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Archive for January, 2011

Essential Emergency Medical Equipment

Essential Emergency Medical Equipment

The magnitude of an emergency situation is always unpredictable. For instance, a major catastrophe natural or otherwise can result in unprecedented damage to lives and property. Even well-trained rescue teams may find it difficult to cope with the huge scale of damage caused by a catastrophic event. Rescue teams and first responders should be equipped with first aid kits and emergency medical kits whenever they go on mission. Rescue teams rely on emergency medical supplies to treat survivors ...

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20 Jan 2011

Types of Travelers

When you travel all over the world, you will gain a lot of knowledge and experience. Some travelers traverse the globe not for wealth or knowledge, but for mere fun. From businessmen to adventurers, many travel across the globe for one reason or the other. Travelers are always advised to travel with emergency medical kits because things may go wrong without warning. Sudden illness, insect bites, and indigestion are some of the common problems travelers may have to face. When you are travellin...

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18 Jan 2011

Prepare for Home Emergencies with Effective Medical Kits

Prepare for Home Emergencies with Effective Medical Kits

Every household should be equipped with emergency medical kits for addressing any kind of emergency situation. From a major fire caused by the carelessness of occupants to unpredictable natural calamities, a crisis may strike without any warning. Although, it is not possible to completely prevent disasters from happening, it is possible to be prepared for it. Emergency medical supplies and first aid kits are what people rely on to provide immediate medical treatment before they can receive profe...

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16 Jan 2011

Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness Medicine

Climbing, trekking, and mountaineering are some of the adventurous outdoor activities that can bring you close to nature. It takes a lot of endurance, stamina, and courage to engage in any of these activities. Many adventurers have lost their lives during such wilderness expeditions because medical attention was out of reach or many hours away. Search and rescue and wilderness response teams are created for addressing this issue These teams are comprised of trained individuals who specialize ...

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Personal Protective Equipment

Rescue workers have to risk their own lives in order to save others. Whether someone is trapped in a mangled car after a tragic accident or a whole town is flooded with water after natural disaster, rescue workers work swiftly to save the survivors. The chances of a rescuer getting injured or exposed on a rescue mission are very high. Many rescuers have lost their lives while trying to save somebody. To prevent such a situation, personal protective equipment (PPE) has to be used by rescue worker...

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Law Enforcement Medical Modules – Essential for Critical Situations

Law enforcement officers often find themselves directly in the line of fire. These well-trained officers have to hold their nerves and react logically in life-threatening situations. Potential threats an officer may face in a day’s work may include hostage situations, armed robbery, chasing fugitives, and many more unpredictable crises. Bullet wounds and stab injuries are common types of injuries a victim or a law enforcement officer may sustain during crisis. That’s why officers should carr...

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High-altitude Rescue

There has been many a time when rescue teams have been called to save people who have met with accidents in high-altitude areas. Disasters could occur in many forms - it could be a climber who has fallen down, passengers in a flight that has crashed on mountain top, or people trapped because of an earthquake. Trained responders carry essential emergency medical supplies to high-altitude places to rescue injured persons. Mountain rescue teams face great dangers during a rescue mission. The dan...

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08 Jan 2011

Don’t Leave the Base without Essential Emergency Medical Supplies

Personnel serving in the army may often be deployed overseas for months at a time. Depending on orders from commanding officers, they may have to venture out from the base camps for different purposes such as regular training, patrolling, and clearing hostilities. If soldiers are injured during any of these activities, they have to rely on the supplies found in their emergency medical kits. These tactical medical kits have essential emergency medical supplies to treat injured persons until help ...

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06 Jan 2011

Oral Airways

Oral airways, also known as OPA or oropharyngeal airway is a medical device used to open the airway of an unconscious person. This emergency airway management has to be done only on unconscious persons. It is because when a person is unconscious, the jaw muscles relax obstructing the airway, which could turn fatal. How to Use the Oral Airway? The unconscious person should be first laid on his/her back. Next insert the J-tube pointing it towards the roof of the mouth. It should be gently pu...

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