The right first aid kit depends on where it's being used and what's realistic to treat there. A workplace kit at a packing station handles different injuries from a motoring kit in a delivery van, which handles different injuries from a travel kit in a rucksack. So start with the setting.
Workplace first aid kits
For any workplace, your first aid needs assessment sets the specification. What the work involves, how many people are on-site, how far you are from emergency services, and what the realistic injury profile looks like. A quiet office is a different assessment from a workshop with sharp tools and hot surfaces.
That's why the kit choice matters. A single "large" kit isn't automatically the right answer for a hundred-person workforce. And a small kit isn't automatically the right answer for a five-person office if the work involves a genuine burn risk.
Motoring, catering, and travel first aid kits
Motoring kits are smaller than workplace kits and built for what's realistic to treat at the roadside: cuts, minor burns, cleaning wounds. They belong in every work vehicle, and legally have to be carried in some PSVs.
Catering kits swap standard plasters for blue detectable ones. A stray plaster in a batch of dough shows up under x-ray or metal detection. Small change, big difference for a food business's HACCP paperwork.
Travel kits are the least standardised and the most personal. Match them to the trip rather than the person.
For advice on the right first aid kit, call the team on 0808 175 4375.
