Recommended for Family Emergency Kit
A first aid kit is the one item you hope never to open — and are very glad to have when you do. The right kit depends on where you'll keep it and what you're likely to face.
We've picked a comprehensive all-rounder, a waterproof kit built for the outdoors, and a compact kit cheap enough to put in every bag and glovebox.
Comprehensive medical supplies for treating injuries, burns, and illnesses in the field. The most important safety item in any kit.
Bandages, plasters, antiseptic wipes, burn gel, painkillers, tweezers, scissors, and gloves at minimum.
Supplies must stay dry. A hard or sealed soft case is essential.
A quick-reference card helps you remember procedures under stress.
Add personal medications, EpiPens, or specialist items for your group.
Check contents every 6 months. Replace used or expired items.
A first aid kit without knowledge is just a bag of supplies. Take a basic first aid course.
A comprehensive multi-piece first aid kit in a compact case for home, car or travel. Covers everyday cuts, burns and sprains as the foundation of any preparedness kit.
A first aid kit in an impact-resistant, waterproof case built for the outdoors. The pick when your kit needs to survive rough, wet conditions.
A compact 92-piece kit that slips into a bag, glovebox or desk drawer. A cheap, sensible way to make sure there's always a kit within reach.
Two 500ml bottles of sterile saline eyewash with a wall bracket and eye-wash mirror, for flushing grit, dust or a chemical splash out of the eyes. It fills a gap most home and workshop first-aid kits miss, and is worth keeping wherever you cut, drill, sand or garden. From an established UK medical supplier.
A workplace-standard HSE first-aid kit in a wall-mountable box, sensible as the anchor kit for a home, office or workshop. It covers the everyday cuts, grazes and dressings you actually reach for, rather than trauma-only contents. Buy it as your base kit and add bleed-control items separately if you need them.
A large 380-piece kit that covers everyday cuts and grazes through to bigger incidents, with assorted plasters and bandages, an instant cold pack and a foil emergency blanket. A sensible base kit to keep at home, in the car or in a grab bag rather than a specialist bleed-control kit. Check the contents against your own needs and top up any consumables you use.
The main route into storm, power cut, warmth, water and car-kit guidance.
A practical first plan for lights, phones, food, warmth and checking on people.
Buyable kit picks for the most common UK storm and outage problems.
A printable checklist for cold weather, outages, travel disruption and home prep.