What should a home first aid kit contain?
Short answer: 20 items, from antihistamine tablets and cream through to tweezers (splinters and bindis). The complete Home First Aid Kit checklist is written out below — and the exact same 20 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Home First Aid Kit checklist — all 20 items
- Antihistamine tablets and cream
- Antiseptic wipes or solution
- Burn gel or dressing
- Check expiry dates and restock
- CPR face shield
- Digital thermometer
- Disposable gloves
- Elastic bandage for sprains
- Instant cold pack
- List of family allergies taped inside the lid
- Micropore or medical tape
- Pain relief for adults and for kids
- Plasters, various sizes
- Poisons Centre number on the lid (0800 764 766)
- Rehydration sachets
- Saline solution for eyes or wounds
- Small scissors
- Sterile gauze and dressings
- Torch with working batteries
- Tweezers (splinters and bindis)
Home first aid kits are archaeological sites: plasters from two houses ago, a single antiseptic wipe, expired everything. They get built once, raided for years, and audited never — until the moment someone's bleeding and the box offers you one cotton bud.
This checklist stocks a kit for real household incidents: plasters and dressings in useful sizes, antiseptic, painkillers for adults and kids, tweezers and scissors, burn gel, a thermometer that works, and the emergency numbers card. Restock against it every six months — the kit is only as good as its last audit.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "burn gel" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should a home first aid kit contain?
You need 20 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from antihistamine tablets and cream through to tweezers (splinters and bindis) — and the same 20 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=home%20first%20aid%20kit opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Home First Aid Kit list (20 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.