And then this happened
I finally, 13 days after I tried to break my ankle and only succeeded in…
Are you OK? Are you alright? Help Medic!
This is the last time I’m giving the Guardian Angel an evening off
The subdivision I live in was once part of a farm that dates back into…
The migraine thing
I’d like to thank those who commented and emailed me about this latest brush with…
I learned something today
I mentioned last week that Daughter and Son-In-Law both came down with the OMGnicron last…
Bleeding control when you can’t use a tourniquet
A new device, approved by the TCCC, is available for bleeding control in places where…
Heh
I’m off to have a nuclear stress test. Watch this while I get put through…
Treating pneumonia in an emergency
This is presented for information only. You’d really be better off in a hospital, but…
Wuflu Precautions #2
Liquid preps? Sweet! So the Wuflu is in your area. Seriously, it is. But let’s…
As if there isn’t enough to worry about
Of course, that’s if one is inclined to worrying. I do my best to not…
Stop bleeding all over my floor!
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) One of the training points that has come up in…
The Israeli Battle Dressing
The Israeli Battle Dressing and its imitators are probably the best battle dressings on the…
When a tourniquet is not the thing to stop bleeding
Some years ago, coagulating agents came on the scene. The first I’m aware of was…
Toward a useful first aid kit
Everyone has seen and some of us have purchased a pre-packaged “first aid kit”. You…
One more C-A-T video
Here’s the last one I’m going to post, DIY, for an arm.
C-A-T Tourniquet Lower Exteremity Application Video Tutorial
In keeping with yesterday’s video on applying the C-A-T tourniquet to an arm, here it…
C-A-T Tourniquet Upper Extremity Application Video Tutorial
Tourniquets used to be something that were all but banned from first aid and first…