How to Choose Your Kit

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A kit should include the personal locator beacon as well as satellite messenger and a tourniquet CAT. If you are diabetic carrying oral glucose is essential. If you have a life-threatening allergy, make sure you take Benadryl with you and an EpiPen.

What are you expecting from your kit?

What kind of kit to purchase is a complicated choice. Consider what health or trauma dangers you face due to the activities you take part in. If you're a trekker, for instance, your gear could contain more equipment to are designed to deal with extreme temperatures or altitude than someone who works in an office. Also, think about the location you'll keep your kit. Different quantities of supplies will fit in a backpack, purse or bug-out bag. Consider how you want to organize your kit. This will allow you and your family to locate the items you require in a hurry. A well-organized emergency kit will save you time and reduce stress. This is especially true if you organize similar items together (e.g. bandages and butterfly closures; gauze pads 4x4 and rolling gauze; SAM splints, for example).

How do you plan to be?

It's impossible to anticipate what you'll need in the event of a disaster, therefore it's better to be prepared. The presence of supplies at work, at home, and in your vehicle will help you be more ready to go if you need to leave quickly. Put these items into a welcome kit that is easy to carry around so that you can quickly access them if needed.

This question will help you decide the kind of experience, the end result and the purpose you'd like to achieve through your project. Do you want a fast and simple project you can finish in a few hours, or do you want to improve your skills with more challenging designs? The best kit for you will provide you with the tools along with the stitching experience and results you're looking for.

What is your risk assessment?

As a health and safety representative, risk assessments are an essential to your job. They should be conducted for all activities before any changes are introduced, particularly when products change and/or new information regarding dangers becomes available. Plan the way you'll carry out the evaluation and what tools and resources you'll need (e.g. Tools, training, and equipment. Also, think about the laws and regulations, codes standards and internal policies you must follow when performing the assessment.

Consider the long-term safety and health risks in your workplace. Talk to your co-workers and they may have noticed something that's not immediately apparent. They can assist you in identifying potential problems. Manufacturers' instructions and data sheets can also be useful in highlighting risks and providing the context. Examine your accident and illness logs which will reveal a lot about the risks that are present in your workplace.

Use a comparative analysis worksheet to evaluate and contrast different products available based on how well they satisfy your requirements - it is best to classify the different kits according to priority. This is a record that you can refer back to in the future. Recording your findings doesn't need to be a major undertaking though, HSE only requires that companies with five or more employees keep their important findings.