Category: Health / Medical / First Aid
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Got Poison Control? (Poison.org)
I was recently listening to a podcast by Radiolab on the Poison Control Center at Poison.org; you can learn more about that particular episode here. In that episode I learned some interesting things, like how many centers there are (55), how many calls they get per year (around 80,000 per call center), and how it…
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TrueClot Wound Packing Trainer
This is a neat training prop for simulating wound packing from TrueClot.com. Their training kits, for example, are the perfect option to practice with to simulate a realistic environment, but don’t look too hard at their pricing (must purchase from a different website) because it WILL give you sticker shock! If, however, you have a…
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Fire Cider – Natural Cold Killer!
Want to get a head start on staying healthy for the cold season? Try this “fire cider” recipe which, to be honest, sounds like it would be a tough drink to stomach, lol. Regardless, the drink does contain quite a few beneficial ingredients such as apple cider vinegar, garlic, and ginger, each of which are…
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Bleeding Control Kit
SkinnyMedic (his handle on YouTube) has created a reasonably priced bleeding control kit with the expectation that this could be used by teenagers or middle school kids to stop a severe bleeding event with some training, of course. In this video he includes both demonstrations of children using the kit as well as a run-through of…
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AMP-3 Outfitters Medical Kit Clinic in a Roll
This is a well thought out and organized rolled-up medical kit that makes everything you would need in an emergency easily accessible. You can grab one here and get a 15% discount with the code “Sootch15”. Now, watch the video review…
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30+ Piece Vehicle First Aid Kit
I’m a big fan of including a relatively large first aid kit in your car for preparedness reasons and, though my kit is a bit different than what’s shown in the video, what they include is a good place to start. Personally, I like to include some serious trauma dressings as well, such as the…
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WARNING: We Are Not Ready For The Next Pandemic
“WARNING: We Are Not Ready For The Next Pandemic,” this was the cover title on a recent Time magazine article I read while waiting at my kid’s orthodontics appointment the other day. I was intrigued. What did Time magazine know that I didn’t? Well, a few things, in fact. For example, I did learn that “the…
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Check Your First Aid Supplies Lately? I Just Did And I Was Shocked At My Failure…
The other day my kid was feeling sick with sinus pressure so I went looking for some Children’s Mucinex and, while I had two bottles, they had apparently “expired” about three years ago. Now, normally I wouldn’t pay too much attention to expiration dates but since it was a liquid medication (they tend to go bad…
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Why Fish Antibiotics Are Logical For Survival
Dr. Alton (of DoomAndBloom.net) uses some good old fashioned logic sprinkled with some doctor know-how as to why fish antibiotics are–in most cases–no different than human antibiotics. Near the end he also points out that regulations may be coming soon to make it more difficult to purchase fish and bird antibiotics…