Someone wrote in [community profile] daredevilkink 2015-07-31 03:58 pm (UTC)

Re: PSA: Wound care - Also can do some medical Q&A

(OP) I personally have this mask set: http://www.redcrossstore.org/item/5000SGI?gclid=CM-KpvbahccCFUE7gQodNigLVQ I probably wouldn't bother with more (unless you had a handful of the flat barriers). CPR isn't really going to be your friend if you can't get your patient to a hospital.

If I had room to carry a portable defibrillator and there was one at hand, sure. But if I was pressed for space or weight, I'd leave it. It's usefulness is limited to a single type of cardiac dysrhythmia, and again the likelihood of survival of anyone that you had to use it on would be next to nil without access to advanced care.

I didn't mention hand sanitizer. I'd bring it too, and maybe pedialyte.

Regarding evacuation, all of your reasons are excellent, and there are a lot of other reasons people don't leave in evacuations: fear of looting, inability to transport loved ones (including pets), lack of transportation to evacuation sites (especially if roads &/or public transport are already compromised), some people also just might not get the evacuation order (I've missed some major news due to my unusual sleep-wake cycle on account of shift work).

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