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- Mon Mar 31, 2014 12:19 am
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: New member from Buckinghamshire
- Replies: 8
- Views: 860
Re: New member from Buckinghamshire
Welcome mate.
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:56 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: What do you think of my Trauma Kit
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5374
Re: What do you think of my Trauma Kit
Im a paramedic and even my shtf med kit isn't that comprehensive. I would ditch all the intubation equipment for one. If the shtf you won't be able to maintainers any kind of intensive care for a patient. It's going to be triage and survival of the finest. It's nice to have all of that kit but you d...
- Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:00 am
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Newbie from Bedfordshire
- Replies: 8
- Views: 957
Re: Newbie from Bedfordshire
Welcome from down the road.
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:07 pm
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Local Anaesthetic
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3413
Re: Local Anaesthetic
Not knowing your medical training. Make sure you know exactly what you have and how to use it. Things like lidocaine with adrenaline shouldn't be used on fingers and toes. Things like that. But i agree if you can get it keep it. You never know, especially with everything going on right now.
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:11 pm
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Out of date First aid?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7240
Re: Out of date First aid?
St johns is a good way to pick up patient contact in a pretty safe environment. We have them working in our area doing mostly non-emergency patient care, but occasionally I have them back me up when I need to take a patient to hospital and I don't have any front line crews in my area ( I work on a p...
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:57 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Hello from Hertfordshire
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1334
Re: Hello from Hertfordshire
Welcome from Bedfordshire.
- Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:20 am
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: hertfordshire new
- Replies: 8
- Views: 843
Re: hertfordshire new
Howdy fellow medic and neighbor.
- Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:40 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Diabetic worries
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8518
Re: Diabetic worries
I had an idea about keeping insulin cool. What if u submerged it in a lake or deep river. The temp would be constant and at least cool enough to slow down the denaturization.
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:41 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Area 5 Beginner, Worried about Zombies and Chav take over
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1322
Re: Area 5 Beginner, Worried about Zombies and Chav take ove
Welcome neighbour. Watch out for the zombies they are a bit smarter than the chavs.
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:01 am
- Forum: Medical and Healthcare
- Topic: Medical kits
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1563
Re: Medical kits
Superglue is great for closing minor cuts, but if the cut is a bit deep then it won't hold very good and also there is a great risk of infection. Suturing is not hard but the most important thing is to make sure the wound is very clean before trying any closure.