| Item |
Description |
| Bandages |
A collection of cotton and crepe bandages. |
| Plasters |
Band-Aids, narrow and thick plaster
rolls. |
| Paraffin gauze |
This gauze is impregnated with an
antibiotic and antiseptic and is good for serious wounds. |
| Cottenwool |
To plug ears while driving. |
| Disinfectant |
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| Painkillers |
We have a combination of aspirin,
paracetamol and valium (well, the generic equivalent).
The combination should be enough to stop any pain, inflammation
and fever. |
| Malaria prophylactics |
We're taking the generic equivalent
of Lariam, which only needs to be taken once a week. |
| Malaria Diagnostic Kits |
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| Malaria Cure |
There is a drug on the market now
based on an old Chinese remedy, which is proving very
effective against Malaria. |
| Betadine |
This is for any burns. |
| Antibiotics |
We have a number of courses of generic
antibiotics which we are taking along, just incase. |
| Diarrhoea |
Immodium and another drug for chronic
cases. |
| Syringes and Needles |
With the prevalence of AIDS in Africa,
we're not too keen on risking the sterility of local hospitals. |
| Steristrips |
These are in lieu of taking suture
kits along. They are basically strong little plasters
that hold the two sides of a wound together. |
| Tampons and pads |
Tampons and pads are apparently the
best thing for stanching the bloodflow of large gaping
wounds like gunshot wounds, knife cuts, etc. |
| Needles and Tweezers |
For the ever present thorns. |
| Scissors |
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