FIRST AID KITS!

[Scout-Mom]

For the newly Diagnosed, you may think your prepared, but that's just because you havn't had the instance pop up yet, for the older patients who've just started the pump, your use to your old kits but have you updated?
And for the moms who've been packing these kits for a while do you really have everything?

Did you know you should take your kit with you everywhere?
We have one that I grab before my purse n in the event of a house fire or tornado I would cling to that kit with my life!

This post is not to make anyone feel like they dont know how to prepare, but it is a good idea to recheck those kits especially around holidays

so lets share our kits so hopefully we can all, figure out the ultimate kits for our kids and have a happy safe holiday!



My First Aid Kit:

Bandaids waterproof and regular assorted sizes
Gauze assorted sizes
neosporian
Cleanzing Wipes
Bug bite wipes, takes away itch and sting
alchole wipes
IV Prep
tube of Lidocane
IV 3000 (Tegaderm)
Tissues
2 Boxes of unopened in date strips
1 box multiclix lancet rounds
5 regular lancets
1 emergency Lancet
Asprin
Nonasprin pain reliver
Triminic Night time and day time strips
Anti nauseau medacine
Ketosticks
Ace Bandage
bandana
Eye Patch
Instant cold Pack
2 Inset 30s with tubing
2 AA batteries
1 back up Meter
1 bottle control solution
1-2 Bags of Syringes

Micheal's Pack
 Aviva Meter
Lancet device
3 Lancet Rounds
1 Bottle test strips
1 Bottle of Glucose tabs (Watermelon)
1 Inset 30
2 Iv3000
1 tube Numbing cream
10-15 Alcohole wipes
5 IV prep pads
tissues
Log book
Emergency Contact Card with Endo Information
Pen and Post its
Log Book
We add 1 regular soda before leaving the house

Eric
 Aviva Meter
Lancet device
3 Lancet Rounds
1 Bottle test strips
1 Bottle of Glucose tabs (Orange)
10-15 Alcohole wipes
tissues
Log book
Emergency Contact Card with Endo Information
Pen and Post its
Log Book
Trial net bear--He wanted him in there
We add 1 regular soda before leaving the house





Things I know off the top of my head I want/ need to add
Glucagon (waiting on the new one with this months supplies should be here today)
Novolog and levemir before we leave the house Thursday for the fourth festivities.


I am open to all additional suggestions. :) 

[Elizabeth2384]

In our emergency kit we have:

an extra meter
multiclix
lancets (box)
babywipes
diapers
cottonballs
extra clothes
one regular soda
a tube of cake gel
cheese sticks (I put the cold stuff in before we leave the house)
ice pack
bandaids
ketostix
2 boxes of test strips
the number to our endo
Aaris emergancy ID card
insulin
extra cartridge (i have two in there right now)
3 extra insets
sun block
iv prep wipes
alchol whipes
The Calorie King
log book
pen
balmex/nystatin
glucagon
batteries (for meter and pump)
syringes (in the event that the pump malfunctions and we can't get a new one right away we also bring his lantis in case of this)

now of course I don't take this stuff with me everywhere... but If I am going to be more than one hour away from home... ie like we went to New Mexico a couple of weekends ago and this was our emergency bag....  we take this stuff in addition to the stuff we take with us everywhere...This is what we take everywhere even if we are just going to be gone for 30 minutes: his primary meter and multiclix and strips... ketostix, extra inset, cookies or crackers, cheese sticks, lots of crystal light, glucagon, cottonballs, calorie king, and other toddler stuff (diapers, wipes, etc.)

Elizabeth (Aaris 21 months)

[Scout-Mom]

LOL I cant believe I forgot to mention Syringes!
oh well the important thing is I got em right?
My husband thinks I'm nutts I take our emgency kit everywhere, but I could be more paranoid, at least I leave the suitcase at home, I have a packed suitcase for hospital visits, luckily we've only had to use it once and that was when Eric started Insulin, but better safe than sorry!

Quoting Elizabeth2384:

In our emergency kit we have:

an extra meter
multiclix
lancets (box)
babywipes
diapers
cottonballs
extra clothes
one regular soda
a tube of cake gel
cheese sticks (I put the cold stuff in before we leave the house)
ice pack
bandaids
ketostix
2 boxes of test strips
the number to our endo
Aaris emergancy ID card
insulin
extra cartridge (i have two in there right now)
3 extra insets
sun block
iv prep wipes
alchol whipes
The Calorie King
log book
pen
balmex/nystatin
glucagon
batteries (for meter and pump)
syringes (in the event that the pump malfunctions and we can't get a new one right away we also bring his lantis in case of this)

now of course I don't take this stuff with me everywhere... but If I am going to be more than one hour away from home... ie like we went to New Mexico a couple of weekends ago and this was our emergency bag....  we take this stuff in addition to the stuff we take with us everywhere...This is what we take everywhere even if we are just going to be gone for 30 minutes: his primary meter and multiclix and strips... ketostix, extra inset, cookies or crackers, cheese sticks, lots of crystal light, glucagon, cottonballs, calorie king, and other toddler stuff (diapers, wipes, etc.)

