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  • FIRST POSTED: 22nd March 2020 | LAST UPDATED: 6th May 2020
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A list of must-have coronavirus medical essentials – items to have at home during long term isolation periods

As we are potentially long periods of isolation due to Covid-19 and unable to use our healthcare resources for minor ailments, I would like to share this list of must have medical items at home. I did not compile it myself – but a reader who is a fellow Portuguese national and is a nurse in the UK kindly prepared this list for her own benefit, shared it with me and asked me to share it with others.

I had half of the items at home, but not the other – but nothing seems excessive in any way, so I do hope this list comes in handy. I am sharing the brands she recommended and I have purchase but remember that there are alternatives for every case.

I did not know ‘exactly’ where half of these items were in my house – and one was out of date, so just take a moment to check what you already have before setting out to buy anything.

Please stay safe and healthy and, most importantly, stay home.

 

A first aid kit

From £20 from Amazon UK, Amazon USA

We upgraded our first aid kit at the advice of this medical professional so we can better prepared if things happen with us or with neighbours we are also help looking after.

first aid kit

 

Anti-septic cream

From £3.70 – get it from Amazon, Boots or Amazon USA

Use to cleanse and help prevent infection.

savlon antiseptic cream

Re-usable Hot and Cold Pack

From £4 from Amazon UK, Boots or Amazon USA

Re-usable hot and cold packs to treat sprains, strains and delayed onset muscle soreness
Simply place in fridge or freezer for cold use, or heat in microwave for hot use.

hypa gel reusable hold and cold pack

 

Pain relieving gel

From £9 from Amazon or Boots

Relieves pain. Reduces inflammation. Cools skin

 

voltarol_12hr_emulgel_p_gel_232_100g

 

Cotton Finger Cots

From £3 from Amazon UK, Amazon USA

Suitable for sports injuries and for giving effective support to sprains, strains, joints and muscles

Safe & Sound Cotton Finger Cots at home medical essentials

 

Calcium-Sodium Alginate Wound Dressing

From £19.99 from Amazon UK, Amazon USA

A soft, sterile dressing made of calcium–sodium alginate fiber that converts to a firm gel or fiber mat on contact with fluid. It is designed to absorb exudate and to help control minor bleeding

Kaltostat Calcium-Sodium Alginate Wound Dressing at home medical essentials

 

Pain relief heat packs

From £4.75 from Amazon UK or Amazon US

Heat packs that provide targeted, temporary 24 hour warming relief from minor muscular and joint aches and pains

Cura Heat Back & Shoulder Pain

 

Skin restorative cream

From £9 from Amazon UK, Boots

Helps treat broken skin, eczema, nappy rash, stitches, bed sores, skin ulcers with anti-inflammatory & soothing benefits
avene cicalfate restrorative skin cream

 

In addition, basic medicines like ibuprofen and paracetamol (acetaminophen) help with many ailments and absolute at home medical essentials.

This list of coronavirus medical essentials is provided in good faith and does not provide any medical guidance. Please follow your local government health advice. Call 111 in the UK and visit the NHS website for any advice.

As always, wash your hands – and consider this list of hand creams as well.

xo

Mrs. O

 

PS. To make it easier, I created a public list on Amazon UK and Amazon USA.

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Here’s to a great new adventure. We completed the purchase of our new holiday home in the south of Spain, a place we love. I have holidayed here as a child and in the last 10+ years we fell in love with it again (as you may have noticed, as we keep coming back year after year).
What an amazing 40 hours in my beloved #Madrid. Without a doubt one of my top 5 city break destinations in Europe (maybe even top 3), but often overlooked. Have you been? Tell me what you loved about it!
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