First-aid kit for the winter vacation

Snow-covered hills, blue skies, sunshine: In winter, many holidaymakers are drawn to the mountains. However, good preparation is essential to enjoy your winter holiday in peace. A first-aid kit is crucial so you can quickly treat minor or significant ailments on-site. But what belongs in the first-aid kit for a skiing holiday? Please find out more here: With our first-aid kit for the winter, you can hit the slopes with peace of mind.

The first-aid kit for the winter – what do you need to take with you?

If you already have a first-aid kit, check the expiry date of the medication you already have. You should always note that the expiration date for ointments, drops, and sprays only applies to unopened products.

After that, you can start packing the new first-aid kit. In general, only medicines that you know and tolerate well belong in the first-aid kit. A vacation is not an excellent opportunity to experiment with new medicines.

First, you should ensure that the medications you need to take daily are in sufficient quantities. If you need to take certain medications at a specific time each day, consider whether this can be combined with your vacation plans. If this is not the case, you should consult the responsible doctor.

If you frequently suffer from specific symptoms, such as cold sores or stomach pains, you should ensure that your first-aid kit contains sufficient quantities of these medicines. So you can save yourself the trip to the pharmacy on-site.

 

First aid kit: First aid for colds & Co.

 Not only at home but also on vacation, you can get caught up with a cold, flu, or a persistent cough. Therefore, specific essential components should be part of every first-aid kit. These include:

• Nose drops or nasal spray
• Cold ointment and cold bath
• Cough syrup, cough drops and cough suppressants
• expectorant
• sore throat pills
• Vitamin tablets, calcium and magnesium tablets
• Tissue
• clinical thermometer
• headache pills
• Medication for stomach pain, diarrhoea, constipation and nausea

Anyone travelling with (small) children should also remember particular medication for the children. These include, for example, suppositories for fever or pain and ear drops.

Materials for dressing wounds and bruises

When you are out on the slopes as a skier or snowboarder, something can happen at any time: you fall quickly and get a sprain, a bruise or an open wound.

That’s why plasters (in different sizes!) and bandages are a must in the first-aid kit for a skiing holiday so that open wounds can be treated appropriately. It would help if you took gauze bandages, sterile wound compresses, adhesive tape and a small pair of scissors from the first-aid kit. You should also have an ointment or solution to disinfect the wound.

Your first-aid kit should contain a heparin ointment for treating blunt injuries such as bruises. This ensures that the bruise subsides faster. A tape bandage is recommended to treat sprains, with which the corresponding joint can be stabilized.

Finally, the first-aid kit for the winter should also contain special blister plasters. After all, anyone who spends the whole day on the slopes will quickly get a blister. A blister plaster can prevent unpleasant chafing in the shoe over the next few days.

 

First-aid kit: sun protection is a must!

When going to the mountains, sunscreen is essential. Because of the altitude, the UV radiation in the mountains is particularly intense. Since the snow also reflects the sun, sunburn occurs much more quickly than in the lowlands.

Therefore, sunscreen with a sufficiently high sun protection factor (at least sun protection factor 20) should be included in the first-aid kit for the winter. An even higher sun protection factor can be selected for susceptible areas such as lips, ears or nose.

When choosing a sunscreen, you should ensure it has a high-fat content. Oily sun creams protect the skin from the sun and from drying out due to the cold. Small sunscreen tubes you can always carry when skiing are convenient.

In addition to sunscreen, wearing protection against the cold is also advisable. This can protect sensitive body parts such as the nose, ears or cheeks. The cold cream covers the skin like a waterproof veil, protecting it from drying out.