Elizabeth (Aaris 21 months)

[Elizabeth2384]

When Aaris was first diagnosed I took everything everywhere... I could just be going to the post office to mail a letter and I would take a whole package of syringes... insulin... two sandwiches... cheese sticks... cake gel.... glucagon (which goes everywhere anyway) meter, blah blah blah... literally everything... the emergency bag is in the coat closet next to the door and like I said if we are going somewhere that is an hour or more away I take it... I also take it if we are going to be gone all day (ie the lake, or forth of july... we will be at a friends house all day so I will take the ermergancy bag with us.) fortunately my hubby doesn't think I am crazy... as a matter of fact he helped me put the bag together... :-)

[Scout-Mom]

YA for your hubby, have him talk to mine!
I wont even leave the bags in the car when we rent movies he avoids me saying why do they have to bring those in?
He doesn't quite get that the kids should carry their meters with them everywhere, out of nothing more than pure habit even if they dont use them, because honestly, whens something bad gonna happen, when you least expect it, right?
I just tell Dh that you wouldn't expect someone with ashthma to leave their inhaler in the car, so why would the boys leave the meters in the car?
He's still learning I love the man dearly, but he hasn't heard or been through nearly as much with these boys as I have.

Quoting Elizabeth2384:

When Aaris was first diagnosed I took everything everywhere... I could just be going to the post office to mail a letter and I would take a whole package of syringes... insulin... two sandwiches... cheese sticks... cake gel.... glucagon (which goes everywhere anyway) meter, blah blah blah... literally everything... the emergency bag is in the coat closet next to the door and like I said if we are going somewhere that is an hour or more away I take it... I also take it if we are going to be gone all day (ie the lake, or forth of july... we will be at a friends house all day so I will take the ermergancy bag with us.) fortunately my hubby doesn't think I am crazy... as a matter of fact he helped me put the bag together... :-)

[Scout-Mom]

Bump!

[arbonnemommy02]

Thanks for bumping this up, I never really thought of an emergency kit for Joey. I mean I have a kit that I carry everwhere with me that has extra lancents and strips and both his pens and extra pen neddles and his meter, and stuff for when he runs low. I going to to print these lists out and tell my dh that we need to make a trip to the store to pick these things up.

Thank you again for the help.

[bennysmama1009]

i need to take this with me to the store, too!! i have an everyday bag that goes EVERYWHERE with us, but i don't have an emergency bag or suitcase ready for a real emergency--fire, flood, etc.

my everyday bag....for trips to the grocery, pharmacy, mcdonalds : ), pool, errand running, etc....and if we go overnight, all the food/drinks go in the cooler and i triple up on everything else!! this weekend we'll go to my sisters for the weekend and i'll pack all of this into 2 giant bags....i am such a dweeb!! but a safe dweeb!!

snacks, sf jello, juice box (for lows), kool aid jammer 10, a sippy cup of water, meter, lancets, finger poker, strips..i always leave the house with a full bottle, needles, alcohol swabs, sanitizing wipes, tissues, insulin, batteries for the pump, iv prep wipes, baby wipes & diapers, insertion tubing/sets, calorie king (should be god), log book, calculator, highlighters, pencils, and my wallet : )

i have a ginormous bag that i put everything into...actually, it's really a piece of  LUGGUAGE!! haha!!

Quoting arbonnemommy02:

Thanks for bumping this up, I never really thought of an emergency kit for Joey. I mean I have a kit that I carry everwhere with me that has extra lancents and strips and both his pens and extra pen neddles and his meter, and stuff for when he runs low. I going to to print these lists out and tell my dh that we need to make a trip to the store to pick these things up.

Thank you again for the help.

[Scout-Mom]

LOL
It's kinda hard to get it down below the luggage size isn't it! ;)

Quoting bennysmama1009:

i need to take this with me to the store, too!! i have an everyday bag that goes EVERYWHERE with us, but i don't have an emergency bag or suitcase ready for a real emergency--fire, flood, etc.

my everyday bag....for trips to the grocery, pharmacy, mcdonalds : ), pool, errand running, etc....and if we go overnight, all the food/drinks go in the cooler and i triple up on everything else!! this weekend we'll go to my sisters for the weekend and i'll pack all of this into 2 giant bags....i am such a dweeb!! but a safe dweeb!!

snacks, sf jello, juice box (for lows), kool aid jammer 10, a sippy cup of water, meter, lancets, finger poker, strips..i always leave the house with a full bottle, needles, alcohol swabs, sanitizing wipes, tissues, insulin, batteries for the pump, iv prep wipes, baby wipes & diapers, insertion tubing/sets, calorie king (should be god), log book, calculator, highlighters, pencils, and my wallet : )

i have a ginormous bag that i put everything into...actually, it's really a piece of  LUGGUAGE!! haha!!

Quoting arbonnemommy02:

Thanks for bumping this up, I never really thought of an emergency kit for Joey. I mean I have a kit that I carry everwhere with me that has extra lancents and strips and both his pens and extra pen neddles and his meter, and stuff for when he runs low. I going to to print these lists out and tell my dh that we need to make a trip to the store to pick these things up.

Thank you again for the help.

 

[jgibbs13]

It's funny because when Blake was a baby I would always say I can't wait until I don't have to carry a diaper bag everywhere I go, Now he's 3 and I have to carry a supply bag. 

[Elizabeth2384]

That is soo true... my kiddo is almost 2 and when he was younger I figured I would be done with the whole diaper bag thing by now lol well now its a supply bag...  We use the JDRF blue backpack for our everyday stuff and we have a few Animas tote bags that we use for the emergency stuff... What kind of bags do you ladies use?

Quoting jgibbs13:

It's funny because when Blake was a baby I would always say I can't wait until I don't have to carry a diaper bag everywhere I go, Now he's 3 and I have to carry a supply bag.