First Aid Kit by Child Age

A written list of allergies, conditions and medications, and a thermometer. Both are useful in situations where the rest of the kit is not, and the written list is what a paramedic or a babysitter needs and never has.

Twice a year, and expired medication is the most common problem found. Tying it to clock changes is the method most likely to actually happen.

Every first aid organisation says yes and they are not wrong. Choking, burns and unresponsiveness are the situations where the first thirty seconds matter most, and none of them is something to learn from a leaflet at the time.