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WHAT ABOUT READY-MADE F-D KITS:
Anyone who goes over half a day from civilisation & a doctor
should whenever possible be armed with an adequate first-aid kit
& a fair working knowledge of how to use it.
This precaution he owes it to himself & to any who accompany him.
No more than a reasonable measure, it can sometime mean the
difference between life & death, also between an easily repaired
disability & one that last a life time.
The ready-packed commercial kit, excellent as they may be for
many purposes, seldom are satisfactory for the individual who
wanders far from beaten trail.
Those kits are made on the assumption that there is a doctor near
by. Best to make one up following the list given.
US ARMY RECOMMENDS THIS FIRST-AID KIT STRESSING ONLY THE STRICT
NECESSARY ITEMS YET READY TO TREAT MAJOR WOUNDS & SHOCKS!
Individual dressings (10cm x 18cm) or sterile gauze strips in
plastic containers air-tight sealed./ Compresses & Bandages
(5cmx5cmx4cm) long.
Bandage gauze compress style (8cm x 5 1/2 meters) / 3 rolls of
bandage gauze (2 1/2cm x 5cm x 5 1/2 meters) / Bandage muslin
compress style (95cm x 95cm x 130cm) / 3 gaze strip with
petroleum jelly /vaseline.
(7 1/2cm x90cm) 100 adhesive strips tape (2 1/2cm x 7 1/2cm) /
300 adhesive strips (2cm x 7 1/2cm) / Eye drops & eye compress.
Ethyl Chloride in spray. / Ammonia solution ampoule (10 units of
1/3cc).
Ammonia is very good against most insect bites as well as chewed
tobacco / Non-ferrous iodine 10% (14 gr.of 148cc) /
A mixture of salt & #bicarbonate# powder & surgical razor blades.
DESERT F-D KIT:
The following items suggested by Dr. Hulsey a medical EXPERT IN
THE DESERT FIELD they MUST be kept in freezer bag.
A small box of foot powder. A snake byte kit. Here are some items
for special cases some need prescription.
SEA SICKNESS: Bonine Nausea & vomits: suppository. Diarrhoea:
Opium dye.
Indigestion: Antacid tablets. Head ache: aspirin even 222.
Painful hurt: narcotic/ Sleeping pills that calm the pain even
shocks.
Insect bytes Poison Ivy etc.: A lotion made of calamine base with
1 % of Phenol 1% of menthol 1% of hydrocortisone. Bee bites use
meat tenderiser especially good for that.
Tampax or Stay free/ Vaseline best: Because you can eat it &
cook with it etc. Garlic extracts capsules (natural food store)
will drive away mosquitoes & theirs cousins.
Salt pills & malaria pills are needed if you go in jungle/ Water
purifying pills. Halazone or equivalent
Suntan lotion & lip cream to avoid cracking. (Vaseline) /Betadine
- Vita-29 * Vitamin C pill. Cortisone in spray via sunburn.
Mosquito & bugs repellent containing at least 40% NN *Diethyl-
Metalo-luamide. Zomax & antibiotic such as Tetrex. / Small pack
of safety pins.
BASIC EMERGENCY FIRST-AID KIT:
1 triangular 40" sterile bandage with 2 safety pins =; direct
application while sterile over wounds covering sterile dressing
or slings padding splint & traction ties tourniquet.
6 assorted gauze roller bandages of different widths in
individual sterile pkg. + 6 gauze compresses 3" square each in
sterile packing = direct application over wounds + direct
pressure to stop bleeding holding compress in place.
1 pkg. small adhesive compresses with plastic tape & plain
sterile pads =: Cover minor wounds tape abrasion to guard against
irritation & infection protect blisters draw cuts together in
field
1 small bar detergent = clean hand before first-aid scrub wounds.
/ 50 or less aspirins 5 grains = counteract pain relieve shock
lower temperature. You may use stronger ones carefully.
12 sleeping pills For: help sleeping while in great pain. 1 small
applicator fresh 2% teinture of iodine = to disinfect small
wounds paint tick bites antiseptic.
2 rolls adhesive tape 2" wide = general taping holding compress
in place emergency repairs.
A set of needles & nylon thread: sewing clothes even skin. / 2 to
4 Elastic bandages 4" wide = applied fully stretched over
compress one or more or these as maybe necessary will usually
control severe bleeding while unlike the dangerous and temporary
tourniquet (garrotte) permitting circulation.
Furthermore these can be used anywhere while tourniquet will
serve only for extremities
Even here applications will many times permit the gradual &
fairly immediate removal of already applied tourniquet.
Good for strapping chest tight to exclude air in puncture wounds
for bandaging of fractures & dislocation for pressure bandages
when applied at half stretch for strains & sprains.
1/4oz. tube of antiseptic-anaesthetic eye ointment = soothing &
treating eye injuries & minor infections deadening pain prior to
removing embedded particle if distance makes this necessary
treatment of pain & irritation of snow blindness.
1 good fever thermometer: average normal temperature 98.6
fluctuation of one degree not usually being regarded as
significant.
1 small excellent scissors pointed. = In addition to regular uses
these can after sterilisation be employed to spread in preference
to slashing the incisions (indicated in snake bite treatment).
Such disruption of the tissue by blunt dissection although
painful will more safely avoid injury to blood vessels tendons &
nerves.
1 sharply pointed tweezers or splinter forceps = removing thorns
& splinters. The latter may also be valuable in spreading open
rather then cutting certain incisions.
2 curved surgeon's needles with ligature & needle holder =
emergency sewing when sterilized as by boiling of wounds not
easily closed by other means.
Cleanse wound first as by flushing liberally with sterile water.
Pick out any debris and even scrub if that seems necessary.
After sewing paint externally with tincture of iodine.
Oil of cloves via tooth-ache but we also have seen a very good
method that is via alcohol through nostril.
The alcohol or cognac etc. is imbedded in cotton wool that you
put in the nostril closing the other one, the patient breathes
the alcohol that penetrates to the nerve behind the nose that
relieves the pain.
Vitamin B. Complex & C in high potency stress doses. =: To
replenish body needs being drained by severe accident or illness
that set up a condition of stress that very quickly depletes the
body of certain vital substances.
Among which are the endocrine that are extremely valuable in the
successful resolution of troubles.
It is then important to maintain an adequate nutrition-
emphasising B complex C & protein & these stress doses can mean
the difference..
If you are going in extreme wilderness on canoe pack horse trip
weeks from the nearest physician get a vial of 20 (1/4 grain) of
morphine sulphate hypo tablets to be procured & used as directed.
These may be invaluable for such use as to counteracting pain as
when a frozen foot has been thawed & treated & for controlling
severe digestive troubles as by breaking up a cycle of vomiting.
Better for administration in extreme shock however maybe a box of
5 automatic injectors of morphine sulphate sterilised & ready for
instant use or a smaller box of 5 collapsible-tube syringe of
morphine-tartrate injected as directed.
Any of these preparations may be taken by placing loosely under
the tongue where not swallowed will be absorbed systematically
into the general circulation the effect of one does last usually
4 hours. Duration & effect depends of course on the individual &
the circumstances.
In any event dosage should be repeated only with the utmost care
and caution and then ordinarily only once to every 4 or 6 hour.
/1 Oz more of Spirulina that we stress as high energy Survival
Food.
ITEMS FOR THE POCKET:
In a small plastic container you can put laxatives aspirins some
Dexedrine sulphate pills. Or some other concentrated stimulant
suggested by your doctor for ex: Spirulina when you or someone
else may need additional sustained energy in a hurry.
Antiseptic for scratches ex: Merthiolate or iodine. REMEMBER
those suggested items go with the other list**
There is also a very good F-D compact booklet from US States
Forest Service from the Supt. of Document US Govt. Printing
Office Wash. 25 DC.
IMPROVISED SPLINT:
Functional splint can be made from a thick live roll of birch
bark peeled from a tree whose circumference is similar to that of
the injured limb.
POISONING & UNIVERSAL ANTIDOTE:
Many children accidentally absorb poison yet few parents know of
this simple universal antidote. You should have it at home.
2 part of wood charcoal pulverised (you can also use burned toast
yet the toast MUST be totally carbonized & pulverised).
Then add 1 part of magnesia milk & 1 part of very strong tea.
If your child has swallowed a toxic product give him as fast as
you can in a little bit of water at least 2 table spoon of this
mixture.
How does it work? If the poison is metallic or alkaline the
tannic acid contained in the tea will neutralise it. If the
poison is acid the magnesia will neutralise it.
The wood charcoal even at very little dose can absorb very strong
quantities of toxic.
When you have given the antidote & call the doctor you have 3
things to do;
1) Discover the nature of the poison keep the bottle or the
box so that the doctor can quickly identify it.
2) Except in case where the child had taken soap or some
alkaline presenting burns around the mouth make him vomit.
To do this; the best procedure is to give him a glass of milk in
which you have mix a full broken egg (no shell). When he has
drunk this mixture trust one finger in his throat.
3) Give him another antidote mixture dose.
4) Act quickly some toxic can bring death in 5 minutes.
Usually the doctor is not equipped to treat poisoning home so
bring the child to the nearest hospital after having used the
Universal Antidote.
TYPES OF POISONINGS:
Liquids or solid taken by the mouth.
Corrosives: Acids & alkalis Non-corrosives & non-caustic.
Narcotics-aspirins-analgesic-sleeping pills-alcohol-gas & vapours
inhaled- Venom and needle drugs- other toxic.
FIRST-AID: GOALS:
1) Diminish poison strength.
2) Eliminate the poison from the organism.
3) Lower the absorption of poison.
GENERAL RULES WHEN TOXIC IS TAKEN BY MOUTH!:
If you don't have the Universal Antidote then give water or milk
to dilute poison & make the victim to vomit.
