Who Really Needs First Aid Kits, Anyway?

Posted by Bernard Young on 09 March 2010

Thinking about purchasing some first aid kits for your business? Think again! With these 5 great and highly responsible reasons, there won’t be any sort of issue when it comes to keeping your employees safe. We’ve done years of research and put together this anti-first-aid-kit list that’s sure to make our case extremely well!

#5: Injuries? What Injuries?

Really, when do people get hurt? I’ve never heard about it myself, and I think it’s mostly isolated to various TV shows and dramatized re-enactments. If I took a completely unscientific poll, I’m pretty sure most of the people I asked would say they’ve not only never been injured themselves, but don’t even know of someone with a past injury. And I’m sure it’s the same for you. Why buy a first aid kit that will never even be opened?

#4: Can’t we just heal ourselves?

I know we haven’t progressed to growing back our limbs yet, but really, when you’ve got an injury or something, you know your body will eventually patch it up and heal it over in the best way it knows how. So why bother with all this crazy, unnecessary external stuff, right?

#3: First aid kits don’t have anything useful in them anyway.

So pricey, all those bandages and things, right? You’ve got all that complicated gauze and these weird chemicals for “infections” and a bunch of other stuff, and I mean really who ever gets those? I’m starting to think these magical “first aid kits” are just some kinda big conspiracy or something!

#2: You can find simple and “safe” replacements for anything in a first aid kit!

Now we’re getting creative. Have a bleeding flesh wound? Head over to your supply closet and see what you can use! There’s probably all sorts of crap in there that can easily substitute for a proper first aid kid, right? Am I right? No?

#1: Who wants to be preventative, anyway? Boring!

There’s some old proverb that goes “a stitch in time saves nine”, and I suppose it’s got something to do with prevention saving a ton of money down the road, or something. Frankly, it’s just easier to pay for things later. Sure, having a first aid kit on hand to minimize an injury might be the difference between a tiny hospital bill or an expensive, all-consuming medical-care odyssey, but who really knows?

If you do not agree with everything you have just read - you are probably very right. You should never leave a workplace safety for a chance. First aid kits, blue bandaids, fire safety equipment - it’s not just a waste of money. It is you being responsible for your own health and security.

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