The “fireman’s lift” is a carrying technique used by firefighters to carry someone over their shoulder during rescues. Firefighters give …
Everything you Ever Needed Know About Outsmarting Poisonous Plants
Your Public Service Announcement for today is: HOW TO SPOT POISONOUS PLANTS! Urushiol is sticky and difficult to get rid …
VIDEO: Stop the Bleed
One of the most preventable types of deaths from injury is uncontrolled bleeding. Learning the techniques for controlling bleeding is …
VIDEO: Build a Life Saving Kit for Under $25
It doesn’t always take a huge investment to be prepared. Sometimes it takes planning and a good idea of what …
Haha! Smashed his nail and made fake one out of superglue and…
…baking soda! Apparently mixing superglue and baking soda yields a very solid bond, suitable for filling chips in metals and …
Haemaphysalis longicornis – The new tick on the block.
UPDATE: The long-horned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis or Asian tick is capable of reproducing at remarkable speed and gorging on so much …
Venomous caterpillar sends woman to ER in terrible state
Crystal Spindel Gaston was reaching into the rear door of her Prius outside her house when she felt an excruciating …
EMERGENCY FIRST AID: How To Give Yourself Stitches (Sutures)
TheCousinDan shows you how to give yourself stitches after an injury. No need to go to an expensive Emergency department …
A visit from the Leech – some ancient cures that still work today
There’s a book in the British Library called Bald’s Leechbook. It’s an Old English leatherbound, medical textbook, encouraged under King Alfred’s …
Fish antibiotics for when the SHTF
A few days ago I made the suggestion that fish/aquarium antibiotics would work in a desperate situation. This doctor talks …
How to grow homemade penicillin
WARNING: ONLY TO BE TRIED IN A NO-HOPE SITUATION We all know that penicillin was discovered by accident. It grows …
Stachys byzantine – The miracle plant that kids can grow
Wooly Lamb’s Ear, (Stachys byzantine), has been used for centuries as a medicinal herb. It’s so easy to grow that …
Why a Trauma Kit is essential and what it should contain
Gun shows are great places to meet kindred spirits and at the last one I went to I met David …
Could you spot diabetes? The 4Ts can mean the difference between life and death
Here are the questions you need to answer to identify whether a young person has Diabetes Type 1. It’s imperative …
Survival Tips for the Elderly
Survival books, websites, and other resources have long focused on survival tips for the young and able, but what about …
First Aid tip: Getting a small foreign object out of a nose
Here’s a British video showing you how to get a seed out of a nose. (Brits call seeds in fruit …
What is this thing?
Its sting is comparable to that of a jellyfish. The venomous puss caterpillar usually stays high in the trees. But …
The Killer Powassan virus – and how to get ticks carrying it – off you fast
We all hate ticks. And getting them off can often cause pain and infection at the bite site. Squeezing with …
“Strew the road to the tomb with flowers” – W. B. O’Shaughnessy and the Introduction of Cannabis to Modern Western Medicine
This essay was first posted on an amazing resource called Public Domain Review. It’s full of fascinating items. I thought …
Waiting on a dental appointment for a bad tooth?
If you have ever had a cavity in which a nerve was exposed you need to read this. Recently I …
Life Hack: DIY mini-storage solution
You never know when you’ll need a small amount of something, like antibiotic cream, or salt, or medicine, or cooking …
Sucking chest wound? You need the Asherman Chest Seal!
A pneumothorax is the medical word for the condition when air leaks through a defect in the lung, the chest wall or both, …
Emergency First Aid: How to deliver a baby
It happens more often that you’d think – babies are born all over the place. And in emergency situations, it’s …
Urgent care or Emergency Room?
How to pick where to go for medical attention When unexpected health mishaps arise, many peoples first reaction is to …
Emergency First Aid: How to deliver a baby
Making a grand entrance – How to deliver a baby! It happens more often that you’d think – babies are …
It’s Football season – First Aid for sports injuries
First aid for sprains, fractures and more We’re deep into football season so we thought we’d look at injuries often sustained …
Febrile Seizures: How To Protect Your Child
Sky News (UK): Parents should learn to recognize and treat the most common types of seizures in young children, the British Red …
Head lice. Hard to kill except in Michigan!
Millions of children will head back to school this month. But many will end missing school while they deal with …
Bashed their head? Here’s how to deal with youth concussion
This Concussion Handbook is designed to help with your concussion management and recovery. Whether you’re a kid or teenager who …