1st Gear —Â First Responder gear review CATI Body Armor EMS Package AR600 with the multi-curve CQB lvl 3+ plates Body armor really is one of those things that truly falls into the category of equipment and skill sets it is far better to have and never need than need and not have. Because the […]
Category Archives: CPT Medical
Our disaster relief teams in the Florida Keys have a staging area at a local church to receive supplies and give out the necessities to those in need. We are also venturing out into neighborhoods with pickups full of water, ice, food, etc. The videos, taken today, will give you an idea of the condition […]
This article comes from survivopedia.com by Theresa Crouse Getting wounded when you have no access to professional medical care and equipment can turn ugly quickly, so it’s important that you take care of it immediately and continue wound care until it’s healed well enough that infection is no longer a danger. The most critical part […]
Mint is a very useful plant, both for its aromatic and flavor enhancing abilities and for its many medicinal uses. It is easy to grow, and is found in the wild. Outside my door, I have some mint growing, which I needn’t tend except during dry times, when I water it. When it is hot, […]
Grid Down Hospital Introduction FlightERDoc Posted on October 6, 2016 Welcome to the first of what I hope will be many (or at least a few) articles on running a Grid Down Hospital. For the purposes of these articles, I will use the term Grid Down Hospital to refer to any medical care facility put into […]
The Patriot Nurse discusses Yellow Fever, its signs, symptoms and treatment. – [ot-video type=”youtube” url=”https://youtu.be/wmvn-_S78oY”]
Mullein has many uses, one of which is as a cough syrup. You can make your own cough syrup at a fraction of the cost of store bought from mullein flowers and sugar. Yes, it takes a little work, but you will know exactly what is in your cough syrup. Linda Bostock shows how in […]
Red clover is edible, and rich in protein, which is good to know when in a survival situation. In these two videos, HedgeLiving tells us how to identify it and how to use it for medicinal purposes. She mentions that a man in Canada, in the 1950s, used a tea made from it to cure […]
Here are two videos about yarrow. Yarrow is an amazing plant. It is anti-bacterial and has many uses. A tea made from yarrow can aid in bringing down a fever. It is used to heal wounds. She talks of using yarrow instead of hops in beer-making. It seems hops was used in Bavaria as a […]
Learn how to use everything in your Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK). It could save your buddies life, or your own. This video comes from LSI, Inc, an employee owned training company. It is not as thorough as I would like, but it is a beginning. – [ot-video type=”youtube” url=”https://youtu.be/pHlAgFBW8os”]









