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02/16/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Crucial first aid skills you need to learn before going off grid

A prepper who lives off grid knows how important first aid skills are, especially if someone gets injured in a remote area and you don’t have access to emergency medical services. (h/t to HomesteadSurvivalSite.com) Listed below are crucial skills that you need to learn so you can address common medical emergencies. Applying a tourniquet Use […]

12/18/2018 / By Tracey Watson

Unstoppable survival skills and tools that will see you through almost any SHTF situation

In the world of prepping there are basic survival tools, and then there are unstoppable survival weapons and skills that will see the average prepper through virtually anything that man or nature can throw at them. American Preppers Network (APN) recently outlined the most important skills and tools that every prepper should ensure they have […]

09/28/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

Emergency preparedness: What you need to know about crush injuries

Human beings are small and fragile, easily crushed by machinery, vehicles, trees, and fallen debris. In the event of a catastrophic earthquake, hurricane, or tornado, there are never enough ambulances to respond to every need. When trees are uprooted and the walls come crashing in, modern medical services won’t always be there to save your […]

07/03/2018 / By Carol Anderson

Tourniquet practice proven to improve survival in civilian trauma victims

The military has done a lot to protect the country and its people – a lot of its methods and techniques have been adapted and used in civilian medicine. In particular, the use of tourniquets to immediately arrest bleeding in the arms and legs has been shown to greatly increase a trauma victim’s odds of […]

06/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook

A prepper’s guide to applying and storing a tourniquet

When you get badly injured and are bleeding out, having a tourniquet handy and knowing how to apply it within seconds can save your life. A prepper should, therefore, learn the right way to use and store it, an article in Imminent Threat Solutions (ITS) states. The very first thing to do is buy proper […]

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