I’m working on some longer things for this newsletter so this will be short. Over the weekend I found my CPR and First Aid certifications for working with kids – I was certified for infant and toddler CPR and first aid and for 5-9 year olds. I got this training for free because when I worked with kids I did so with non-profit programs but Red Cross trainings are still relatively inexpensive. Online courses start at $35 so it’s a cost effective way to get the basics of first aid and CPR down.
There’s a book called Where There is No Doctor designed to help educate “village health workers” in what we consider primitive settings. It’s a bit condescending and heavy on mid 90s style anti-capitalist theories – for example sections claim that uneven distribution of a villages wealth (?) lead to all sorts of sicknesses – but overall there is some good information and best of all it’s available as a free .pdf
Doom and Bloom who host a podcast and run a store have a great book called The Survival Medicine Handbook which is also available in .pdf form for free. It’s written by a doctor and nurse husband and wife team. I was actually on a early episode of their podcast (November of 2011 I believe) which you can’t find now because they were disappointed with me. I predicted hyperinflation and spikes in crime in the coming decade with a uptick in political instability. Boring and unrealistic I reckon.
And finally, a lot of you are buying tourniquets and they’re a bit harder to use than you think. Here’s a video to get you started on mastering them:
I encourage you to get all the medical training you can afford.
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