Bringing a good supply of basic first aid supplies is a good idea, especially when joining a partly rural based opportunity. You will be able to buy these items in chemists in Fiji but it’s always good to be prepared and have some packed (they are often more expensive in Fiji too.) It’s great practice for any ‘travel’ to get into the habit of keeping these items close.
Hopefully you won’t require these items, but our experience is that small illnesses and ailments are very common in such a different and tropical environment.
Our mindset for the project is always ‘Prevention is better than cure’.
All Items To Be Brought From Home…
It can be beneficial to bring a small first aid kit with you for your study tour program, with example items often of benefit as:
- First Aid Kit Bag
- Large box of Plasters (band aids)
- Adhesive Tape
- Antiseptic cream
- Antibacterial Hand Wash
- Cold/Flu medicine
- Box Painkillers
- Antihistamine Tablets (even if you don’t have allergies, they are good for insect bite reactions)
- Sting relief cream/spray
- Anti-diarrhoeal tablets
- Anti-constipation
- Oral rehydration salts (ORS)
- Water Purification
- Multi-vitamin tablets