Family holiday – that can be better! All together to climb up to mountains, to walk on ancient small streets or to lap in azure sea waves … But, unfortunately, sometimes such pleasures are saddened by a disease of the kid. And then there will be any more no pleasure from rest until it becomes vigorous and cheerful again. That is why the health insurance and a children's first-aid kit near at hand has to be on vacation at you always. That the sudden indisposition of the baby did not take you unawares far from the house, it is very important to provide everything in advance.
Execution of the health insurance and order of its application
Gathering for rest abroad, without fail issue the health insurance. It is important to remember that there is such concept as a franchize (usually up to 100 dollars). It is the part of expenses on treatment which is not covered by insurance company. If such point is in the insurance policy then that at the address to the doctor you at first should pay the sum designated in the contract, and all treatment over it will be paid by already insurance company.
If the child gets sick on vacation, you need to make the following:
- Call the dispatcher in the service center number specified in the health policy and accurately explain what happened to the baby. At the same time you hold before yourself the policy as at execution of the application it is necessary to call its number. After that follow all instructions of the dispatcher.
- In case of acquisition of drugs keep all recipes, checks and the directions of the doctor. In the homeland according to these documents the insurance company is obliged to compensate to you the spent means.
Drugs against heat and pain
The children's first-aid kit should be taken always in a trip, often parents give first aid to the sick children. It has to be completed with all main medicines.
The children's first-aid kit has to turn on the thermometer and febrifuges on the basis of paracetamol or an ibuprofen. Stock up with them in various dosage forms. For example, syrup allows to reduce quickly temperature, however it is not applicable at the diseases which are followed by vomiting. Candles are option, optimum for small children. As a rule, they give long effect, but keep in mind that it not instant and develops within 1-2 hours. Also you remember also that it is quite difficult to transport candles as they should be stored in the fridge. For this purpose use the cooling packages or cooler bags. From pain take with yourself spasmolysants and the anesthetizing medicines in the form of tablets or ampoules (consider that injections will require also syringes and spirit napkins).
The help at injuries
Bruises and bruises will demand the special gels which are taking off hypostasis and pain. It is also possible to take a special hot-water bottle which can be filled with cold water or chipped ice to reduce hypostasis and pain after blow. There are ointments for decrease in hypostasis, pain and resorption of hematomas.
For processing of various wounds you will need 3% solution of peroxide of hydrogen and also solutions of anti-septic tanks. Also dressing is necessary: sterile and elastic bandage, cotton pads, plaster. Just in case put a styptic plait, tweezers, Q-tips and a fingerstall. Also the medicines accelerating restoration of an integument will be not superfluous. Put burns medicine and the special antimicrobial cream preventing inflammation in a first-aid kit.
Drugs for problems with a stomach
At painful spasms in a stomach the state will be facilitated by medicines-spasmolysants. At frustration of a chair, a plentiful diarrhea, especially with foam or change of a color, it is recommended to use antiseptics for intestines. If the kid overate or got poisoned, enzymes will be required to help an organism to cope in general with increased load. At poisoning enterosorbents – the medicines adsorbing and bringing toxins and slags out of an organism will also be required. They need to be given to the baby after washing of a stomach.
At a long diarrhea it is necessary to feed a liquid actively the kid including the medicines restoring mineral balance in an organism. At a lock medicines on the basis of lactulose will be useful – they soften a chair in a rectum and promote defecation. But remember that effect of medicine develops in 1-3 days. And for the emergency help special microenemas will help. If at the kid the increased gas generation and a meteorizm is observed, the children's first-aid kit has to include carminative means.
We treat cold
At cough the medicines diluting a phlegm and facilitating its otkhozhdeniye will be required. If the baby often has bronchitis, take with yourself road version of the nebulizer and also the physiological solution and medicines expanding a gleam of bronchial tubes (bronchodilators). The children's first-aid kit has to contain also mustard plasters which can be put on a back, a breast or feet of the kid at cough.
At an osiplost of a voice, pain and irritation in a throat it is necessary to use anti-inflammatory sprays and pastils. If the baby is able to rinse a throat, take the filter bags with a dried anti-inflammatory grass. For washing and clarification of a nose from slime medicines on the basis of sea water, and will be necessary for babies who are not able to blow nose, - mechanical or electric aspirators and also drops in a nose as sprays are not suitable for them.
Vasoconstrictive medicines will be useful for simplification of nasal breath at the congestion of a nose preventing the child to eat and sleep. And if allocations from a nose become green or yellow, it is necessary to use antibacterial sprays for a nose.
From ear pain anti-inflammatory ear-drops, solution of boric alcohol, the pipette, cotton wool and a scarf will help. In your "holiday" first-aid kit anti-inflammatory drops for eyes will be not superfluous. For treatment and prevention of allergic reactions take the desensibilizing means in the form of syrup or a thaw and also in the form of gel for external application. The children's first-aid kit has to include antibiotics of group of macroleads. They are applied at diseases of respiratory organs and infections of an urinary system.