First Aid Class at The Preparedness Experience Conference

First aid skills are among the most important when it comes to preparedness. This is because we never know what medical services might be available in a disaster, and we just don’t know how things will unfold. Accidents happen all the time, and even the smallest injuries can derail our preparedness plans.











While traumatic injuries in a SHTF scenario may have life of
death consequences, we can’t afford to forget about the smaller injuries that
could become bigger issues if not treated properly.



These days we have the benefit of antibiotics, EMT’s.
medical facilities and cutting-edge technology, but in a disaster those may not
be available. In situations like these, we may find ourselves on our own.



A person’s average lifespan has doubled since the early 1900’s
because of our advances in medicine, but a long term SHTF situation would bring
that number way down. The main cause of death in the Civil War was infection.



SPP298 First Aid Class at The Preparedness Experience Conference



Lisa and I put on a class at The Preparedness Experience Conference
this year about wound care and first aid supplies. We decided to take the audio
from that class and make it a podcast episode.



In this class we went over why these basic first aid skills
are important and covered some supplies that will be important. We also covered
some “not so basic” first aid supplies like Medihoney and Steri Strips.



At the end of this post we have the full list of first aid
supplies that Lisa put together and handed out to everyone at the conference.



Topics Covered…



* Why basic first aid is important * What is Medihoney and other specialty dressings* Signs of an infected wound* Reducing the risk of infection* Signs of a healing wound * Factors that affect wound healing * First aid supplies list (download below)



Coming Soon



We got some great video of all the classes we put on at The Preparedness Experience conference, and as soon as we get them edited, they will be available at the website. To find out more about the topics we covered at the conference you can visit the website here.



Ultimate First aid
Kit Download



Lisa put together a very extensive list of first aid
supplies and handed it out to the attendees. You may have most of the supplies
on this list, but there are bound to be a few you didn’t think about.



Download Your First Aid Supplies PDF Here