Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The Adventures of Accident-Prone Aoife

As the Hubs would say on many an occasion, "accident prone" should be my middle name.  If there's a pothole, I'll fall into it (Lanzarote 2001, torn ligaments), if there's a dip in the path, I'll go flying (December 2011, more torn ligaments).  Basically, I should be just enveloped in bubble wrap and sent on my merry way... 

One place where I am extremely careful about safety though, is in my kitchen.  My even more accident prone Dad has cut himself with knives more times than I care to remember, resulting in the trusty first aid box being left permanently open, just in case.  I'm sure half of the housekeeping was spent on bandages and plasters!


Having a well stocked first aid kit is something everybody should have in their home.  You can make up your own one or you could opt for something like these UK first aid kits.  Either way, it should contain things like adhesive plasters, tweezers, painkillers, eye wash, dressings, bandages, adhesive tape (not duct tape as somebody I know used once...).  And you really should invest in a fire blanket and fire extinguisher, just in case anything heats up in the kitchen.

My top tip is also to keep a spare pair of contact lenses handy if you wear them regularly.  I, of course, am great at giving advice but not following it.  Yesterday I was out on a work visit and managed to get a speck of something lodged under my contact lens.  Being the organised individual that I am, I had neither spare lenses or a pair of glasses in my desk so spent the day with an eye that refused to behave normally.  People kept coming up to me with concerned faces asking why I was crying, refusing to believe that it was just my lens spinning around and making me cry my eyes out.  I never ran into the house so fast to remove the wretched lens and put on my hated emergency specs.  I promised to bring spares tomorrow...

So, what's the contents of your first aid kit?  Or even more fun, the worst calamity you've had?

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7 comments:

  1. Lots of burn cream and bandages.

    Surprisingly I'm improving- 5 years ago, I compressed a vertebrae after falling down some steps when on holidays.

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  2. I feel surprisingly better after hearing that. Oh wait, I did something similar going into a basement pub years ago...

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  3. I must admit that I have a habit of falling in the garden. While the kids might think it's hilarious, the broken ribs weren't! I went off last year and trained as an occupational first aider in case any of the gang inherited my "clumsy" gene. But my top tip is water gel in the kitchen for those small, but nasty, little burns...:)

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    1. You are a tad doddery on your feet, it has to be said...

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  4. nearly took the top off my middle finger - was home alone - fainted, lots of blood....luckily a quick wrapping before I fainted & a well stocked medicine cabinet with steri strips sorted but i'd say unpon mature reflection it wasn't far from needing stitches - i'm also a faller but thanfully never done serious injury....and easily distracted if stressed which means loss of keys etc at regular intervals!

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    1. Oh holy God, I'm going white at the very thought of that. Mum did something similar to my little brother when he was about 3 & I'm still not the better of that experience!

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  5. i'd say you weren't! i'm good with bloody & emergencies was a lifeguard when i was younger - but hadn't fainted before, and wasn't right for hours after - haven't used that knife since surprisingly!

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