Emergency relief system

A method for arranging the contents of a first aid kit comprising the steps of:

• assembling a collection of packs containing products for the management of particular first aid situations;
• ranking the seriousness of the first aid situation to be managed using each pack in an order beginning with the most serious and ending with the least serious first aid situation;
• placing the pack for the management of the most serious first aid situation in a front compartment of the first aid kit;
• and
• arranging the remaining packs in a card catalogue/file cabinet-like array and in an order of descending seriousness in the first aid kit behind the pack for the management of the most serious first aid situation.

A method for the administering first aid comprising the steps of:

• identifying a victim requiring first aid,
• obtaining a first aid kit, the first aid kit having:
• a carrying case defining an interior which includes means for providing quick access to the interior, the carrying case having a plurality of compartments in a card catalogue/file cabinet-like array;
• a plurality of packs, carried in the compartments, each pack being designated by a descriptive label, and each of the packs containing a plurality of first aid products for the management of a particular first aid situation and arranged according to a system wherein the packs are aligned starting from an emergency responder in the order of:
• a pack containing products for the management of a breathing first aid situation, a pack containing products for the management of a bleeding first aid situation, a pack containing products for the management of a shock first aid situation, a pack for the management of a head and spine first aid situation, a pack for the management of a bone first aid situation, a pack for the management of a burn first aid situation, and then a pack for the management of a bites and stings first aid situation;
• and
• an instructional card within each pack, the instructional card having a corresponding descriptive label with the pack and bearing instructions for use of the contents within the pack for the first aid situation described on the label and instructing the user to check a set of vital indicators of a person requiring first aid;
• identifying a pack of products within the first aid kit by matching the first aid situation with the pack of products bearing an icon depicting the first aid situation;
• managing the first aid situation according to the instructions printed on a card contained within the pack of products for the management of that particular first aid situation;
• and
• replacing the pack of products for that particular first aid situation with an identical pack of products.