Preventive first aid kits.

I’ve been selling “stuff” at gun shows for years. I have learned a lot about human behavior in that time. I am going to throw some percentages at you these are not scientific in any way; they are just to give you an idea of how people think.  It is very easy to talk someone into buying a firearm for their protection. If they are at a gun show already probably 99% have or will buy a gun for protection.  About 5% of the same people if offered some long term storage food for emergencies will buy it or say they have some food on hand. Of every single person that will walk by me at a gun show in a weekend only a couple will stop and look at a first aid kit. I have even had a guy state that he was required by law to have one in his business, and the price I had was really good, but he still wouldn’t buy one.

 First Aid is not sexy or fun, and it reminds us bad things can happen.  When I say first aid kit, I don’t mean one of those $9.99 sets of band aids you buy at the big box store on the spur of the moment. They are nice if your kid has a booboo, but what a person really needs is a first aid cabinet. I know right now you are imagining something that looks like a closet off the show ER. No when I say you should have a first aid kit, you should of course have the normal bandages, but you should have stuff for upset stomachs, bug bites and allergies. You should have preventative stuff as well, toothpaste, mouthwash, and soap. The idea is to avoid visiting the ER because you forgot to stock some $5 item that could have prevented a health problem. If you have ever made a trip to the drugstore at 3 am for anything, that item should be in your first aid kit.

            The last thing you want to have happen is to be waiting for treatment in a hospital after an emergency. At that point the hospital needs to be for the truly sick and injured, not for the person that forgot to stock some Benedryl and now needs a shot of epi. The second reason is hospitals are full of germs and you don’t want to get sicker. So post what things you think should be in your first aid kit.