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  2. Smelling salts - Wikipedia

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    Two capsules of smelling salts from a first-aid kit. A thin inner glass tube contains alcohol and ammonia; the outer layer is cotton and netting. When crushed, the liquid is released into the cotton, while the glass shards are retained inside. The ammonia-soaked cotton is waved in front of the nose for the treatment of fainting.

  3. First aid kit - Wikipedia

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    A first aid kit or medical kit is a collection of supplies and equipment used to give immediate medical treatment, primarily to treat injuries and other mild or moderate medical conditions. There is a wide variation in the contents of first aid kits based on the knowledge and experience of those putting it together, the differing first aid ...

  4. Tincture of iodine - Wikipedia

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    Tincture of iodine is often found in emergency survival kits, used both to disinfect wounds and to sanitize surface water for drinking. When an alcohol solution is not desirable for this purpose, the alcohol-free Lugol's iodine , an aqueous solution of iodine in potassium iodide solution, or else povidone-iodine (brand names Wokadine, Betadine ...

  5. Alcohols (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Alcohols applied to the skin are used to disinfect skin before a needle stick and before surgery. [2] They may also be used as a hand sanitizer; [2] to clean other areas; [2] and in mouthwashes. [3] [4] [5] Taken by mouth or injected into a vein, ethanol is used to treat methanol or ethylene glycol toxicity when fomepizole is not available. [1]

  6. Hand sanitizer - Wikipedia

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    Hand alcohol should be thoroughly rubbed into the hands and on the lower forearm for a duration of at least 30 seconds and then allowed to air dry. [36] Use of alcohol-based hand gels dries skin less, leaving more moisture in the epidermis, than hand washing with antiseptic/antimicrobial soap and water. [37] [38] [39] [40]

  7. Equipment of an American combat medic - Wikipedia

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    Surgical Cricothyrotomy kit. Many different styles and kits exist, the choice is up to the individual medic's supply, protocols or preference. The most simple is a scalpel to open an airway and to use an NPA to keep the airway patent. Assorted Equipment. Alcohol or Providine/Iodine swabs; Cravats (Triangular bandages) Assorted gauze roller ...

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