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Emergency Situation
Quick, imagine for a moment an emergency situation which requires an actual first aid kit. Say someone took a bullet to the leg. It won't be immediately fatal, but blood is coming out at a rate which will kill the person unless the bleeding is controlled.
Pray tell, where is the gauze? Will some of these bottled pills stop the bleeding in time to save the victim? Will the bottles themselves? What if emergency services can't get there in time? What if this is the only source of aid available for hours, possibly days?
I suppose that a quick thinker could rip out the foam packing and use it as a compressor material for the wound, but how clean is it? How effective will it be at stopping the blood pumping from the wound?
Where is the manual on how to mitigate shock? How to compress the wound in the right way so as to stop the bleeding in the shortest amount of time? Do you stuff a pill in the wound? Do they have to swallow it?
I notice also that these pills are claimed to be used to treat drowning and choking. Explain to me, precisely, how that works. Does the pill conjure up breathable air, allow the person to breathe water? For choking, does it act like Drano?
It's recklessly irresponsible to label this collection of literal sugar pills as a first aid kit. The only POSSIBLE use I could see for any of these 'remedies', especially at 200c dillution, is to treat someone of a low level case of insulin shock. Show me scientific, double blind, peer reviewed studies published in reputable journals that show that homeopathic pills work over an actual first aid kit and you'll have a convert. Considering that I have never seen a one of these, I doubt very much that any such exists.
Better yet, show me a working professional hospital run by doctors with M.D. degrees from accredited universities and staffed by accredited nurses that stocks this kind of first aid kit instead of an actual first aid kit and I'll retract this review.
In short, show me evidence that it works. Real, provable, evidence. Not 'it feels' anecdotes, or claims backed by bupkis.
Just for comparison, let me show you the OSHA regulations regarding what a first aid kit requires in order to be labelled as first aid for a small work site.
From [...]
The following list sets forth the minimally acceptable number and type of first-aid supplies for first-aid kits required under paragraph (d)(2) of the logging standard. The contents of the first-aid kit listed should be adequate for small work sites, consisting of approximately two to three employees. When larger operations or multiple operations are being conducted at the same location, additional first-aid kits should be provided at the work site or additional quantities of supplies should be included in the first-aid kits:
1. Gauze pads (at least 4 x 4 inches).
2. Two large gauze pads (at least 8 x 10 inches).
3. Box adhesive bandages (band-aids).
4. One package gauze roller bandage at least 2 inches wide.
5. Two triangular bandages.
6. Wound cleaning agent such as sealed moistened towelettes.
7. Scissors.
8. At least one blanket.
9. Tweezers.
10. Adhesive tape.
11. Latex gloves.
12. Resuscitation equipment such as resuscitation bag, airway, or
pocket mask.
13. Two elastic wraps.
14. Splint.
15. Directions for requesting emergency assistance.
[59 FR 51672, Oct. 12, 1994; 60 FR 47022, Sept. 8, 1995]
July 2013 · Health and Household