I’m trying to put the finishing touches on a presentation I have to do tomorrow at a local elementary school’s health fair. My section is on first aid, and I found some excellent little cartoons to show what goes in a first aid kit- only problem is, I have no clue what two of the items are.
From this site (WARNING: PDF), the items in question are:
magistral formulation
extemporaneous suspension
Now, if you look at the list rather than the cartoon, it says “mucolytic formulations and expectorants” which makes me think it’s a type of cough syrup (which… odd thing to put in a first aid kit…). Extemporaneous suspensions isn’t on the list, but I’m thinking it might be sterile saline.
Google is being uncharacteristically uncooperative, so I turn to the international Dopers (and very smart US-based ones!).
My guess is that these are terms translated from a Spanish or Catalan original into something that isn’t quite English, or at least not widely used English in this context.
To be fair- It’s a game. You’re supposed to pick the things that DO belong in the box.
But ooh, a quick search reveals these two thinigs DO exist. They’re just very European. Extemporaneous (Magistral) Formulations
Extemporaneous solution though sounds like “something laying around that you can dissolve stuff into” AKA Water, while the magistral formulations seem to be things like electrolytes or other medications that you dissolve into that ET solution.
If you need to replace them in yours, I’d put down electrolytes or such and water, just in case of dehydration, but they can be other powdered meds too probably, and you just want to include something to dissolve it in.