DON'T MAKE VOMIT IF:
1) Victim is in coma or unconscious.
2) Victim has convulsions.
3) Has swallowed corrosive that burns the mouth or throat:
(cleaning products for toilets ammonia or Javex.
4) Has swallowed oil / by-product ex: kerosene lighter-
fluid, paint-thinner, Drano.
5) Acids: Carbolic sulphuric (batteries) nitric muriatic.
NARCOTICS:
They induce to sleep even to coma & death if overdose. Try to
stimulate the victim not to sleep make him walk shake him up hit
him at the foot's sole make him drink strong coffee. If he stops
breathing give him A/R.
CONVULSIVE:
They provoke convulsions or choking sensations: Strychnine
Belladonna some laxative pills. See General rules!
1) Don't make vomit if: The victim has convulsions or has had
some.
2) Protect him from danger: Fire water objects.
3) Keep him in cool quiet dark place.
4) Don't stimulate him in any way.
5) If his skin is hot & dry: Wash his body with fresh water
& apply cold compress on his forehead.
IRRITANTS:
Causing cramps & stomach pains such as: food berries mushrooms &
medicaments. See general rules.
DELIRIOUS:
They produce excitation delirium unconsciousness ex: Belladonna
chloroform atropine certain cold /remedies. You might have to use
soft restrain on the victim.
ALCOHOL POISONING: See general rules.
Make him vomit if you can awaken the victim. Then make drink lots
of strong coffee or tea.
Call a doctor if: he has a head injury or circumstances warrant
them or if eye/ pupil is of unequal size.
Don't ever brush off the possibility of head injury. Many
(drunkards) put to bed to sleep it off died in their sleep due to
a head injury or heart attack.
GAS INHALATION or VAPOURS:
Natural gas ammoniac gas, gas fumes from cars or diesel (CO2).
1) Bring him immediately to fresh air. If he don't breathe
then Artificial respiration. (A/R)
2) If need be: Call the ambulance or oxygen mask from fire-
fighter.
PREVENTION OF POISONING IS A DUTY:
1) All drug prescriptions MUST be kept out of children's reach.
In a place they cannot reach by climbing. An inoffensive drug or
medicament to an adult can be lethal to a kid.
2) All boxes & bottles of medicaments MUST be well identified.
3) All old medicine or having lost ID MUST be discarded.
4) Many cleaning liquids or powder are deadly. Lock them up.
5) NEVER take medicaments in the dark. See what you take.
6) Before taking or giving the medicament read 3 times. While
taking the container. Once measuring the dose. Finally while
putting the container back.
7) ALL POISONS MUST BE CLEARLY LABELLED & KEPT LOCKED UP.
Separated from the medicaments and out of reach.
8) Wash your hand before touching food.
9) Storing food means keep it as clean as possible the food
which has aged or is unsure MUST be thrown out.
You MUST wash fruits or vegetables to get rid of any toxic spray
that could have stayed on.
10) Bacteria poisoned quickly the food not put in fridge &
which contain milk cream eggs meat or fish.
SURVIVAL BOOST AND FOOD:
The best found so far & used in space is without a doubt;
Spirulina: It is a very high protein algae you can find it in
natural food store. Costly a bit yet worth every cent. 2 teaspoon
is all you need for the day.
Yet we suggest you to better the taste with your own cooking
knowledge and ingredients. Straight with water it tastes awful.
RHEUMATISM REMEDY = "BONE OIL":
Taken from Russian Pilgrim P.92
This is a very old remedy yet no one seem to know of it. It could
be very useful for those who suffer from it. Dated 1430 AD.
"The old man started to treat me. He went out to gather in the
fields & around the barns in the yards & garbage dumps a full
bucket of old animal bones birds bones etc. all kind of old
bones.
Then he washed them broke them in small pieces with a stone & put
them all in a big cooking pot that he covered with a top that had
a hole in the middle, then he turned it upside down over a
smaller vase that he had beforehand buried in the soil.
He then carefully smeared a heavy coat of clay the bottom part of
this big cooking pot & then he covered the pot with wood logs
that he sat on fire letting it burn for 24 hours.
While so doing, he was saying to himself "this will make a fine
bone oil tar." The day after, he dug out the vase that was in the
soil this vase had about 1 litre of red thick oil smelling like
fresh meat.
As for the bones that were in the big cooking pot of black &
rotten that they had been they were now as white and transparent
as nacre or pearls.
5 times a day he would massage my legs with his liquid. Believe
it or not after the very first day I could move my toes.
The 3rd day I could move and bend my legs & the 5th day I could
walk with a cane in the yard & in 1 week my legs were back to
normal. PRAISE BE TO GOD!"
One may wonder why doctors don't try this remedy. Well, for one
they don't speak Russian, nor are they incline to try old folks
remedy.
Many of them would rather sell pills then cure the pain. If you
have this rheumatism what have you got to loose but the pain.
Perronaly I NEVER tried it for I don't suffer from it but be sure
that I will do if ever I am in that situation.
One should REMEMBER how penicillin was first discover. The
doctors had noticed that wrapping war wounds with old cheese
cloth would cure their patient faster without the deadly
gangrene. They did not know why this old folk remedy worked but
the results were there.
So with the help of technology they discovered the reason that
was that old cheese cloth that had serve to wrap cheese had
mushroom embedded in it, the first start of penicillin in its raw
state.
I know of one person who tried it, she was suffering greatly from
it, and upon my advice, she gave it a try.
The result was sensational she told me a few years later "away
with the crutches & she even build her own house to boot."
TABLE CONTENT: (CHECK THIS TABLE VIA UNDERNEATH)***
1) Fundamental principals of F/A
2) Necessary equipment & how to use it.
3) Artificial respiration
4) Haemorrhage
5) Poisoning
6) Fainting
7) Wound to head & spine
8) Transport
9) Wounds to bones & articulations
10) Wounds due to heat burn or cold.
11) Other emergencies via: eyes, ears, nose, throat, stomach &
abdomen tooth ache, epilepsy -diabetes.
12) Wounds & infections
13) Child birth
14) Others**
FIRST-AID:
1) Fundamentals: Emergency procedure to save life avoid
other dangers to victims.
Decrease suffering until you get a doctor or to a hospital. To do
so one MUST:
1) Learn to discover the pain's source then:
2) To know what to do or not to do.
3) How to do it.
FIRST-AID FORMATION:
1) To prevent accidents.
2) To do the right move at the right moment in order to: Save
lives. To avoid other injuries.
3) To organize if needed a sure & appropriate way of
transportation.
In order to do this one MUST have cold blood in crisis by:
A) Study the first-aid principles.
B) Knowledge & instructions in how to move a victim of
accident with normal or improvised materials.
C) Constant & repeated exercises.
TAKING CHARGES:
First Job of a rescue team.
1) MAKE SURE that no one else is doing the First-AID.
2) Avoid to panic & have other to help you by giving them
clear & concise orders.
3) Call or have someone call the police ambulance or firemen
advise the doctor or the hospital or both.
4) Keep the crowd away in order to prevent confusion &
aggravation of the wounds & that #secourist# may work well.
PROTECT THE VICTIM:
Quickly determine the possible dangers for the victims and
#secourists# or helpers in:
Checking the surroundings: ex: Electrical wires, slippery grounds
scaffolding etc.
1) It may be necessary to move the victim away to place
guardians who will warn approaching vehicles or to built
temporary shelter.
2) As much as possible keep the victim laid down until an
exam has revealed its case.
DON'T change without good reason the position that the victim has
taken.
3) If the victim vomits put him in half prone position in
order to help liberate its breathing passages.
4) Reassure the victim.
5) If unconscious chptr 6*.
SEMI PRONE POSITION:
1) Cover the victim to keep its body heat protect from cold or
rain etc.
2) In case of violent accidents (cars) think of possible
internal injuries.
3) To determine injuries.
4) Determine the most appropriate method to move the victim
if necessary.
5) Call an ambulance for transport.
EXAMINE THE VICTIM:
Quickly & systematically:
PRIORITIES:
1) Does the victim Breath?
A) Check if bleeding signs.
B) To what point is the victim conscious.
THESE STATES REQUIRE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION:
2) Proceed to a good exam but don't take off clothes unduly.
A) If you MUST take clothes off, start with the unwounded side.
B) If you MUST cut them off do it along the seam.
C) While examining check for medical card or other signs.
Badges revealing vital information of the victim. (Warning
bracelets etc.).
3) Examine with attention to find the presence of other wounds.
A) If victim is conscious ask him if he suffers & where.
B) If it is at the head see if the ears or nose bleed or runs.
C) Note the size of eye pupil.
D) If it's at the neck or back; pass firmly your hand up & down
along the vertebral column. Without moving the victim. A
sensitive spot may indicate a fracture.
E) A painful respiration or cough can indicate wound's chest.
F) If the victim has lost consciousness proceed as above exam.
G) Ask spectators around to know exactly what as happened.
H) Feel the head for any lumps or swellings.
SHOCKS:
Shocks state results from the weakening activities of the
principals organism's functions. This power break down is due to
a diminished blood flow circulation.
Shocks can be a result of wounds, a violent pain, a sudden
sickness, a bad news or experience.
The gravity of a shock depends of many factors such as the
importance of the wounds the age or general health of the victim.
SUMMARY:
To save life by Immediate attention to:
Haemorrhage/ Respiratory Troubles/ poisoning/ Unconsciousness.
DRESSING:
Wound dressings can be made of many types of tissues avoid wool.
It MUST be clean, thick enough to absorb blood etc. & MUST cover
entirely the wound.
