- A doctor created a manual with the minimum supplies that a home first aid kit for wounds and superficial fractures should have.
- His video accumulates more than 79,000 likes on TikTok and has garnered several positive comments from users.
- NOM-005-SSA3-2010 specifies that all medical offices must have a first-aid kit and details the content that it must have.
There are elements that should exist in every home and one of the essentials is a first aid kit. SIts purpose is to be prepared for any eventuality and therefore it is not necessary to wait until an incident occurs. Although one of the main problems is that most people do not know what it should contain.
With this in mind, doctors can be of great help. Its main role is to care for patients within the office, although it is not the only one. Due to their knowledge and influence they can also generate change through prevention.
At this point, social networks are a great point of support because their reach is infinite and they allow information to be transmitted in real time. Some users use them as a form of entertainment but in reality they can also be used in other ways.
For its part, the variety of current options is quite large, although there is a social network that has had an exponential increase and it is TikTok. In barely five years it reached the number of one billion active users. For comparison, others like Facebook and YouTube it took them twice as long to achieve these numbers.
Manual to create a home first aid kit
All of the above is brought up by the case of a doctor who has managed to use digital media in a different way. Its about Dr. Miguel Padilla, who is not only a healthcare professional but also a professional TikToker. To date, it accumulates 6.8 million followers on this social network and it is constantly increasing.
As part of its content, it elaborated a Guide to creating a first aid kit. It is designed for people unrelated to health and the objective is to show the medicines and minimum supplies that must be included.
First of all, he points out that a container is indicated and as an economic option he mentions that it could be a shoe box. It is perhaps not ideal or a resistant material but it can work for such purposes.
Minimum contents of a first aid kit
- Hydrogen peroxide.
- Sterile gauze.
- Gloves.
- bandages.
- Antipyretic analgesics.
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All of the above is just the minimum recommended material and is designed to treat superficial wounds and fractures. For more specific cases, more inputs can be added.
What should the medicine cabinet of a doctor’s office contain?
Now, although the above indications are to create a home first aid kit, in the case of spaces such as doctor’s offices it is different. In this case, it is mandatory that they have one, although much more complete and varied.
In this sense, there is NOM-005-SSA3-2010 which establishes the minimum infrastructure and equipment requirements for outpatient medical care establishments. This is a document that absolutely all doctors should know.
Within its content, it emphasizes that any medical office, regardless of whether it is general or specialized, must have a first-aid kit. It also describes the basic content that it must have to attend to any type of emergency that occurs with patients.
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