Basic First Aid Kits
I was asked to put together a short piece on first aid. My Background, Retired Santa Cruz County Firefighter, Current EMT & Serivces Director of Arcadia Ambulance I am not going to try and teach...
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Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
So Can anybody suggest everyday things that could substitute for first aid in an emergency situation?
Well, as a long-ago Ski Patroller.... our splints had to be easily-alterable and disposable. Cardboard is what we used - it's easily shaped to almost any situation, and when folded into a triangle around a limb - is remarkably strong. To immobilize a wrist injury, a magazine works nicely, wrapped around the injury and taped. And our go-to bandage overwraps: "cravats". Basically, 18" squares of cotton fabric. Can be tied around splints (or as padding inside a splint), hold gauze dressings in place, act as a sling, or be used as a tourniquet. Granted, this is all "old school" - but it worked.
