SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST AID KIT IN AN EMERGENCY

Abstract

The first aid kit for motorists in Slovenia is legally mandatory and contains material for the provision of first aid to injured or suddenly ill people. Its contents were compared to first aid kits of thirty-five European countries. The content of the Slovenian first aid kit is almost identical to the contents of the Croatian and Serbian first aid kits, and very similar to the contents of the Hungarian and German first aid kits. The most common material in the kits is the sterile compress and the stretch fabric strapping bandage. Some items only appear once: a cooling spray in Italy, children's adhesive bandages and Paracetamol tablets in the Netherlands, fingertip and finger/toe adhesive bandages in Germany, a pocket torch in Turkey, a surgical mask in Hungary, an elastic mesh in Latvia, and a notebook and pencil in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the results of related research, Slovenians have a poor knowledge of the content of first aid kits. Such knowledge should be part of the prescribed first aid test.