Design of First Aid Kit


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Creator/Artist: Neera Adarkar

Category: Product Design

Document: Diploma Project Report

Batch: 1972-1974

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  1969-1978

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. M. Chattopadhyay & Prof. Uday A. Athavankar


Detailed Description

Today the need for first aid is greater than ever. Populations are growing throughout the world, and the increased use of mechanical and electrical appliances in everyday use at home, at work, and at play places puts more and more people at risk of injury. Aims of first aid, especially in the industries, are to ensure as rapid and complete a return of function as possible and to reduce to a minimum unavoidable period of absence from the work due to injury. First aid is emergency treatment of the casualty provided immediately after the injury. But most of the industries do not satisfy this basic requirement of the temporary, immediate, and efficient treatment. The fault lies with the inadequate training as well as with the unhygienic first aid box. Coupled with this is the mentality of the society, which is not conducive to proper hygienic treatment. It was felt that to a certain extent, a hygienic attitude could be developed and proper treatment encouraged by a well-designed first aid kit.