Emergency dressing can be a Tampax & Stay-Free type they are made
to absorb blood & are in clean germ free wrapping.
All you have to do; is to lay it on them over the wound then use
some kinds of tapes or bandages to secure them on & apply a
little pressure on the wound.
Wadding or cotton wool can be used to pad splints to absorb blood
or suppuration or to clean around wound.
But NEVER to put directly on the wound, it would stick & make
cleaning more painful. They can be put between 2 layers of thin
cloth.
Sterile compress can be found in drug stores or made sterile by
the use of a strong heat.
Whenever you use sterile compress NEVER put your fingers on it.
Germs are on your hands, so be careful.
Triangular bandage is usually made of yellow cotton & is washable
so it can be reused. You can improvise one using pillow case
shirt etc.
3 types: Open, large, narrow.
KNOTS: (Flat)
The most useful one is the Flat knot it doesn't slip & is easy to
undo. Take both ends have your left hand go over the right one
then the right one over the left. Knots **
SPLINTS:
They are used to immobilize a wounded limb while transportation
of broken bones badly wounded flesh.
You can use many types even rolled newspaper yet the splint MUST
be as flat as possible light & easy to move around.
A set of splint should be in your house car etc. They can be made
of light wood or cardboard as found in drugstores.
They MUST be long & wide enough & strong to immobilize the
articulation below & above the wound.
Well padded with the help of any tissues to wed the body shape.
Well attached to both ends or wherever needed. Here is a sample
of size ALWAYS in pairs.
SPLINTS SIZE:
3/8" x3 1/2" x 15" (18"& 22" & 33" & 45" & 54") Using those 6
different lengths will cover most crisis.
BREATHING STOPS & SURVIVAL CHANCES CHART:
1 min. 98% survive
5 min 25% survive
10 min. 1% survive
EMERGENCY PROCEDURE UPON ARRIVAL:
Take away the cause or move away the victim from the cause if
need be yet only if you really have to before F/aid.
Open and keep free the air passage by driving back the victim's
head as far as possible.
START ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION IMMEDIATELY:
If air passage is blocked: Check for strange objects in the mouth
& throat & remove them if possible, if not; then turn the victim
on its side. Usually it will permit air to pass around the
object.
Have someone call the ambulance loosen up tight clothes around
waist & neck if need be. Help maintain free air passage.
Keep on doing artificial respiration till it is back to normal;
or that a doctor has come.
The victim MUST stay laid down even when respiration is back to
normal. In a semi-prone position preferably. Keep checking the
victim who can cease to breath again.
Transport the victim to a shelter or hospital in a lay down
position Only. The victim MUST NOT get up nor walk. We assume
here that it happens in "normal" situation.
MOUTH TO MOUTH RESPIRATION & MOUTH TO NOSE: (Babies etc.):
This method can be used to all type respiratory stoppage.
Either: Drowning, strangling suffocation, excess of drugs,
electrocution, heart attack, poisoning by gas, smoke inhalation.
REMEMBER to remove either the cause or the victim quickly. Sooner
you start the best are your chances. Start anywhere on the beach
car bed street boat standing in water etc.
1) Free the respiratory channels. Lift the neck with one
hand with the other hand: Pull the head toward the back.
2) Pinch the nostril to close them keep the respiratory
channels free while maintaining the neck uplifted.
3) Cover entirely the victim's mouth blow into it check to see
if the chest rise showing that air is going in.
If not; there is most likely something that blocks the air flow.
4) Remove your mouth. Loosen the nostrils. Check if air is
coming out of the lungs & if chest is collapsing.
5) Repeat last 3 phases 12 to 15 times/minute. Keep it up
till breathing back to normal or doctor comes.
6) When breathing comes back, MAKE SURE it maintains itself.
Keep the victim laid down in semi-prone position.
FOR CHILDREN & BABIES:
You MUST entirely cover the mouth & nose of the child with your
own mouth.
Blow every 3 second (20 times /min) yet with less pressure &
volume then adults. Small air blow is all that is needed for a
child.
Practice it with your wife or hubby it might be fun but also it
will teach you best in case of crisis.
For a child you can also try first: To hold him temporarily with
its head upside down, holding it by the ankles or over your arm
with its head down while giving him 2 or 3 good slap between its
shoulder blades.
BREATHING PASSAGES MUST BE FREE AT ALL TIMES! If they are blocked
you will note:
1) No air is coming out.
2) Thorax is not rising nor collapsing.
3) That your air blow is meeting resistance.
Consequently you MUST verify the neck & head position and also
the presence of foreign objects in mouth or throat.
HOW TO FREE RESPIRATORY CHANNEL:
METHOD OF THE HEAD THROWN AT BACK:
Put IMMEDIATELY the victim on its back, neck stretched and head
lifted up.
In order to maintain him in this position place a poncho rolled
blanket, a pillow etc. Under the victim's shoulder.
But don't waste time looking for those objects, TIME IS VITAL.
This method is useful in many cases.
UP-LIFTED JAW METHOD: When the other don't work.
Bring the jaw as far back as possible. This position removes the
tongue base from the bottom of the throat thus easing the air
flow to its chest and lungs.
In order to help you do this you can use your thumb or use both
hands.
Jaw up lifted with the thumb is the best method to free the jaw
unless the victim's condition does not permit it.
Place your thumb in the victim's mouth to take a grip of its jaw
& pull toward the back. Don't try to retain the tongue.
JAW UP LIFTED WITH BOTH HANDS:
When the jaws are squeezed tightly together & that it is
impossible to put your thumb into its mouth then grab with your 2
hands the lower jaw (just under the ear-lobe) to firmly bring it
toward the back.
Then in the same movement open the mouth`s victim bringing with
the help of your thumbs the inferior lip toward the shin.
If after having tried those 2 methods to try freeing the
respiratory passage the victim doesn't breath properly;
YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY START THE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION.
If you are in doubt whereas the patient is breathing or not then
act as if was not breathing. It cannot in no way bring harm to
someone who is already breathing.
Usually when someone breathes we can feel & see movements of his
chest or perceive or hear his expirations by placing his hand or
ear near by his mouth. If the heart of the patient is not beating
do a heart massage.
When 2 persons can be used one does the heart massage while the
other one does the artificial respiration. If alone you have to
do both as we'll see later on.**
MOUTH TO MOUTH RESPIRATION:
1) Victim MUST be on its back, put yourself aside its head.
Slide your hand under his neck so that you can maintain his face
in a vertical position & to keep it inclined as far back as
possible.
2) Use the thumb & index of your other hand to pinch the
nostrils of the victim while exercising a pressure on his
forehead in such a way as to keep his head at the back. To keep
the nose blocked you can press your cheek on his nostrils.
3) Breath deeply & adjust tightly your mouth to his. If it is a
baby, cover up his mouth & nose by sealing your lips against the
skin of his face.
4) Blow strongly in the mouth of the victim so that the chest
rises.
FOR A CHILD DO IT IN SMALL BLOW. If the chest rises it means that
sufficient air is getting in the lungs.
If the chest does not rise correct the situation IMMEDIATELY by
adjusting his jaw and blow even stronger.
While doing this MAKE SURE: That air cannot escape by the side of
your mouth or the victim's nose.
If the chest is still not rising; turn the head on the side free
his respiratory passage by:
Opening his mouth and introducing your fingers down to the tongue
base as deep inside his throat as you can, removing in a sweeping
movement all vomit or any foreign objects unless those firmly
stocked in it.
If it still remains blocked roll the victim on its side then with
the hand-palm strike him strongly between the shoulder blades to
remove whatever his blocking the passage. Then start the
artificial respiration procedure once more.
5) When the victim's chest is rising remove your mouth from
his, then listen close to the noise that the air is making coming
out of his chest. If the breathing exhalation is noisy lift up
higher the jaw of the patient.
6) After each exhalation squeeze the nose & reblow his lungs
while MAKING SURE visually that the chest is expanding &
contracting.
YOUR FIRST 4 BLOWS MUST BE TOTAL & QUICK.
(Except for a kid which requires small ones.) So that you avoid
the lungs to deflate completely.
7) Do this every 5 sec till the victim is conscious. If the
victim does not give signs of life do it for 45 minutes at least!
When you blow deeply quickly & for a long time you may get dizzy
even faint so you MUST after the first 4 quick blows get back to
a normal speed. That way you will be able to do it for a long
time.
MOUTH TO NOSE:
It is done the same as for the mouth. It is used when there is a
mouth fracture or bad wound to the patient or if the jaw is too
tight due to spasms.
PRESSURE ON THE CHEST WITH UP LIFTING OF THE ARMS:
This method is used when the face is too badly injured to do
otherwise. It is not as good as mouth to mouth however!
1) Free the respiratory passage of the victim. Lay him on his
back his face in vertical position & place a blanket etc. Under
the shoulders so that his head is pushed backward.
1b) Put yourself at the height of his head facing the victim's
feet. Put a knee down on the ground the other flat near his head
& neck and shoulder.
In order not to get tired you can alternate your position from
time to time.
2) Grab the patient's hands & hold them on his lower ribs while
projecting yourself forward in order to create a regular &
uniform & regular pressure until you feel a firm resistance. That
way you push the air outside of the lungs.
3) Lift up his arms straight up vertically then bring them
backward to the ground as far as possible. This increases the
lung volume & brings air to the lungs.
4) Replace your hand on his chest & start all over the same
movements: press lift stretch & bring back at the rate of 10 to
12 cycles per minute in a regular & uniform way.
The first 3 movements (press lift & stretch) MUST be done in the
same rhythm BUT: the 4th: (bring back your arms on his chest)
MUST be done as quickly as possible.
5) When the patient seems to breath help him by regulating
your efforts to help him.
