Home emergency preparedness kits fitted with the tools, water, and sanitation supplies to keep your family safe after a disaster.

Basic supplies:

• Adhesive tape

• Elastic wrap bandages

• Bandage strips and "butterfly" bandages in assorted sizes

• Superglue

• Rubber tourniquet or 16 French catheter

• Nonstick sterile bandages and roller gauze in assorted sizes

• Eyeshield or pad

• Large triangular bandage (may be used as a sling)

• Aluminum finger splint

• Instant cold packs

• Cotton balls and cotton-tipped swabs

• Disposable nonlatex examination gloves, several pairs

• Duct tape

• Petroleum jelly or other lubricants

• Plastic bags, assorted sizes

• Safety pins in assorted sizes

• Scissors and tweezers

• Hand sanitizer

• Antibiotic ointment

• Antiseptic solution and towelettes

• Eyewash solution

• Thermometer

• Turkey baster or other bulb suction device for flushing wounds

• Sterile saline for irrigation, flushing

• Breathing barrier (surgical mask)

• Syringe, medicine cup or spoon

• First-aid manual

• Hydrogen peroxide to disinfect

Medications

• Aloe vera gel

• Calamine lotion

• Anti-diarrhea medication

• Laxative

• Antacids

• Antihistamine, such as diphenhydramine

• Hydrocortisone cream

• Cough and cold medications

• Personal medications that don't need refrigeration

• Auto-injector of epinephrine, if prescribed by your doctor

• Pain relievers, such as acetaminophen (Tylenol, others), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others)