Singapore legislation
Regulation 97
of Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Construction and Use) Rules
Regulation 97
First aid equipment
Subregulation 1
There shall be carried by every public service vehicle having a seating capacity for more than 6 persons, excluding the driver, a suitable receptacle containing the first aid dressings and appliances specified in paragraph (4).
Subregulation 2
The receptacle referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried in such a position as to be readily available for use and shall be prominently marked.
Subregulation 3
The first aid dressings and appliances referred to in paragraph (1) shall be of the quality and standard prescribed in paragraph (5) and shall at all times be maintained in good condition.
Subregulation 4
The following first aid dressings and appliances shall be carried by a public service vehicle:
one telescopic splint;
one constrictive bandage;
one large sterilised dressing suitable for burns and wounds (not less than 75 millimetres × 75 millimetres);
3 medium sterilised wound dressings (gauze and wool or lint and wool not less than 50 millimetres × 50 millimetres);
sterilised cotton wool (at least 50 grammes);
3 roller bandages (75 millimetres × 5 metres);
2 triangular bandages;
one roll of surgical strapping (at least 25 millimetres × 2.5 metres or 10 millimetres × 4.5 metres);
one pair of rustless scissors; and
one box of large strong safety pins.
Subregulation 5
All materials for dressings and bandages, including cotton wool, shall be those designated in, and of a grade or quality not lower than the standards prescribed by, the current British Pharmaceutical Codex.
Subregulation 6
All instruments and appliances shall be of reliable quality and suitable design and construction.