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My personal one-item in the case of an event would be my Swiss Army knife. Mainly because there is no single device that I think is going to be an immediate game changer so the functionality of the knife means I can be as versatile as possible in terms of survival. If we changed the question to whic...

We are house sitting for some friends in Kent. They have 4 acres, geese, chickens, goats and horses. 2 big polytunnels, raised beds and 3 woodburning stoves with a copse for wood. It's prepper's paradise! I've been working out how we might afford something like it but the sums don't seem to be comin...

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Hi Digi, The answer to this question is that I am sorry I do not know! I think in the ideal world it would be good for you to have some company provided first aid training given your job but I do not know what companies are obliged to offer in these circumstances. There may be guidance on the Depart...

Hi, I would stick with basic interrupted suturing. Widely available materials for suturing, and whilst the staples are easy to put in but you need a device to remove and it's a faff if you don't have it. Also with suturing in an emergency you can use a needle and fishing line or similar but with sta...

Hi Toddie, Good question. The majority of wounds can be closed with normal superglue, steristrips or failing that, medical tape is fine to bring edges together. However, some wounds really need stitches (scalps for example are REALLY hard to tape and gluing often doesnt work because they bleed so mu...

Hello all, Yes this is an area of paramount concern. The main culprits, as already stated above, is the international livestock farming industry. It is routine to supplement antibiotics into feedstock in many countries and this encourages reservoirs of resistant strains. This is beyond our own perso...

Hi all, That's my pleasure. Briefly touching back on the aspirin question, as with all drugs it's a balance of risk and benefit. The benefits in modern society of aspirin in suspected heart attack are that it might buy you extra time to save the threatened heart muscle through the mechanisms I desci...

I should add, regarding the Aspirin: Aspirin will not make a heart attack go away. Aspirin works by reducing the ability of the blood's platelets (little sticky fragments that are part of the clotting system) to stick together in clumps. In a heart attack, one of the coronary arteries becomes blocke...

Thanks for your interest and your questions are all very pertinent! Regarding the flu jab – you are not too late. I am sure that the high street pharmacies are still offering them for very little money and you can just walk in and ask for one. This will be the case until the new year, and I would de...