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Old 10-20-2010, 02:27 PM   #174
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First aid could easily be a couple of threads in itself.

Unfortunately it's more involved than making a list of supplies. Anyone can find such a list on the internet. Under "first aid list" on Google you have 47,400,000 listings. Of which 47,000,000 are probably simple repetitions.

For those that just want to buy a "first aid kit" all I can say is good luck, and don't buy the cheapest. And hope that you, or someone that you care about, will find a person that knows what to do with it.

The problem is that we all think that we are very knowledgeable, in a general sort of way, about everything. I'm not trying to put anyone down. But the fact is that "a general idea" about first aid is not enough.

For a background - I was an EMT working in an 800 bed hospital's emergency room as an Orthopedic Technician. In addition I taught American Heart CPR at the hospital, and Red Cross CPR outside the hospital.

To better learn first aid I taught a course that is no longer listed, Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care, for the American Red Cross. Sadly, I see nothing like it on the Red Cross or Boy Scout sites. There are classes that you can pay for, but I have no way of assessing them.

If anyone is interested, the second edition of the book I used in class is available on Amazon (the 1981 issue) - Advanced First Aid and Emergency Care.

As a serious joke I used to tell people that there were 3 kinds of first aid. In Red Cross first aid you placed a sterile compress on the wound. In Boy Scout first aid you placed a clean handkerchief on the wound. In military first aid you pressed your dirty hand on the wound to stop the person from bleeding to death.

Speaking of a "sterile compress", sanitary pads are very good too. No joke.
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