[First aid kit for travelers]

The first aid kit for travellers is essentially thought to permit symptomatic self-treatment of common and mostly trivial health problems abroad. If professional medical assistance is likely not to be accessible a few additional items--e.g. an antibiotic--must be considered. The indications and proper handling of any medication which requires a physician's prescription have to be carefully explained to its potential user. The decision as to recommend drugs other than those in the basic first aid kit must take into account not only the risk of particular diseases but also the ability of the traveller to applicate a drug in the correct way for defined indications.