Posts Tagged ‘First Aid’
Keeping Your Cool When Calling 911
If you’ve ready any of the articles in this blog, you may have heard me harping on the fact that, in an emergency, the first step should be to call 911. Emergencies are concerning because of the lack of available resources needed to keep a casualty alive. Emergencies don’t generally occur in a hospital fully…
Read More3 Degrees: How to Treat Burns
If you’re just jumping into this article, go check out the last article I wrote explaining the degrees of burns and some of the risk factors associated with them. This way, you’ll better understand what I’m talking about in this next in the series about how to treat this type of emergency. I’ll start this…
Read More3 Degrees: Understanding Burn Injuries
According to the CDC, over 1 million people a year are reported to have burns that require medical attention. These burns can come from a lot of different factors, from thermal burns like exposure to a heat source, or from chemicals. With the rioting and looting going on in America today, the Molotov Cocktail is…
Read MoreWedding Rings Can Cost You a Finger
After leaving the military, I worked for a short time in an ammunition factory. Expensive loading machines have a tube full of shock sensitive primers and one day, a primer stack blew up while a coworker was clearing a malfunction, amputating his thumb. Amputations are something I have some experience with. I’ve had to work…
Read MoreWhy’d You Put That in Your Med Kits? Part: 2
In the last post I talked about why I chose to include the default SWAT-T Tourniquets in our kits, instead of the North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT). Hopefully that left you with a good perspective and a look at the rest of the items will help to clear up anything that’s still a…
Read MoreWhy’d You Put That in Your Med Kits?
Not everyone has a background in medicine and may not fully understand the wide variety of gear that’s available on the market. Those people tend to take me at my word that the items in the Mountain Man Medical kits are the best options for the widest number of situations. Others have asked why I…
Read MoreFirst Aid: Why People Die
I’ve had the opportunity to talk with a variety of medics, both in the military and civilian world. From EMTs, paramedics, ER doctors, special operators, fire fighters and first responders, and sometimes I ask why they chose their profession. Some are in the medical field because they fell into it. But often, the answer I…
Read MoreYour Life Depends on Where You Keep Your Med Kit
It confuses me that medical kits are often neglected. I’ve been in the medical world for a few years now and I’ve never had a hard time convincing someone that medical equipment is a good idea to have nearby. But I still seldom encounter someone who keeps one nearby, even if they’re never more than…
Read MoreA War Medic’s Tips for Avoiding Panic
It’s easy to understand that dealing with trauma is stressful. Emergencies are usually unexpected, and the surprise of a life-threatening injury can throw even a normally calm person into panic. This is especially the case when you don’t have any training in first aid since you aren’t sure what to do. I know well what…
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