is fundamental. So if we have sleep disorders, sleep like cats (only awake), we can help with some products:
- Night mask,
- Somniferous,
- Quies balls (very useful to sleep in large cities).
Contraception and hygiene
It seems pointless to specify here the means of contraception so they seem obvious, especially if you leave in a couple. Think about taking condoms or contraceptive pills. If you choose to live in nature without going to hotels and campsites, you don’t always have the option to take a shower when you want. Because there is neither on the beach, nor in the field, nor in the tent, even less in the car where you sleep... Here is the essential thing to take in this case:
- Baby wipes,
- Deodorant,
- Soap and water (for an intimate toilet of fortune),
- Common bodily hygiene products (dental, toothbrush, etc.).
And of course, check a few weeks before leaving that your vaccines are up-to-date and learn about the health standards and risks of the country you are going to.
Main photo credit: Flickr – Dave Dugdale
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