Prometheus Council

[pixie01]

Injuries or unknown casualties
The first thing is check responsiveness" hey you Ok, shake, shake", then ABC's A=airway ?is it open?can you open it? B =breathing Yes? No? why not? C=circulation do they have a pulse? check in consecutive order A then B then C if there is a problem with 1 fix it ( if they have an airway but are not breathing it doesn't matter that they don't or do have a pulse bottom line no breathing = death). next look for deformations or odd looking areas on the extremities(broken limbs) or ask do you hurt and were IF they are contious and coherent enough to tell you. Look for bleeding stop it as you find it ( a bullet wound if found look for an entrance and an exit treat both.) treat for shock for any injury found. this is just a fast sweep FYI remeber in a survival situation medical aid may not be available for a long time so do the best you can.

[canter]

in short to what pixie said....is air going in and out, is blood going round and round....any variation of this is a bad thing
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[Del]

Hmm good info.

[Gene]

If you don’t already have the skills, start by enrolling in a First Aid and CPR courses and perhaps an EMT course. In a SHTF scenario, they would be minimal at best, but it is something.

Look at your circumstances and develop your own training agenda if you cannot get training in a community college. For example, if you or someone in your group is capable of bearing children, in a SHTF scenario, birth control will be a thing of the past, you should know how to deliver babies. Practice putting stitches in an orange peel! Learn how to use suture needles and suture line. Did you know you can purchase a wound stapling kit from Cabelas’? You might want to even grasp the basic concept of c-section, and have the tools on hand. You may not have the skills, but someone else might, but they lack the tools. How about learning the basic anatomy, bones, veins, artery’s and muscles of the human body? Wound cleaning, wound management and treatment, perhaps even rudimentary diagnostic principles. No, your not a doctor, and you certainly are not going to practice medicine in our current environment, but when SHTF all bets are off!

If someone in your group is dependent upon medications, i.e. heart, bi-polar, etc. it would behoove you to at least know some type of alternate natural non-medical treatment. For example, many people are on blood thinners – sauerkraut is a natural blood thinner.

Increase your circle of influence by developing friendships with nurses, chiropractors, dental assistance / hygienist, even doctors and surgeons, perhaps by joining a golfing league!

The nature of this type of profession is to be warm, caring, giving and nurturing, and as such many individuals in the medical community are not remotely receptive to SHTF issues. Until crap hits the fan these individuals may well very gun shy quite literally with no pun intended. After SHTF events they would likely be much more receptive to this frame of reference and the pressing issues. At this stage of the game mutual aid or reciprocity agreements would be likely met with enthusiasm; facing the prospect of dying has a way of clearing ones mind and identifying with crystal clarity the real important issues.
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The 4 inches of gray matter between your ears is your primary weapon, everything else is for expediency

[ajm]

Hey pixie, are you getting that straight from the CTT manual?

[pixie01]

Nope, from experience. a primary and secondary sweep is not a common task nor is a fyi sweep all they cover in a ctt book is apply dressing/pressure dressing and treat for shock and basic heat/cold injures, I use to teach a refresher class while in garrison for combat medics and the life saver course. i just posted as a just in case(JIC) for people during an 2012 incident you never know what you need to know.