First aid kit, how much should i spend on one?

i'm a nurse and so i want to have a first aid kit in my car for emergencies, i would hate to be in a situation where i knew how to help someone and didn't have the right equipment or dressings or whatever. i quickly went through an internet store and picked out $500 (Australian dollars) worth of stuff - and that was holding back!

$500 bought some awesome stuff, this was shaping up to be a sweet first aid kit. think mobile emergency department, or at least pretty close....

spend what you can afford.
No one expects you to go broke trying to be a good Samaritan.
buy as much as you can afford at first, then add on as needed each month.

Hope you have training in how to effectively use all that stuff, sounds like you already do or want to. Report It

$500?!! That's WAY too much. In Canada (our dollar and your dollar are more or less the same...give or take a few pennies), I can put one together for ten to fifteen bucks! Most of the time, all you're worried about is bleeding when it comes to first aid. Just dump some rags in the washing machine for a few times, and, voila, bandages to hold that arm up. Band-aids are cheap, you can get a small pair of scissors anywhere, and tape is also easy to come by. Unless you want sterilized tape, that is; and while you're there, you can pick up some gauze, a CPR mask, and a reflective blanket. Unless you want it organized (which, in my experience, you don't really need to), you can throw all that into a zip-lock bag that you can put in your trunk, your glove compartment, underneath your seat, whatever. $500 is WAY too much....

first aid kits don't cost that!! you are being ripped of, you can't have intensive care stuff in your kit! for god sake $500 nearly dear enough for intensive care stuff j/k but haha go to the ambulance they should have the kits or can suggest where you can get them (ring around) my hubby has one & it was more like $50

I can honestly tell you, I'm not exactly sure how much these cost but I do know that they range depending on the size you want. If you have the money, go all out on one. You can never bee too sure. Also, I work in a home health care agency, I happen to know that all of the supplies that come in first aid kits a re NOT cheap anyway so just think of it as you are getting a package deal. i would rather spend $500 on a first aid kit, than getting everything you would need in bulk, it would be double the price.

First Aid kits are vital in saving lives.

I have one for the car, motor bike and house. I would not spend that much on a kit just for the car.

The creams and lotions etc do have a shelf life, and given Australian summer is hot, will only shorten the life of these things. As for handing out analgesia, antihistamines and antacids to victims in a car accident or any other time is not advised (due to legalities)

I would be interested in where your purchasing your kit from. I know very few First Aid kits have analgesics, antihistamines and antacids in them. Check out Red Cross, Trafalgar, Emergency first aid web sites.

I would suggest a Backpack First Aid kit costs $149
from Red Cross
4 Saline, ampule, 15ml
1 Antiseptic spray 50ml
1 Burnaid dressing 10 x 10cm
2 Conforming bandage 7.5cm
2 Bandage crepe 5cm
2 Bandage crepe 7.5cm
2 Bandage crepe 10cm
4 Bandage triangular 110cm
1 Tape hypoallergenic 2.5cm
20 Adhesive dressing strips, fabric
1 Adhesive dressing, fabric 6cmx1 mtr
2 Dressing combine 9 X 10cm
5 Dressing non-Adhesive 7.5x5cm
5 Dressing non-Adhesive 10x7.5cm
2 Dressing wound No13 (Sm)
2 Dressing wound No.14 (Med)
1 Scissors, blunt/sharp, S'steel
2 Dressing wound No.15 (Lge)
3 Dressing eye pad
1 Wound closures pkt of 8
3 Dressing gauze 7.5x7.5
1 Universal shears
1 Splinter forceps S'steel
5 Safety pins
1 Tissues, pack of 10s
1 Icepack, instant
1 Pencil
1 Notebook
3 Plastic bags, various sizes
1 Resuscitation shield
5 Glove, disposable (pairs)
1 Foil emergency blanket
1 First Aid Notes

Or a Survival First Aid kit costs $189
from Emergency first aid
9 Sterile cotton gauze swabs
Pocket pack of tissues
24 assorted adhesive dressings
Roll of adhesive strapping 25mm
2 dry dressings 100 x 100mm
wound dressing BPC 13
wound dressing BPC 14
wound dressing BPC 15
roll cotton bandage 50mm
roll cotton bandage 75mm
roll cotton bandage 100mm
2 cotton triangular bandages
5 safety pins
rust resistant splinter forceps
pad and pencil
plastic bags
3 combine bandages 10 x 20cm
aluminium foil blanket
first aid booklet
2 15ml saline
blunt/sharp scissors
anti-irritant gel
bandage shears
CPR mask (KOL)
digital thermometer
chemical light
2 pr latex gloves
cotton tips
2 Heavy Compression Bandages
spoon measure
disposable splinter probes
plastic worksheet

Either of these kits a more than adequate for keeping in the car, and dealing with a vehicle accident victim.

I would say 25$ USA dollar or make your own 1st aid kit u work a hospital but keep the 1st aid ez if u make 1