Keep up the artificial respiration till he is back to
consciousness or that you are replace by a doctor. Or during at
least 45 minutes if he does not show signs of life.
6) HOW TO GET REPLACE WHEN YOU GET TOO TIRED:
Keep the rhythm move to the side and let him start by taking the
wrist when you are bringing them on the ground.
HEART MASSAGE:
When a person's heart ceases to beat, you MUST MASSAGE IT
DIRECTLY ON THE CHEST.
TIME IS VITAL. Heart failure stops also the breathing process
unless that one came first. Stay calm.
When the heart stops there is no pulsation the victim is limp &
THE PUPILS OF THE EYES ARE WIDE OPEN.
TO CHECK IF PULSATION OR NOT:
Place the tip of your fingers on the victim's neck along the
windpipe.
If you do not feel any pulse do not waste time looking for it.
START IMMEDIATELY the heart massages along with the artificial
respiration.
The same initiative is to be done with a weak pulse or irregular
that is usually a sign before a heart failure. The heart is
located between the sternum & the spinal cord.
The pressure done on the sternum pushes the heart against the
spinal cord to push off the blood & forces it into the arteries
while relaxing the pressure permits the heart to fill itself of
blood.
When you MUST do a heart massage we MUST ALWAYS do the artificial
respiration at the same time.
So it is preferable to be 2 to do the task while one does the
heart massage the other does the artificial respiration.
If you MUST do both operations, do this:
1) You MUST ALWAYS lay the patient on its back, to massage his
heart to allow the blood to flow to reach his brain. A solid
surface is needed so use the floor because a bed or sofa is too
soft.
In order to help the return of the blood toward the heart lift up
the feet 6" while keeping the body horizontally.
2) Place yourself on one side near the body then place the palm
of your hand on the inferior part of the sternum but NOT in the
soft tissues of the abdomen which are at the sternum's base or
thorax cage.
3) Stretch and lift your fingers in such a way as to make a
pressure on the sternum without oppressing the ribs.
Put your other hand over the first one except if it's a child. If
it's a child use only the tips of your fingers of one hand.
BASIC PROCEDURE:
Your hands being in the right position, bring back your shoulders
directly over the sternum of the person.
Keep your arms straight & press downward with enough strength to
lower the sternum about 1 1/2 to 2" maximum.
Too strong a pressure could result in breaking the ribs. So when
it is a baby or child use only your finger tips.
Relax the pressure immediately all the while keeping the palm of
your hand on the sternum, which will take back its normal
position between each compression.
METHOD WHILE USING 2 RESCUERS:*
One does the artificial respiration, the other the massage. This
massage MUST be done to the rhythm of 1 compression per sec. (60
per min.) This rhythm is possible because he doesn't have to do
the artificial respiration.
These compressions MUST be without cease, uninterrupted, softly &
regularly.
In order to keep the rhythm of 60 per min. The rescuer MUST count
at high voice (no yell): one-1000, one-2,000, one-3,000, one-
4,000, one-5,000.
Each time you say the word "one" you MUST compress the heart. &
when you say the word "1,000" you relax the compression.
You restart the same cycle all over from:one-1000 to one-5,000
without fail during all the heart massage procedure.
Simultaneously, the other rescuer in charge of the artificial
respiration, blows quickly into the patient's mouth every 5
compressions. (Proportion 5 to 1).
When his helper says 5,000. It will be his moment to blow into
the mouth of the patient.
WARNING UTMOST IMPORTANT:
WE MUST NEVER STOP THE COMPRESSION MOVEMENT OF THE HEART WHILE
THE OTHER IS DOING THE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION PROCEDURE.
IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POINT OTHERWISE IT WOULD RESULT IN A
COMPLETE FALL OF THE ARTERIAL PRESSURE THUS DEATH.
2 rescuers do a better job if they place themselves separately
each on his own side of the patient.
It is then easier to replace one another when they get too tired,
& without interrupting sensibly the rhythm of 5 to 1.
THIS CHANGE IS DONE SO:
The one in charge or artificial respiration (A/R) (pressure on
the chest with lifting up the arms) takes place on the side of
the person, IMMEDIATELY after having inflated the lungs.
Then he brings back his hands over the hands of his companion,
who keeps on massaging the heart.
The change of hands will be done on the count of :one-2,000 or
one-3,000 in the compression procedure.
It is at that time that they both switch jobs. The next
inspiration MUST be done on the count of : one-5,000.
PROCEEDING MEASURES WITH 1 RESCUER:
If only 1 man, he MUST alternate both jobs, at the rhythm of 15
/2 (15 heart compressions to 2 quick & complete lungs inflation.)
In order to compensate for the time he uses for A/R he MUST being
alone use a rhythm of 80 compressions/ minute.
In order to do so: Count at high voice: One & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 / 1 &
2 & 3 & 4 & 10 / One & 2 & 3 & 4 & 15.
When you say "15" you MUST give 2 quick & deep blows (within 5 to
6 sec.)
(WITHOUT PERMITTING A COMPLETE EXHALATION BETWEEN EACH
INHALATION) ARTERIAL)
Then you start over the process of counting all along while doing
the massage.
It is a MUST to persist in doing both methods even if you get
tired or dizzy, until help comes along, trough a doctor or
professional help for at least for 45 min. even if the patient
doesn't give signs of life. *p.32 my s/book.**
HEIMLICH HUG METHOD: (Hug me Baby!)
CAN BE ALSO BE USED FOR DROWNING TO RID LUNGS OF WATER.
A person whose throat is jammed by food can't breath, nor talk &
can become livid & collapse.
In such case he has but 4 MINUTES TO LIVE UNLESS SAVED BY THE
HEIMLICH HUG METHOD.
When the patient is standing or sitting.
1) Stand behind him and grab him around with your arms.
2) Place your fist against his stomach (abdomen) JUST a bit
higher then his navel, & under thorax cage, then with the other
hand grab firmly your fist.
3) In a sudden gesture, strongly & in an upward fashion push in
your fist in the stomach's victim. A strong air blow will then
expel the food out of his respiratory passage (throat).
4) Start over many times if need be.
WHEN THE PERSON LAYS ON HIS BACK ON THE FLOOR:
1) Kneel down over the person, your knees on each side of
his hips.
2) Superpose your 2 hands over his stomach, just above his navel.
3) In a strong & upward & quick movement, push with the palm
of your hand on the abdomen's victim.
4) Start over many times if needed.
5) If a person is down facing the floor, turn him over.
HAEMORRHAGE:
A: ARTERIAL
B: FROM THE VEIN. Both different.
UNLESS TREATED QUICKLY, THE VICTIM WILL DIE QUICKLY.
2 TYPES OF HAEMORRHAGE: INTERNAL & EXTERNAL.
The external one is highly visible. The internal one is either
VISIBLE:
Blood comes out by natural opening, either nose, mouth, rectum or
coming either from the lungs, stomach or intestine.
Or it is INVISIBLE:
Flowing inward in natural body cavity such as the brain, thorax
or abdomen.
ARTERIAL:
The blood comes out nice clean red, it comes out in spurt like
water fountain, every time the heart pulses.
FROM VEIN:
Blood is not as clear & clean, it comes out like a water leak,
because the heart pulse is not received.*
Unfortunately there is little you can do for the internal one;
unless you are a doctor or near a hospital, & to move fast to
bring the patient to it. So we will see what to do for external.
EXTERNAL HAEMORRHAGE:
1) You MUST stop the haemorrhage quickly & with efficiency.
2) Prevent infection.
GENERAL RULES CONCERNING EXTERNAL HAEMORRHAGE:
1) Exert a direct pressure on the wound using a cloth as
clean as possible. (To avoid infection)
2) Maintain this pressure, if necessary with a compressive
dressing, which liberates your hand to do other wounds?
3) If bleeding persist: DON'T remove the first dressing nor
bandage, but add another one with a tighter bandage. (Not too
tight!)
4) One can reinforce the pressure by pressing your palm on
the dressing.
5) Keep the patient calm, laid down if possible, & the
wounded limb at rest as much as possible.
6) You can up lift the wounded limb, but only if practical.
7) Moisten the lips of the patient if he is thirsty.
INTERNAL HAEMORRHAGE SYMPTOMS:
HIDDEN: Think of this possibility according with the accident
details & with the presence of symptoms such as:
1) Victim comes suddenly very pale, is dizzy & can quickly
lose consciousness.
Or paleness spread slowly & is followed by dizziness, sighs &
yawns. Breathing can afterward become quick & difficult.
2) Intense thirst & lack of air followed by agitation & anguish.
3) Gradual lost of consciousness.
VISIBLE: On top of the above symptoms, blood can flow by natural
opening.
FIRST AID IN CASE OF INTERNAL HAEMORRHAGE:
1) Transport the victim quickly to nearest hospital. Fix a
note to the victim's cloths telling the possibility of internal
Haemorrhage.
2) Keep the patient in semi-prone position.
3) Cover him lightly with a blanket etc.
4) Reassure the victim.
5) Verify all evolution of symptoms such as difficulties to
breath, choking, vomits.
NOSE:
1) Keep victim sitting or half-prone position.
2) Press firmly on the bleeding nose side for 10 minutes.
3) Loosen necktie if needed.
4) You can apply cold compress on the nose.
5) Tell the patient not to blow his nose which would remove
the blood cloth, not to swallow his saliva but to spit.
EAR:
Bleeding can indicate a fracture at the base of skull.
1) Don't block the ear, but cover it with a dressing dry
and lightly bandaged.
2) Bring the victim to hospital, laid down & the head
inclined on the bleeding side.
SKULL INJURIES: These wounds often bleed abundantly.
1) Give only a light pressure bandage, sufficient to stop the
bleeding.
