First Aid and Prevention Tips
Don't let your holidays turn into one big disaster zone, use these preventative measures to help avoid medical calamity - so you can relax on your travels...
- Insect stings and bites
- Sunburn, blisters and heat rash
- Heat exhaustion
- Diarrhoea
- Travel sickness
- Sand in eyes
How to avoid...
- Use insect repellent from a pharmacist.
- Explain to your toddler the consequences of playing with or annoying insects.
- Give him protective shoes to wear and don't dress him in brightly coloured clothes.
- Keep your baby out of the sun, especially between 10am to 3pm, when UV rays are most prevalent.
- Regularly apply a sunscreen of at least SPF15.
- Protect toddlers in a legionnaire's cap, loose clothes and sunglasses.
- Make sure your child drinks plenty of liquids.
- Offer drinks of water regularly.
- Toddlers are more prone to heat exhaustion than babies because they are often running around, so make sure they have regular breaks to rest and cool down.
- Avoid ice in drinks or homemade ice lollies and ice cream if in under-developed countries.
- Provide cooled, boiled water to drink.
- Use spring water rather than mineral water for making up feeds if you can't boil water.
- Make sure food is cooked properly and avoid salads, seafood and uncooked foods.
- Avoid activities that involve looking down into the lap when travelling by car.
- Buy antihistamines from the pharmacist for over-twos.
- Provide plenty of fresh air.
- Give your baby protective sunglasses, if you can get him to keep them on!
Where to next?
- For information on everything from how to travel stress-free and summer safety tips, check out the rest of our travel section
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