Injuries are responsible for 10% of the world's deaths. A professional first aid kit makes the difference between life and death when you need one the most.

Over 5 million people worldwide die of injuries each year. Keeping a first aid kid in key locations will buy you some time in case of an emergency. It's enough to help you and others out until you get professional medical treatment.

Life is too precious to disregard safety. You deserve to know a first aid kit's value as well as what's inside of it. It'll also empower you to make educated, impactful decisions.

Here's what you should know about the best first aid kit and its contents:

First Aid Kit 101

The first aid kit definition is simple: It's a collection of supplies and equipment to provide medical treatment to those in need. The kit comes in a first aid kit bag or case that clearly displays the items.

Class A first aid kits have basic medical supplies to deal with minor cuts, burns, and scrapes. A class B first aid kit is better for complicated, highly-populated, or high-risk workspaces. You'll find a bigger range and amount of supplies in class B kits.

Here at The Safety Source LLC, our selection includes both grades. We also sell class B+ first aid kits and refills for industrial environments that help up to 75 people. If you're looking for something more portable, consider getting a travel first aid kit instead.

What's in a Professional First Aid Kit?

Professional first aid kits are well-stocked to handle injuries that occur on the job. As such, it must have the business first aid kit essentials like bandages/bandaids, gauze, adhesive tape, scissors, sealed moist towelettes, wound-cleaning agents, and more.

Latex gloves, scissors, and tweezers are also some of the most important first aid tools. Gloves protect your hands while scissors and tweezers help you further treat injuries without using your bare hands. Still, keep hand sanitizer with 61% ethyl alcohol in your kit in case you need to clean your hands in an emergency.

Using these tools makes the difference between staying sanitary/safe and spreading germs/infection.

OTC Medicine

Always keep acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, etc.) in your first aid kit. Both OTC medicines reduce pain and fevers.

Aspirin has the potential to be life-saving for adults experiencing chest pain. It also helps to give regular-strength Aspirin to an adult who's having chest pain, such as during the early stages of a heart attack.

Make sure you keep track of each medicine bottle's expiration date. Then you'll know when you have to replace them.

Safety Comes First

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration requires all U. S. workplaces and job sites to have first aid equipment available at all times. Having a professional first aid kit available is the best way to satisfy OSHA's requirements.

You're liable without a first aid kit. By law, a business must have a first aid kid available on the premises when a first response doesn't arrive within 10 minutes.

Become a safety expert—register yourself for our CPR/first aid training. It could help you save a life one day.