An excessive pressure could aggravate the trauma to the brain if
any or to the head.
2) Don't clean the wound.
VARICOSE VEIN RUPTURE:
Bleeding can be sudden & plentiful yet easy to stop.
1) Have the patient laid down immediately, take off all garters.
2) Lift up the leg as much as possible.
3) Put a dressing on the wound & strongly bandage.
HAND/ PALM:
1) If the wound doesn't have any foreign object, put a
compress rolled on the palm, & bend the fingers upon the
compress.
2) Bandage the hand to maintain the hand closed.
NECK & THROAT:
The possible danger here comes from the possible rupture of the
main artery (carotid) or the jugular vein or both.
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ACT FAST FOR THE BLOOD FLOW IS QUICK &
PLENTIFUL. DEATH CAN COME IN A FEW MINUTES.
1) Immediately apply a pressure on the broken vein. A
compress of any sort (clean) will help maintain the compression.
2) Maintain the compression till the patient gets surgical
help. DON'T use a circular dressing compress.
EYE, EAR, CHEEK, FOREHEAD:
Place the centre of a bandage over the dressing, cross the ends
at the back of the head & make a knot over the dressing if
possible.
GROIN:
The great femoral artery can be in danger.
1) Apply a direct pressure.
2) Bend the victim's knee on his chest. A rolled compress &
placed on the groin can increase the compression.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
1) It is ESSENTIAL to know that small wounds will stop bleeding
by themselves, without treatments. Nature sees to it.
2) Bleeding will ALWAYS be mastered if a compression is
sufficiently applied on the wound. We insist on direct pressure
to save time when there is bleeding.
3) Blood coagulates itself or forms a blood cloth in 3 to 7
minutes usually. Direct pressure speeds up the coagulation
process.
ONCE BLOOD CLOTH HAS TAKEN PLACE, NEVER REMOVE IT.
4) Blood vessels retract & contract when they are injured
thus reducing their size, which helps coagulation.
5) Prevent infection is a goal of first-aid. So as much as
possible, cover a wound with a clean or sterile dressing. Yet in
some cases a bare hand on an open wound is necessary in order to
save life.
HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS:
Sudden & sharp pain to the chest, coming down to the neck or the
arms or no pain. A choking sensation, anguish & imminent death.
Lips can become shade of blue & skin gets a purple tint. Or: The
face can become pale. Victim can be conscious or looses
consciousness.
FIRST-AID TO HELP THE RESPIRATION:
1) Place the victim in the most comfortable position, on its
back if possible, with head sideways.
2) Loosen all tight clothes. (Necktie, belt)
3) Medical help is ESSENTIAL Send patient to hospital.
4) Help the patient to take his medicaments (pills) if he
has specific one for his condition or case, to take.
5) If the victim doesn't breath or with difficulties, or if
the heart stops, start A/R & Heart Massage.
APOPLEXY'S; CEREBRAL CONGESTION:
Results from rupturing blood vessels or blood cloth in brain.
SYMPTOMS:
1) Consciousness or unconsciousness.
2) Breathing is loud, snoring type.
3) Face is usually congested.
4) Eye pupils usually unequal size.
5) Victim can have difficulty to speak.
6) It can have a possible weakness, or a paralysed body limb/
part.
7) A lesser attack can result in a very big headache, an ashen
face or skin colour rather then congested (red) &
progressive paralysis.
FIRST-AID:
1) If victim is unconscious, apply the general rules (A/R &
H/M).
2) Rise the shoulders & head of the victim to diminish the
congestion, if victim is conscious & breaths easily.
3) Encourage the victim to keep calm.
4) DON'T GIVE ANY LIQUID.
HEAD WOUNDS & CUTS: THEY BLEED A LOT.
CEREBRAL COMMOTION:
A shock on the brain that can cause headache confusion, lost of
memory or fainting. The commotion degree depends of the violence
of the shock direct or indirectly done.
BRUISE:
Blood flowing inside the skin often causes a lump, skull fracture
is also possible.
FRACTURE:
A) Skull can be caved in under the Cut or Bruise.
B) A fracture can extend in the nose or ear, causing a great
danger for infection in the brain. (Meningitis)
FIRST-AID: Keep free respiratory channels avoid suffocating.
Assuring constant surveillance of the patient.
GENERAL RULES:
1) In case of haemorrhage, or difficult breathing do as needed.
2) If victim unconscious or hardly conscious, place him in
semi-prone position.
Head wounds are usually with spinal cord wound. You MUST then
keep the head, neck & back well in line.
3) In case of unconsciousness do the general rules.*
COMPLICATIONS TO HEAD WOUNDS:
Often persons having suffered from a head injury who made them
dizzy or even faint, will promptly recover & insist to go on.
It is impossible to immediately discover after a head injury if a
blood cloth has formed itself inside the skull cap between the
brain & the skull.
This blood cloth can exercise pressure on the brain & cause
death, if not removed. An artery who bleeds will cause symptoms
to appear in a few hours but a broken vein will bleed more slowly
& the symptoms can only appear after a few days on the accident.
If only but a few victims of head injuries develop a blood cloth
inside the brain or skull, those who suffer from it can die the
next night in jail or in a hotel room, even in their own bed.
Head injury victim MUST be kept under constant surveillance for
24 hours. Even if the victim refuses.
It is ESSENTIAL that a responsible person keep him under
surveillance and observation for this period.
A confusion and state of unconsciousness deeper & deeper are
EMERGENCY SYMPTOMS & the victim MUST be brought to hospital
IMMEDIATELY.
SPINAL CORD INJURIES:
The spinal cord is a sheath for the marrow & the nerves who start
from it. It is made of a great number of bones called vertebra,
between each vertebra there are strong disks who act as shock
absorbers while runs, walks etc.
If the marrow is cut or torn one NEVER recovers from it, cause
the marrow transmit the sensibility messages & muscles movement
directions.
A fracture or blow to 1 or many vertebrae can compress or damage
the marrow.
Sudden harsh moves while transport especially if the body is bent
forward, can cut the spinal cord left undamaged by the accident.
So: We MUST prevent any subsequent damages to the marrow.
GENERAL RULES:
1) Warn the victim not to move.
2) Minister all first aid which might be URGENT.
3) The person who complains of pains at the neck or back, of
weakness, paralysis, lack of sensitivity to arms or legs MUST be
treated & transported with all precautions that are required by a
fracture or luxation of spinal cord.
WOUNDS & INFECTIONS / TYPES OF WOUNDS:*
SUPERFICIAL:
Scratches, Burns by Cold.
PERFORATION:
By knife, nail or bullet, arrow, spear.
CRUSHING:
Wounds in depth with little exterior signs showing.
INCISION:
Clean tear caused by sharp surface or glass or blade.
LACERATION:
Slashed or chewed wound by barbed wire or explosion.
COMPLICATED:
When it covers a hidden lesion.
SCARS:
Are results of cuts, they will be lessen if the lips of the wound
are put close to one another, if the wounded part is put to rest
& if the wound is clean of infection and foreign objects.
GENERAL RULES VIA WOUNDS: *
1) Lay the patient down, make him rest to slow the pulse speed
& reduce the arterial pressure.
2) Rise the wounded part (when possible) higher then heart
level to reduce the blood flow, thus permitting fast blood cloth.
3) If possible the rescuer MUST washes his hands.
4) The skin around the wound can be washed with water and
soap starting from the wound toward exterior. If sufficient
sterilize water then wash also the wound.
5) While doing the first-aid, you MUST NOT cough nor
sneeze directly over the wound to avoid infection.
6) Rescuer MUST NOT touch the wound with his fingers nor
touch the dressing surface covering the wound.
7) Antiseptics is useless in first aid & can damage tissues
8) Dressing MUST cover largely the wound itself.
9) You MUST apply a direct & firm pressure on the wound
with a clean dressing.
If blood still flows add another one on top of the first, don't
remove the first one.
10) Fix solidly the dressing. It MUST NOT slip, nor block
circulation.
11) If you can, without getting your fingers in the wound, then
remove delicately the foreign objects sticking out. Use
tweezers if you can and it is needed.
12) The rescuer MUST NOT remove objects strongly attached to
the body wound, ex: knife, arrow, ski pole etc.
Otherwise the wound would reopen, other tissues could be damaged,
haemorrhage could aggravate. Those patients need special
transport & treatment.
13) The rescuer MUST REMEMBER that first aid MUST NOT delay
medical help.
INFECTION IS ALWAYS VERY SERIOUS, EVEN DEADLY:
In all cases REMEMBER the possibility of "Tetanus" that is an
infection resulting from diverse type of wounds. Wounds MUST be
clean without delay & treated by a doctor.
14) Rescuer MUST organise the transportation of the patient.
FIRST AID FOR SPECIFIC WOUNDS:
ABDOMINAL WOUNDS TRANSVERSAL:
(From side to side)
Put the victim on its back, raise up the shoulders, bend his
knees toward his chest. It helps closing wound's lips.
LONGITUDINAL: (Up to Down)
Keep the patient down flat as to keep the wound's lips well
together.
DISEMBOWELLED:
(Ripped Up) (Intestine coming out)
1) Don't put it back in place. (Surgeon's job)
2) Cover with clean clothes, warm & damp.
3) If it's possible, dampen the dressing with a salted
solution 1 tsp. per 2 cups of warm water.
4) Give nothing to drink yet you can moisten the mouth.
INFECTED WOUND:
The wound is red, puffed up, painful & shoot waves of pains. The
victim feels sick, feverish. It needs URGENT medical help. If you
cannot get this aid then:
1) Immobilise the wounded part, to give as much rest as possible.
2) Have the patient stay in bed, for any physical activity
helps the infection to spread.
