Category: Health / Medical / First Aid

  • Cheesecloth as Bio-Hazard Mask? +10 Alternative Uses

    Cheesecloth as Bio-Hazard Mask? +10 Alternative Uses

    About the only way I’ve used cheesecloth in my life is to strain the pulp from almond milk. Yeah, I’m the adventurous sort. 🙂 To branch out, I thought I would research some ideas on how to use cheesecloth beyond the obvious one of making cheese (and apparently yogurt and tofu) and as a pulp…

  • Insulin Wallet

    Insulin Wallet

    I wanted to point out something that a reader mentioned a while back about what you can do to keep insulin cool while on foot, during a bug out, or whatever the case may be. It’s called an FRIO Insulin Cooling Wallet. The idea is simple: get the wallet wet with cold water and it…

  • A Solution for Medications That Need Refrigerated

    A Solution for Medications That Need Refrigerated

    I’ve thinking about diabetics who need insulin and the dilemma they would have should they ever be faced with a lengthy power outage. It’s my understanding that not only does the insulin need to be refrigerated to be effective but that the temperature should not even fluctuate very much at all. When the power goes…

  • The Prepper Pages: A Surgeon’s Guide to Scavenging Items for a Medical Kit, and Putting Them to Use While Bugging Out

    The Prepper Pages: A Surgeon’s Guide to Scavenging Items for a Medical Kit, and Putting Them to Use While Bugging Out

    I was recently sent this book The Prepper Pages: A Surgeon’s Guide to Scavenging Items for a Medical Kit, and Putting Them to Use While Bugging Out (as a Kindle edition) to review. I quickly obliged. First, so you understand the book, here’s the Amazon description: “In the two hours it takes to read our…

  • Live Ebola Tracking Map – Keep Up With the Epidemic!

    Live Ebola Tracking Map – Keep Up With the Epidemic!

    I was just made aware of this Live Ebola Map from Insteading.com here. Thank you to them for the heads-up. Using the tool is easy. Not only is there an interactive map to view but there’s also a detailed list of what’s going on below the map. They’ll keep you up to date as to whether the…

  • Ebola: Understanding and Preparing for an Outbreak eBook Currently $0.99 on Amazon

    Ebola: Understanding and Preparing for an Outbreak eBook Currently $0.99 on Amazon

    Ebola talk seems to be everywhere these days. Sadly, I’m sure there’s plenty of misinformation, lots of educated guesses, and plenty of pure speculation. Alex Smith (of whom I’ve reviewed another book titled Getting Home: Making it Back to Your Family After Disaster Strikes) is currently offering a new Kindle eBook titled Ebola: Understanding and Preparing…

  • How to Make Oral Rehydration Solution: This Knowledge Could Save a Life!

    How to Make Oral Rehydration Solution: This Knowledge Could Save a Life!

    Knowing how to make an oral rehydration solution could be one of the most important pieces of knowledge you can possess. Ok, maybe it’s not THAT important but knowing how to make it really could save a life one day. Perhaps yours or a loved one. Fortunately, it’s incredibly easy to make but let’s consider WHY it’s important…

  • The Survival Medicine Handbook 2nd Edition, Revised, Expanded… and Awesome!

    The Survival Medicine Handbook 2nd Edition, Revised, Expanded… and Awesome!

    To be clear, I’m a HUGE fan of the Alton’s. Joe and Amy have done a wonderful service to the prepping community over the years and I can’t say enough good things about anything and everything they’ve ever done. Really! They know their stuff and it certainly shows with their revised an expanded edition of the…

  • So My Neighbor Fell Off a Ladder a Few Weeks Back and Broke His Wrist…

    So My Neighbor Fell Off a Ladder a Few Weeks Back and Broke His Wrist…

    My neighbor, when we still lived in Missouri, fell off his ladder and broke his wrist trying to put up Christmas lights. I don’t know how he’s doing now but I assume his wrist is still healing, though, it’s been nearly a month now. I bring this up because broken bones are one of those…