What should your first aid kit look like?

A first aid kit should be portable. You want to bring the first aid kit to the injury rather than bringing the injury to the first aid kit.

A first aid kit should be clearly marked and accessible to all occupants of your facility.

Your first aid kit should have a home. That home should be clearly marked and obvious. The staging of your first aid kit should ensure that the kit does not get buried under other bags or equipment. Ideally the first aid kit should be staged within reach of your AED (Automated External Defibrillator) if you have one.

Having a visible clearly marked first aid kit or bleeding control kit does not make your facility seem unsafe. It conveys the message that you are prepared. Customers, parents, students and colleagues appreciate preparation.


A fist aid kit should include the following items:

1) Personal Protective Equipment such as medical gloves and eye protection.

2) Combat Application Tourniquets at least one.

3) Oral glucose or another sugary drink.

4) One bottle of low dose aspirin.

5) Pocket Mask.

6) Band aids.

7) Assorted gauze.

8) Trauma shears.

You should also have the ability to distribute ice to someone with minor injuries.


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Active Violence Emergency Response Training Classes are now being offered.

Guardian Emergency Training is now an approved training center for AVERT courses! AVERT courses are a blended learning approach to teaching civilians how to respond to actives shooter type events.

AVERT is Active Violence Emergence Response Training. This training is a nationally recognized curriculum that teaches participants what to do during an active shooter or other mass violence type event. AVERT is the only nationally recognized training that teaches the participant how to tactically escape, evade, defend yourself and others, disarm an assailant as well as provide life saving medical care for the injured.

AVERT training is the best available option for schools, offices, healthcare facilities, houses of worship, leisure and hospitality centers and any other industry that may encounter an active violence incident.

When you chose Guardian Emergency Training to deliver your AVERT course your agency will have access to AVERTS industry leading blended learning curriculum. You will also have access to AVERT’s custom designed bleeding control kits. In addition you will receive expert consultation that can tailor the training and equipment to your specific facility. The instructors that Guardian Emergency will send to teach your AVERT class are regional SWAT team members, police officers, paramedics, and combat veterans. In addition to responding to active shooting events our instructors have attended numerous classes designed to teach us how to deliver active shooter instruction.