3) If practical have the sick part elevated.
4) You can apply during 1/2 hour every 2 hour. Hot & damp
compress. Those compress are soaked in a solution of 1 tbs. of
salt in a pint of water. Don't burn the patient by using too hot
water
APPENDIX:
Often occurs suddenly & can be deadly. Beware! In case of
indigestion troubles, vomits, constipation Diarrhoea, you MUST
worry of a little fever, and of sudden sharp pain to the right
of the stomach, between the navel and the hip bone.
You MUST get him to the doctor or operate if needed be. While
waiting for the doctor, you MUST put ice.
NEVER HOT! NEVER any purgative such as bicarbonate. No food and
no drink.
EPILEPSY:
Suddenly the patient gets in a fit, yells, does weird gestures,
foam can even come out of his mouth, fall on the floor.
Help him by getting people away, as well as any objects that he
might hurt himself with, stop anyone to give to drink, to throw
him water, or to try to immobilise him, or to put anything in his
mouth.
Let him be, don't touch him, it will not last long nor will it be
harmful to him unless sharp objects are too close by.
Once the seizure has stop, comfort him, & bring him back home.
There are some pills that he may have to help him along.
INDIGESTION:
If you feel you have not digested, use bicarbonate or put your
fingers in your mouth to induce vomits. It will bring you back to
normal & next time: Don't eat as a "pig"!
BANDAGES: (SPECIAL)**
Use SARAN WRAP: Very light, water proof, stays tight, no slip,
expandable, small to store. Best all around bandages, many usages
even for food and leak proof.
CHEST LUNG PERFORATION & DRESSING = SARAN WRAP:
The army puts it around the perforation, directly on the skin &
all around the body to seal off the air & infection to come in.
This air tight measure helps the victim & seals the wound.
HOME STERILIZE FAST:
Put any clothe or dressing & put them in your microwave oven for
3 minutes. Germs are all killed. Put directly on the wound, once
cooled, then saran wrap it.
NO MORE COLD FEET EVER:*
Newspaper in shoes will keep your feet warm because they absorb
humidity. Take a newspaper sheet, fold it 3 or 4 times till it
slides in easily, tear off the excess in length. Change daily.
HEAT LOSS/ SHIVERING COLD:
You loose 1/3 of the heat by the head. So if you cover your head
you'll keep warm. Wear that in mind.
SNAKE BITE: PREVENTION:
Usually snakes go for dark places, as holes in rocks, swamps,
wood under-covers, wood piles, wild berry-bushes, swamped
prairies, saw-dust piles, burrows (animal holes), abandoned
houses, shacks or hay-barn.
It is prudent in those regions to wear good shoes, socks and long
sleeves shirts with gloves.
When you get up ALWAYS check your shoes by dumping them first
before putting them on. Don't check with your hands you might get
bitten.
SNAKES & FACTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ADDER:
We don't ALWAYS hear the noise of rattle snake. Snakes attack
especially whatever moves.
The snake attack field is about 2/3 of his length forward & 1/3
in height. If you are in safe place out of his reach, it is
better to back off to even safer place.
Snakes swim very good, their bite is as dangerous on land or in
water. Sea snakes are have the worst poison.
SNAKE BITE KIT:
Taking up only slightly more space than one of the larger shotgun
shells one of the efficient little snake bites kit that can be
tucked into a pocket should ALWAYS be on the person in bad snake
country.
Especially handy are the Cutter Compak Suction Snake Bite Kit.
Each containing:
3 suction cups a sharp blade antiseptic lymph constrictor & a
calmly presented completeness of plainly illustrated directions.
SYMPTOMS:
The skin around the byte gets discoloured, becomes purple, a
swelling appears, pain is almost immediate & increases in
intensity.
SEARING = WRONG:
Searing is likewise ineffectual just as imprudent slashing that
is most definitely unwarranted.
F-AID:
1) You MUST act immediately. Make the victim to lay-down,
keep him quiet. The wounded parts lower then the rest of the
body as much as possible.
2) Attach a bandage slightly constringent (a little tight)
such as handkerchief a necktie a belt etc. around the wounded
limb at about 2 inches above the byte.
So as to slow down the venous blood flow but not the arterial
circulation.
We MUST feel the heart pulse under the byte.
You MUST RELEASE this "constringent" bandage every 1/2 hour
during 30 seconds.
The constriction MUST be maintained till you obtain the anti-
venom serum.
If after 3 hours, the victim doesn't show any symptoms, you can
take off the bandage.
3) Don't give any liquid.
4) Practice A/R if need be.
5) If possible, kill the snake & keep it for identifications.
6) Bring the victim to hospital as quick as possible.
INSECTS BYTES AND STINGS:
Mosquitoes, bees, black flies, spiders. The "Latrodecte" or black
widow spider is the only poisonous spider in Canada. Its sting
can inject venom and transmit other germs bringing other
diseases.
PREVENTION:
Apply a commercial insecticide on the skin wear good clothes &
shoes. Smear with chewed tobacco works.
FIRST-AID:
1) Remove the dart if still in the flesh & if you can.
2) Put ice on bite and in the victim's mouth.
3) Apply on bitten zone a lotion type "calamine" or Ammonia.
4) As for bee's stings you may try vinegar to kill the heat.
5) If you think it is a black-widow bite do as for snakes.
POISON IVY:
This plant irritates the skin, from its sap so if you break any
parts of the plant.
It will free the sap which if in contact with the skin either
directly or not will give you much to scratch.
This sap can stick to clothes, shoes, tools, food baskets, etc.
even to the hands who touch you who were in contact with the
plant.
So if you have had contact with this plant or know someone who
has had contacts, better be very careful.
REMEDY:
Botanists know well this plant and ALWAYS have in their bag some
#bicarbonate de soude# cow-brand* as well as a piece of "Castile
soap" which produce an abundant foam that neutralises the
poison effect.
The first thing to do when you realize it could be a Poison Ivy
case, by feeling some pricking that turns into burning sensation.
Don't scratch, but foam yourself crazy with the "castile soap"
foam then finish with #soda a pate#. Alcohol solutions, & lead
acetate give very good results.*
You MUST MAKE SURE not to spread the sap, but only dab to stoop
up with a cloth or cotton wool in order to take off the liquid.
If you can use rubber gloves to avoid getting sap on you, Get to
the doctor as fast as you can, if you have no antidote such as
the one above
NEAR THE POISON IVY IS THE ANTIDOTE PLANT. It grows in the same
area within a few feet of one another so check it out.
FAINTING PARTIAL: (Stupor)
The victim can say words, sounds or incoherent answers. Eye
pupils react to light.
COMPLETE: (coma)
Victim doesn't react even to pain. Eye's pupils don't react to
the light. Fainting can start by stupor then lead to coma to end
by death.
Or it can pass from coma through different phases till a complete
rehabilitation. Most of time you can't discover the cause of
fainting, they are too many different types.
This victim is in mortal danger either because of what caused it
or the exposition to other dangers.
You MUST verify: If he breath & if the heart is beating and act
accordingly as see above.*
DIZZY RULES:
All accident's victim who seems stunned, dizzy, lost or confused
etc. MUST be treated this way:
GENERAL RULES:
1) Check immediately if the respiratory channels are free. &
Remove all foreign objects & even artificial teeth.
2) Maintain the respiratory channels free by laying down the
victim on its side (semi-prone way) but help in a way as to keep
the head, neck & spinal cord in line. (Spinal cord could be
wounded) so be careful.
3) Relax quickly all too tightly fitted clothes etc. which
would hinder normal breathing.
4) In presence of convulsions; prevent the victim to get
hurt but without restraining his movements.
5) Don't give liquids to a person who has fainted or that is
just coming out of fainting
6) Take necessary measures to bring victim to hospital.
7) Once first-aid done, try to discover the cause of fainting.
Check if any haemorrhage, breath alteration, poisoning clues.
Check to what point the victim is unconscious.
If people around ask them questions like: Did he hurt his head?
Did he try to rise & walk immediately after the accident? Was he
under doctor's care? Etc.
8) Check if victim has any Medical card which might help you.
9) Using all your senses examine the victim.
SIGNS TO HELP YOU:
A) Eye pupils: contracted, dilated or unequal size (asymmetric).
B) Bleeding or fluid coming from ears, nose, mouth or other
natural holes.
C) Tongue or lips: bleeding or bitten, different colour.
D) Colour of skin. (Not the race dummy!)
E) Abnormal position of the neck or head.
F) Breath smell: alcohol, drugs, poison.
G) Respiration rhythm.
10) Victims of head injuries resulting in fainting MUST be
kept under medical care for 24 hours is ESSENTIAL!
11) Dead drunk MUST stay under care to avoid any possibility of
any head injuries or doubts are removed.
12) Fainting of people in health often occurs in Heat time
or after too long a session standing up.
Sitting a person & placing his head between his knees can
sometimes help. He will come back to his senses in a few minutes.
If it persists then apply the general rules.
TRANSPORTATION OF THE VICTIMS:
GOALS:
Prevent additional wounds or complications. Choose the best
method according to circumstances.
Prevent victim of ANY useless jolts during preparation or
transport. Shocks can aggravate the patient`s condition.
BEFORE MOVING THE VICTIM:
1) Take the situation well in hand, be the leader.
2) Consider the following points when you can transport the
victim without danger:
A) Best method according with the type of wound.
B) Material around which can be used, manufactured or
improvised.
C) Help coming from people around which you could use.
D) Weight of the person
E) Ways: Roads, air, water, Weather condition?
F) Preparative to receive the victim: home or hospital. Give
warnings.
TRANSPORT OF A VICTIM WITH PROBABLE SPINAL CORD FRACTURE:
A) If not necessary to move victim then, DON'T move him. Stay
with him & send for help, doctor, ambulance.
