A first aid kit is a helpful and important item in your homes and bug out bags. It contains a set of medical supplies and other items for medical emergency. It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: one moment you’re doing fine, and the next the unthinkable happens and you or your companion is dealing with a serious […]
Something that many people don’t take into consideration about a bug out situation is that emergency services will likely be ineffective or completely shut off. This means no more police to protect you, no more firefighters to rescue you, and most importantly – no more emergency medical staff to treat you. If you get seriously […]
Those planning to spend anytime in the outdoors should consider the needs for safety while hiking on unfamiliar trails. There is a great deal of difference in helping someone with a broken arm or deep cut at home than providing wilderness first aid for all the potential dangers present. Groups planning to head into the […]
If you find yourself in an outdoor environment where the weather can get really cold or hot, there are some possible things may occur to people when outdoors. When the weather is extremely cold you need to protect yourself from hypothermia. Hypothermia is characterized by a drop in body temperature. People could experience shivering and […]
Ticks are ranked second to mosquitoes for being blood-sucking vectors of infectious diseases. Lyme disease is the usual ailment that can be experienced by the hosts from tick bites. A tick is a parasitic organism that sucks blood from the host. Its hosts may include humans and some animals. It can create swelling to the […]
Hand sanitizers, medical masks and thermometers are some of the products flying off the shelf as people stock up in reaction to a worsening outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. You might have to brave long lines and empty shelves looking for these items that you should already have in your […]
The emergency first aid protocol for an unconscious person on whom both breathing and pulse cannot be detected is called cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). It is a combination of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions. This kind of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was first described in the Bible, but it fell out of practice. Drs. James Elam and Peter […]
CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) classes range from the traditional, wherein you have to attend classes from anywhere between four to six hours or online classes that have additional hands-on skill classes. Most courses teach how to recognize an emergency, caring for conscious and unconscious choking victims, recognizing signs of a heart attack, rescue breathing and the […]
It doesn’t matter how careful you and the rest of the family are, if you are bugging out, first aid kits need to be packed in with the rest of your gear. Even the smallest cut or insect bite can turn into a major problem if it is not properly treated. There are many different […]
If you haven’t had CPR training, you should probably run out and get it. There are some jobs that require you to have this, but it is something that everyone should know. You never know what is going to happen, and you may end up being the only person around when someone needs CPR. Though […]