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Improvised Windlass TQ (Video)
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Improvised Windlass Tourniquet Use "The fact is, a good medic can make bad gear work in a pinch." Jay Paisley {youtube}0Q_ClfyM0Ls{/youtube}
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Knock-off medical supplies: Is saving yo…
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This warning fully understands that many who seek self sufficiency are not made of money and may be on a fixed income. It's always nice to get a deal on something by finding it online for cheaper, but when does the expression "You get what you pay for" come into play? When does quality become priority over price? Medical Supplies should be that line in the sand. In CATS eat RATS: Tourniquet Comparison Article we addressed the difference between tried...
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Where are the Doctors?
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The Scary Reality of Casualty Evacuation to a higher level of care: You see it on Medical Survival and S.H.T.F. blogs often; Preppers with little to no medical knowledge or experience asking how to cut holes in peoples necks to breathe for them, push antibiotics and intravenous fluids they don't know about, and throw in a chest tube by cutting a hole in their thoracic cavity. What if a wrong intervention is performed, or the right one but the wrong time...
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Austere management of Lower Back Pain (L…
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Austere management of Lower Back Pain: Lower Back Pain can be difficult to treat, even with the luxuries of modern medicine. In an austere environment, proper diagnosis and treatment can prevent further injury and start the slow process back to recovery so you can get one of your fellow Emergency Action Members back on their feet. This is a quick little introduction that barely scrapes the surface, and is not to be taken as gospel. Acute Lower Back Pain...