B) If you MUST move him, & he is conscious proceed as
such;
1) The rescuer in charge choose a minimum of 4 assistants.
2) He puts on charge an assistant to do the head traction &
another one the feet traction.
3) He places the assistants as in photo **
NOTE:
TRACTION MUST BE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES DURING HANDLING!
TRANSPORT ON THE STRETCHER:
1) You need at least 5 persons, one who commands & 2 to do
the traction of the feet & head.
2) The chief chooses 2 or 3 persons who place the same knee
on the ground, & on the unhurted side of the victim.
3) The chief kneels on the opposite side & tells his
assistants to slide their hands under the body's victim neck,
chest, hips & ankles.
4) The chief ties himself by a hand-grip with the centre
assistant, this MUST be told ahead.
5) At the chief signal, the assistants rise the victim &
put him over their knees, while staying with their knee bent.
6) The chief let's go with his hands then place the
stretcher under the victim.
7) Then the chief ties his hands once again with his centre
assistant & gives the signal to lower the victim on the
stretcher. Once the victim is well tied up then release the
traction, not before.
STRETCHER:
Best method if you have one near by, to carry the victim when
seriously wounded & conscious or not.
PREPARATION:
When you use a "normal" stretcher, verify if the cross-bar is
straight & in their right position.
Try it yourself to see if it can support your weight. You MUST
cover the canvas with a carpet or blankets or overcoat. The
victim MUST be well protected over as well as under him. (Heat
loss) etc.
SEMI-PRONE POSITION RECOMMENDED WHEN UNCONSCIOUS:
It maintains the respiratory channels free. If the victim is to
be put into this position on stretcher. You MUST get help from
others in case there would be a spinal cord injury and improvised
stretcher.
Other METHODS:
HUMAN CRUTCH:
When victim is Conscious & with a light wound to an inferior
limb.
1) Place yourself on the wounded side. Put your arm around the
victim's waist & grab his clothes on the intact side.
2) Place the victim's arm around your neck & from your free
hand hold his hand tightly.
3) Tell the victim to lean on you as he would on a crutch.
4) Start together on the same foot, begin with the wounded side.
SEAT USING 2 or 3 or 4 HANDS:
Can only be used if there are 2 rescuers, if the distance to do
is small & the victim is conscious.
2 HANDS SEAT: WAY TO DO SO:
1) The 2 rescuers bent a knee on each side of the victim,
then each one passes an arm around the back & grab his clothes
on each side.
2) Then passing each on their free arm under the victim's
thighs they grab one another by a "hook hold" or "wrist
hold"* If the victim can do it, she passes his arms
around their neck.
3) Giving a signal the 2 rescuers get up together.
3 HANDS SEAT: USED WHEN 1 WOUNDED LEG MUST BE UPHELD.
1) The rescuers bend 1 knee on each victim's side.
2) If it's the left leg wounded, the rescuer on the left side,
keeps his left hand free. The second rescuer places his left
wrist & each one grabs the free wrist of the other.
3) The victim places his arms around the rescuers' neck then
lift himself a bit, so that the 3 hand seat can slide under him.
4) The left rescuer holding the wounded leg with his free
hand, both lift together with a signal.
4 HANDS SEAT: USED FOR A HEAVY PERSON WHO CAN USE HIS ARMS.
1) The 2 rescuers bend a knee on each victim side & each one
grabs his own left wrist.
2) Each rescuer then grabs the other one free wrist.
3) Victim place arms around rescuer's neck & lift himself up
a bit to permit this seat to slide under him.
4) Using a signal the rescuers lift together.
TRANSPORT USING A CHAIR:
Used by 2 rescuers when: Transporting Victim Conscious & in
stairs & narrow passages.
1) Placing behind the chair, one rescuer leans it while
holding the chair back on his thigh, getting one of his foot
aback.
2) The second rescuer turning his back to the chair, between
the victim's legs, leans & spreads the same leg towards the
back of the chair.
3) The second rescuer, his back & elbows straight up grabs
the legs of the chair over the victim's legs.*
4) At a given signal they lift the chair & move out.
TO DRAG A VICTIM:
Used in narrow space where you can't get up.
Or when victim unconscious in a fire & the rescuer and the victim
heads are low to the ground where air is less suffocating.
1)Victim being on his back, tie his wrists. pix*
2) Overlap the victim, place your head between his tied up
wrist, using your neck, lift up a bit victim head and shoulders.
3) If an obstacle or stair stops you, reverse your position &
drag the victim while you draw backward & while supporting the
head & shoulders of the victim.
HANGOVER GONE FOREVER:
If you take the precaution of drinking 3 glasses of water before
you go to bed you will NEVER suffer from hangover any more.
The alcohol absorbs the water of your body, thus you become
dehydrated so by over supplying your body with water you will
compensate this lost. (It works I tried it many a time.)
"Hic,hic!"
FRACTURES:
A broken bone due to accident less often from overwork or bone
disease itself. All fractures will cause a light internal
bleeding since the tissues are damaged.
SIMPLE OR CLOSED FRACTURES:
One where no open wounds show the broken bone point, & no danger
of contamination from outside.
COMPLICATED OR OPEN FRACTURE:
Where a wound shows the place where the bone is broken. Then
there is a great danger for infection to the bone with grave
consequences. This wound MUST be bandaged.
The rescuer who suspects a fracture MUST try to get details on
the cause from witnesses or the victim if it is possible.
SYMPTOMS:
Swelling, localised pain, unable to stir the wounded part,
sensibility to the touch of the wounded part. Deformation or
abnormal position, wounds.
Grievous fractures can at times present very little signs or
symptoms.
A fracture can cause very little pain as long as the victim stays
immobile.
If you suspect a fracture of the foot or leg don't make the
victim walk to MAKE SURE, you could cause aggravation.
We have seen people able to walk with fractured legs while others
could not move yet without any fracture. When in doubt, treat it
as if there was fracture.
FIRST-AID GOALS:
1) Prevent a simple fracture to become worst as a complicated
one by a handling without precaution of the victim or by the
pressure of a splint on a broken bone piece or fragment.
2) Stop or prevent infection of a complicated fracture.
3) Treat the other causes of the accident ex: shock,
haemorrhage.
4) Prevent that slashed bones cause other internal injuries.
5) Move the victim from the scene using the best method.
GENERAL RULES:
1) During all the operation, the greatest precautions MUST be
taken to prevent complication and give pain relief.
2) Immobilise the fracture & the articulations above and below
the fracture with a splint or with the body or victim's limbs.
3) Splint at the place where the victim lies.
4) ALWAYS splint the fracture in the most comfortable position
for the victim.
5) An appropriate mean of transport will prevent aggravation.
6) Note: Ask the victim if you can help & respect his decision.
FREQUENT FRACTURES:
Lower jaw fractures are frequents, the shin can appear
dislocated. Usually there is blood in the mouth, & jaw moving is
painful.
1) Transport the victim in semi-prone position or sitting to
nearest hospital, doctor or dentist.
2) Verify if respiratory channels are free, &maintain them
free. Bandages are not necessary, the victim will protect
himself.
RIBS FRACTURES:
A blow, a fall, a strong pressure even a sneezing can cause a
fracture of one or many ribs.
The respiration is done with pain, more pronounced with deep
breathing or coughing.
1) Bandages are not necessary because the victim will by
itself take the position to breath with lesser pain.
2) Advise the victim to see his doctor.
3) Place the victim on his wounded side, in semi-prone
position. The good lung will then be up-lifted, will work with
double strength & the wounded part will be immobilised.
4) This position prevents all internal bleeding to
penetrate in the lung unaffected.
COMPLICATIONS OF RIB FRACTURES:
Perforation of the lung. A sharp fragment of the broken rib can
penetrate the lung. There can be signs or symptoms of internal
haemorrhage and coughing can bring out some blood.
COMPLICATED FRACTURES OF THE RIBS:
Grave complication because the infection can swarm the wound &
spread to all the chest.
FIRST-AID: Apply a clean bandage & observe
general rules above.
BREATHING WOUND IN THE CHEST:
It is the gravest complication of the complicated fractures. A
most frequent wound in war time & in peace time due to careless
use & handling of firearms.
The fractured ribs have penetrated in the chest & each
respiration brings air in and out. The shock state is
considerable. The lungs are wounded & often the heart also. It
can cause death in a few minutes.
1) CLOSE THE WOUND BY ANY MEANS.
Using a piece of plastic, an adhesive dressing, even your hand.
(Note about Saran Wrap) **
2) Put the victim on his wounded side in semi- prone position.
3) Give him all the possible comfort.
4) Bring him to nearest hospital on a stretcher & ambulance.
COLLAR BONE:
Frequents & caused by a fall on the hand stretched out or a fall
on the shoulder end.
Since the collar bone does the tension to maintain shoulders
straight, this fracture will lower the shoulder front-ward on the
wounded side.
The pain is not very strong & the victim can usually support his
forearm on his chest with the help of his other hand.
1) Use a St. John arm sling on the wounded arm.
2) A wide bandage put over the wounded side elbow, and
going around the body and knotted at the front on the
opposite side will immobilise the shoulder.
SHOULDER BLADES: Same F/Aid as Collar-Bone
UPPER ARM OR HUMERUS:*
1) Place the arm in a small arm-sling. This permits the elbow
to move freely and to apply a natural pressure on the broken
bone.
2) Place a good padding if necessary between the elbow & the
chest to assure a proper alignment.
3) Put a Grand sling on the elbow as indicated for collar-bone
fracture. The body is used as a great splint.
FOREARM - HAND - WRIST:
1) Apply softly 2 splint well padded & long enough to bypass
the elbow and wrist articulation.
