Re: First Aid kit - expiration of items?

On Mon, 05 May 2008 16:17:37 +0100, Tony of Judicious
<tony@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Duncan Heenan wrote:
>
>> I have a First Aid kit on board, bought 7 years ago as an 'approved'
>> offshore kit (though I can't remember under what regulations). I have
>> never used anything from it and I was wondering what sort of things in
it
>> may have gone off and need replacing. can anyone help?
>
>I find these ready made kits are a generally a bit inadequate.
>
>Elasotplasts are useful (they do go out of date IME) but some nice big
>bandages, such as meolin and the tape to go with them, don't go amiss.
>
>The blister packaging on seasickness tablets seems to age as well.

You should remove it firsts before ingesting :)
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Martin