Travel First Aid Kit for a Winter Holiday with Children.

Winter recreation brings pleasure not only to adults. Children get a great deal of pleasure from winter recreation. After all, plenty of entertainment and beautiful views beckon little ones on a winter trip with their parents. It is great to spend winter with children in any region of Ukraine. After all, snow falls almost everywhere. And what more does a child need than to ride a sled or tube, build a snowman, or play snowballs with their parents.

But winter recreation is, of course, different from summer recreation in terms of comfort. First of all, it is important that the child does not get chilled, and is dressed in comfortable, warm clothing that allows air to circulate. On a winter trip with a child, you should not only take spare warm clothes, but also take care to choose the medicines that need to be prepared for the trip.

The composition of a travel first-aid kit is always a big discussion for all parents. Often even pediatricians do not always correctly select medicines for a child's first-aid kit for a winter trip. This is, of course, because every child is individual and has their own sensitivity to medicines and adapts differently to climate changes. We want to warn you that it is not enough to buy a great many medicines at the pharmacy. They will not bring any benefit. It is necessary to understand their proper use and how they affect the child's body. You should also include not only medicines in the first-aid kit, but also medical supplies.

Let us look in detail at the list of medicines and medical supplies for a travel first-aid kit that are recommended to take with you on a winter trip with a child. 

Here is the necessary list of medicines that will help you on the way:

1. Antipyretics. These are syrups or tablet forms, depending on your child's age. Also do not forget to take a thermometer.
2. Antiallergic medicines.
3. Antiseptics. Antiseptics will come in handy for scratches and cuts to disinfect injured skin. You can put an accessible antiseptic in the first-aid kit — hydrogen peroxide, iodine in marker form, an alcohol solution, and Troxevasin ointment, if a bruise of soft tissues should occur.
4. For food poisoning. You should also take remedies for food poisoning, for example Smecta, white charcoal, black activated charcoal. Motion sickness tablets for travel will not hurt either.
5. Bandaging materials. Bandaging materials such as a bandage, adhesive plasters and cotton wool must definitely be in any travel first-aid kit. But at the slightest suspicion of a fracture or deep wounds, seek medical help immediately.
6. Also do not forget medicines for a runny nose and ear drops. Because even after running around in the fresh air, a child may feel a blocked ear or nose.
7. Lozenges for sucking, according to age, will provide quick relief after cold air exposure (sore throat, pharyngitis).

The main thing not to forget during winter recreation with a child is to properly limit the child's time in cold air. It is better to start with 15 minutes so that the child's body can adapt to the temperature regime and gradually increase the time spent outside, but to no more than one hour. Then the rest will be pleasant and without additional worries.

Enjoy your holiday and have fun winter activities. And remember, adults are a little bit children too!