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Your kit should match your qualification, your role and your organisation's clinical governance. Use this list as a starting point, then check it with your training provider or clinical lead.
Only carry and use what you are trained and authorised to use. Some items below are for higher-level responders only.
Scene safety and PPE
- Nitrile gloves in several sizes
- Eye protection and face masks
- Hi-visibility clothing
- A torch or penlight
- Hand sanitiser and clinical waste bags
Airway and breathing
- Pocket mask with one-way valve
- Bag-valve-mask (adult and child sizes)
- Airway adjuncts and hand-held suction, if you are trained to use them
Circulation and bleed control
- Haemorrhage control tourniquet
- Haemostatic gauze and emergency trauma bandages
- Ambulance dressings and wound dressings
- An AED, or know where the nearest one is
Observations and diagnostics
- Pulse oximeter
- Blood pressure cuff and stethoscope
- Thermometer
- Penlight for pupil checks
- Blood glucose meter, if within your scope
Trauma, immobilisation and comfort
- Triangular bandages and splints
- Foil blankets
- Burns dressings
- Trauma shears
Paperwork
- Patient report forms and a pen
- Triage cards, if your role needs them
The easy way: a ready-made kit
Our FREC 3 and FREC 4 kits bring the core items together in one bag. Check the contents on each product page against your training, then add what your role needs.