Posts Tagged ‘First Aid Kit’

Food poisoning

August 15th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

Food poisoning is defined as a sickness caused by the utilization of food or water contaminated with toxins or chemicals. Usual symptoms of food poisoning are nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea that happen rapidly after taking an impure and dirty food or drink.
The main cause of traveler’s diarrhea is Escherichia coli bacteria. E. coli enteritis is swelling of the small intestine. It is also called food poisoning or E. coli diarrhea. The main causes of food poisoning are eating unsanitary food, or drinking untreated or impure water. Sometimes it is due to traveling to the places that may not have clean drinking water.
The time between infection and development of symptoms is generally 24 – 72 hours. The symptoms due to food poisoning: abdominal Pain, diarrhea (sudden and severe), sometimes bloody, fever, gas, loss of appetite, stomach cramping and vomiting. The doctor will generally take a physical examination. A stool test can be done to check for severity of the disease. This type of food poisoning has no treatment. The sickness typically completes its course in a few days, without treatment. Only few patients may need to be admitted to the hospital if they become highly dehydrated.
Carefully wash your hands, do not drink unprocessed or impure food or water, Always cook meats properly and cook meats at high temperatures to kill germs
Always make your first aid kit while traveling to fight against food poisoning. The first aid kit should contain bamboo charcoal sesame seed. This is made by heating bamboo and then mixed with sesame seed and other components. It has minerals like calcium, magnesium, potassium, and iron. It has the capacity to soak chlorine from drinking tap water.
First Aid: If you are under food poisoning – take 50-100 grams if you are adult (10-25 grams for children) to wash out the toxic stuff from your body because bamboo charcoals can absorb toxins from our body.

Advantages of consuming bamboo charcoal sesame seed are: relieves pressure, anxiety, nervousness and promotes blood circulation, prevents from harmful bacteria and toughen the body immune system

Use it like other seasonings. Add to rice, salads, noodles, soups, dishes, pastas, vegetables etc.

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First aid kit for travelers

July 15th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

The purpose of a Travel Kit is twin: (1) allow the traveller to take care of minor health problems as they occur and (2) treatment of pre-existing medical problem.
Nowadays a number of health kits is easily obtainable from market and may even be purchased by ordering from the internet; though, similar kits can be made at home by accumulating all necessary aids together.
The exact content of the first-aid kit should be based on end station and period of travel. Basic items that should be included are listed below:
1) If you are having some particular problem then keep personal prescription medications and also the prescribed medicines along with you. 2) Keep the medicines for malaria, diarrhea and histamine. 3) Also keep antibiotic for self-treatment of moderate to severe diarrhea.
4) Medicine for congestion, cough, headache, acidity. 5) Anti-motion sickness medicines are also necessary. 6) Paracetamol, aspirin, ibuprofen, or other medication for pain or fever.
7) Throat lozenges 8) Some cream or ointment for fungal and bacterial infections.
9) Bandages (suitable for minor cuts for scrapes) and band-aids. 10) First-aid antibiotic ointment (e.g. Neosporin)
11) Sunscreen lotion. 12) Insect repellant. 13) Hand-sanitizing lotion (e.g. Purell). 14) Dettol or savlon. 15) Thermometer for measuring fever. 16) Oral dehydration solution sachets.
17) First-aid items like adhesive bandages, gauze, antiseptic, tweezers and scissors.
18) Some gel or lotion for blisters like Zytee.
19) Lubricating eye drops. 20) Address and phone numbers of near by hospitals or clinics.
First aid supplies may be available at your traveling destination, they may be costly and difficult to find. Cost and handiness are two fine reasons for taking a medical kit with you.
Always buy mini sizes or trial sizes items mentioned above and place them in sealable, clear plastic bags.
When you go for sightseeing, take a small-sized bag filled with bandages, aspirin, sunscreen, and first-aid ointment. Always remember to keep this first-aid kit in your bags, so that it is easily available during the move of your journey.

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How to Plan The Perfect Christmas Vacation

November 20th, 2008 Tushar Mathur
Christmas time is a great time to get away to see family and friends or visit a place that you have always wanted to see but have never done so before. However, if you want the perfect Christmas vacation, you should always keep these three tips in mind.

Make Your Christmas Vacation Reservations

If you are flying by plane, be sure to reserve seats on a flight. Get those tickets ahead of time. You save money along with getting the seats and dates you want to leave. You can do reservations by phone or on the Internet. You can also work with a travel agent to get just what you want.

Be sure you have your hotel reservation made as well. Holidays are one of the busiest times of the year and everyone will need a place to stay. Be sure you book your room in advance too.

Christmas Vacation Budget

Make sure you stick to a budget during the holiday time. This can be rather hard to do when you still have presents to buy as well. How can be sure you have the perfect Christmas vacation and stay within a budget? Start early. Be sure to do some research on your trip so you can get an idea how much it will all cost. Make budget allowances for unexpected problems. Once you have all this figured out you can go ahead and start saving a certain amount every month.

Plan for Unexpected Surprises

Planning for the perfect Christmas vacation means taking into account the problems that can creep up. For instance, car travelers should:

Have a mechanic look at their vehicle before the road trip;
Have blankets and food on hand;
Have a flashlight that works with spare batteries; along with other super handy items like a compass, first aid kit.

You don’t want your perfect Christmas vacation ruined because you were unprepared to handle any problems.

If you decide to travel by airplanes, never wrap presents. If the security guards need to know what they are, you wasted time and money wrapping them. You can always ship them to your destination instead of taking them with you on the plane. You’ll want to make sure they get there in time for the Christmas celebration so always check with your postal service for services and times.

Planning the perfect Christmas vacation isn’t hard as long as you plan way ahead of time and have the essentials you need to see those smiles coming from the kids.

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