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

[(Anonymous)]

(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).

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

[(Anonymous)]

Ah! Hand sanitizer!

Yeah, I wasn't even thinking about CPR from the hospital side of things (Why? IDK why, my brain is weird) but, while it seems rather said, it does make a lot of sense.

What would you do if you missed a like, major evacuation? (alien invasion major) Just wondering.

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

[(Anonymous)]

If I still had access to my transportation, I would head to a superstore to stock up on gear. I'd cautiously investigate to see if there was somewhere I could help with a reasonable expectation of not making myself into someone else for others to rescue. If I could help, I would. If I couldn't help, I would hole up somewhere until an organized rescue effort was underway, at which point I would join it.

If there were aliens trying to kill me, and I couldn't escape, I guess I would fight aliens and probably get killed. I'm no pushover, but neither am I a superhero.

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

[(Anonymous)]

^(OP)

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

[(Anonymous)]

OH! Also "why honey?" I thought I asked "why honey?" but erm. I looks like I forgot.

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

[(Anonymous)]

(OP) If someone is hypoglycemic and unconscious, the sugar from the honey will be absorbed by the gums.

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

[(Anonymous)]

Cool! That is not something they taught me in EMT school.

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

[(Anonymous)]

(OP) Because you can place an IV and give dextrose, which works much better. :P

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

[(Anonymous)]

(OP) If anyone else is reading this, please don't choke some unconscious person with honey.