Disaster Medical Kits

While a small first-aid kit is a great addition to any car trunk, school backpack or purse, a comprehensive medical kit will contain items that go beyond a simple paper-cut or skinned knee.

Even without medical training, a good disaster medical kit is a must!"

Although there are emergency medical kits specifically designed and stocked for use by trained medical personnel, there are also kits designed to be used by the untrained. Such kits will usually contain sterile wound management bandages, resuscitation mouth guards, non-prescription pain medications, shock treatments items and an easy-to-understand guide to first aid. Continue...

First Aid Kit Ingredients

First aid kit ingredients are given in a comprehensive list below, should you decide to build your own first-aid kit. Years ago, I didn’t have the funds to buy a professional kit, so working from a list similar to this, I put together an emergency medical kit.

I had an 8”x20”x8” hard-sided old train/cosmetic case and filled it with items I picked up at the discount stores, pharmacies and even flea markets and garage sales (ace bandages, bandage scissors, etc).

I used this kits for years and there were many times it came in handy for cuts, bruises, splinters, etc. Thankfully, there was never a major emergency that required it’s use, but if there had been,
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Wilderness First Aid

It is not surprising to learn that when it comes to basic first aid, few people outside of the Boy Scouts of America and the national park rangers have even a basic knowledge. Camping, hiking, fishing, hunting, or even fighting in foreign lands can be made safer by at least knowing simple first aid.

One does not have to go camping in the forest to need first aid knowledge. A choking at the office, drowning in the back yard pool or any type of feasible life-threatening situation could require basic first aid.. Many of these situations necessitate the need for on-the-spot first aid, and fast. For that reason, several different aspects of wilderness first aid can be applicable in everyday life. Continue...