The Type 3 First Aid Kit – Medium – CSA Z1220-24 Standard Requirements is an Intermediate First Aid Kit required for workplaces with 26 to 50 workers per shift at any time working in a high-risk environment — settings such as mining, oil and gas, forestry, construction, or machine shops where the likelihood and severity of injury is greater than in a typical office or retail setting.
This kit is built to the updated CSA Z1220-24 standard, the edition of the national workplace first aid kit standard that Quebec and Nova Scotia have adopted. Since each province sets its own requirements, other jurisdictions may adopt this updated edition at a later date; in the meantime they continue to operate under the previous CSA Z1220-17 standard. Which kit type and size a workplace needs depends on the number of employees per shift and the level of injury risk in the work being performed.
This Medium kit is the step up from the Type 3 Small kit, with roughly double the quantities of bandages, dressings, and antiseptics. It includes a Windlass-style tourniquet — this kit already used a Windlass-style tourniquet under the previous CSA Z1220-17 edition, so this is unchanged going into Z1220-24 — alongside a CPR mask with one-way valve, a padded splint, plastic eye shields, sterile eye compresses, an instant cold compress, and sugar packets for diabetic emergencies.
Inside, this kit packs 214 pieces of CSA-specified first aid and trauma supplies across 31 item types: assorted fabric and plastic adhesive bandages, sterile gauze compresses in multiple sizes, sterile non-adherent compresses, trauma compresses, sterile compression bandages with gauze ties, two sizes of conforming stretch gauze bandages, elastic bandages, triangular bandages, benzalkonium chloride (BZK) antiseptic wipes, alcohol-based hand disinfectant wipes, medical examination gloves, bandage scissors, forceps, biohazard waste bags, emergency rescue blankets, a CPR mask, sugar packets, instant cold packs, a padded splint, plastic eye shields, sterile eye compresses, and a Windlass-style tourniquet. Choose the case style that suits your workplace: a soft nylon bag, a hard plastic case, or a metal case — or order a refill if you're restocking a case you already own.