2) Wrap narrow bandages to insure a good immobilisation, yet
letting free the finger tips to verify the circulation if the
thumb is not wounded, keep it off the bandage.
3) Slide the arm in a Grand arm-sling.
4) The chest can often be used as a grand splint.
5) In emergency, Rolled newspaper or magazine do an excellent
job as splints to immobilise a broken arm.
PELVIS OR P'ELVIS:
Frequent fracture due to accidents & jumping. Signs & symptoms:
1) The victim can't stand up nor walk, nor dance.
2) Laid on his back, he is unable to rise his legs while
keeping his knees straight.
3) He can have blood coming from his rectum or in his urine.
FIRST-AID:
1) You MUST move him with greatest care to avoid aggravation.
2) Lay the victim comfortably on his back.
3) Immobilise the legs by tying his feet & ankles using a
bandage in shape of "8" & with a large bandage around his knees.
If long splints are available, immobilise the whole body from
under the arm pit down to the feet.
4) Bring to hospital, use ambulance or stretcher "rigid, hard."
5) Tell the doctor if presence of blood in urine or rectum.
6) Tell the victim not to piss.
HIP (THIGH BONE OR FEMUR): Longest human bone.
Except for elder people, it needs a very strong blow to break it.
An internal haemorrhage usually goes with a broken Femur.
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
1) Limb can't be moved without pain.
2) The leg can have a tendency to roll on the outside, the
foot turned on the side.
3) The leg can appear shorter.
FIST-AID: If easy to get medical help etc. proceed simply by:
1) Lift up the victim with precaution so as not to stir
the broken limb.
2) Put him on a "rigid" stretcher for transport.
TRACTION: (FRACTURE WITH SPASMS) *
1) If you can determine the time factor to be in the first 5
minutes of the accident, then you can do the traction as pix*
If the time factor is from 4 to 15 min after the accident ask the
victim if you can do the traction, tell him why but his decision
is without appeal
If after 20 min. You MUST NOT do the traction. If the bone is
pricking trough the skin, you MUST NOT in any case do the
traction.
2) If the victim MUST be transported far or trough rough road:
A) Stretch the unwounded leg along with the sick one.
B) Once the injured legs is split, tie it with the good one.
DISLOCATION & SPRAINS & LIGAMENTS RUPTURE:
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS:
1) Strong pain in the articulation at the time of the
accident.
2) A limb is deformed in case of sprains.
3) Swelling which manifest itself quickly.
4) Pain increase while moving the articulation.
FIRST-AID:
Give same care as broken bone because it is difficult to
differentiate the nature of the dislocation. The luxation or
dislocation is displacement of bone's articulation.
SPRAIN:
Strong elongation & often rupture of muscles & tendons often
called contracture or athlete cramps.
SYMPTOMS:
Pain, swelling & cramps where the sprain is done.
FIRST-AID:
1) Put in comfortable place, & apply COLD compress.
2) A grave sprain needs medical care.
WOUNDS DUE TO HEAT:
(Burns, sun, chemicals, electrical, radiation)
Goals: Prevent infection, relieve pain, reestablish fluid lost.
Rules to follow for burns caused by heat or electricity:
1) MAKE SURE that the cause of the burn is stopped. POWER OFF!
2) Cover the wound with a sterile dressing. (In case of
electrical burn, do it at the start &end contact point.)
3) Don't take off burned clothes unless real hot or still
burning.
4) Give fluids to drink if medical aid is delayed.
5) DON'T remove blister nor prick them.
6) Don't apply oily, greasy substances or cotton wool on burns.
7) Apply A/R if needed.
8) Transport to hospital.
RULES TO FOLLOW FOR CHEMICAL BURNS:
1) Wash without delay with much water to dilute & make
disappear the chemical product.
2) Take off the clothes which have this chemical product.
3) Give F/Aid as for other burns.
4) If chemical product is in powder, remove the excess
quickly before washing.
BURNS TO EYES:
BY HEAT: Treat it as skin burns.
BY CHEMICAL:
1) Wash immediately the eye with a lot of water.
2) Apply a loose dressing.
3) Bring him to doctor quickly.
SUNBURNS:
If light burn: Use softening lotion or burn ointment found in
most drug store.
SUNBURNS TIP: * PUT IN DESERT FILE**
People from the desert told me: Take a tomato, mash it & apply it
on your sunburn to kill the heat & heal you.
BURN PREVENTION:
1) Don't smoke in bed, the ashes that fall could be yours.
2) MAKE SURE all cigarettes, & matches are"out"
3) Put off grease, oil or wax fire with chemical product or
salt or by smothering them. Water makes it worst by spreading it.
4) Extinguish quickly the burning clothes, by using any means
at hand, water, soft drink, your clothes, on the victim to
smother the flame, roll him in a blanket or carpet or on floor.
FIRE RESCUE:
1) While tempting to save a person in a building in fire do this:
A) Keep the doors closed. Don't open a door that is hot to the
touch, if you do you will find it in flame for there is a fire
raging on behind. So find another mean to reach the victim.
B) Cover your mouth & nose with a wet cloth to freshen the
air that you breath. Stay close to windows where air is
cooler.
C) Crawl near the floor where air is purer& cooler.
D) In the impossibility to get out, when the only issue is a
window, refrain from panic & don't jump, wait for help & make a
rope using sheets, then slide down.
If you have to jump then you can diminish the height by letting
yourself hung down at the end of your hands before jumping.
E) Try to persuade the caged persons not to jump. Organised
rescue can take time.
Throw a rope to the window or lean a ladder to it. Tell the
victim to tie a rope or blankets to a heavy piece, ex: bed, room,
heater, door knob.
SICKNESS DUE TO HEAT:
INSULATION:
Due to over exposition to sun (beach sun burns)!
HEAT STROKE:
Due to a long period in a very hot place or sun.
SYMPTOMS:
Agitation going to convulsion even to coma. Nausea Headache,
vomits, face congestion (red), skin very hot and dry.
1) Cool the victim as quickly as possible.
2) Transport him to a cool place & take off his clothes if
need be.
3) Water down his body with fresh water or put him in cool bath.
4) With a fan make air to circulate around the victim.
5) Don't give any stimulants
6) Lift head if face is congested.
EXHAUSTION BY HEAT:
Is result of excessive lost of body fluid & salt, during an
exposition to a very humid or hot temperature. Cramps can appear
in those conditions in the stomach & limb muscle.
SYMPTOMS:
Exhaustion, dizziness, staggering, loss of consciousness, nausea,
vomits or both, skin cold & damp, excessive transpiration
especially of the face and forehead, paleness, victim can
complain of being COLD.
1) Transport the victim in a cool place, preferably well
ventilated as well.
2) Lay him down, (head down if he is pale.)
3) Keep him a little warm if he complains of being cold.
4) Replace the liquid loss by making drink gulps of salted
water (2 tsp. of salt per quart of water)
5) Bring him to hospital.
COLD INJURY:
When working in cold, note that you MUST drink also just as
normal even though you may not feel the need, dehydration occurs
just as much in the cold as in the hot place.
Cold can cause chilblain up to complete body freezing. Chilblain
is a light frost byte, on small surface.
SYMPTOMS:
Pain or pricking followed by insensibility. The skin gets whiter
with a waxy appearance.
1) Outside: Warm up the frozen part with your body heat.
2) For the ears, nose, cheeks: Use your hand in or out of glove.
3) Warm up the fingers by placing them in pocket or under
armpit.
4) With frozen toes or heel: Put yourself in a shelter, take
off your shoes & sock & warm them up with your body heat. Once
they are unfrozen, put on dry socks then back in your shoes.
5) When the thawing starts, you feel a burning sensation, the
skin becomes red, painful & sensitive. Blister can appear, but
don't break them.
NOTE ABOUT COLD PREVENTION:
Eskimos & science has taught us that we loose 35 % of the heat by
the head uncovered, so cover up & you'll feel a lot warmer
quicker.
FROST BITE: (SEVERE)
SYMPTOMS:
Skin gets waxy white, flesh hardens don't ply to touch.
Articulations are all tense & tighten up.
FIRST-AID:
1) Bring the victim to nearest shelter.
2) Warm his limbs with your hands or warm blankets.
3) Give him hot drinks to warm him.
4) Don't place hot sources near his body, having loss his
sensitivity he may get burn.
5) Don't bend or stretch frozen limbs till they are
unfrozen.
6) As soon as unfrozen, encourage the victim to move his
toes & fingers to activate circulation & warmth.
7) To protect blisters cover them lightly with dry Dressing
GENERALIZED FROSTBITE:
The whole body exposed a long time to deep cold can bring death,
if not treated quickly.
SYMPTOMS:
1) Vision becomes blurry & mirages appear.
2) Victim feel frozen & exhausted.
3) Can fall for his desire to sleep, then fall into coma, then
death will follow.
FIRST-AID:
1) Make the victim walk, keep him awake until you have reach
a shelter.
2) If you can make him drink hot drinks.
3) In the shelter roll him up in hot blankets or keep him
in a hot room.
4) Frozen limbs MUST be treated as above.
5) If respiration ceases give A/R
6) URGENT to get medical aid
WARNINGS:
1) Don't rub frozen parts because rubbing can wound the skin &
frozen tissue.
2) Don't apply snow, for snow is colder then the frozen
tissue.
3) Don't apply any form of direct heat. Except body heat.
4) Don't bend nor stretch frozen limbs, because frozen
tissue will easily tear when frozen.
5) Because of danger for infection, don't break blisters.
PREVENTION:
Factors predisposing to frostbite are: old frostbite, illness,
hunger, old age, thirst, exhaustion, bad state of health. Avoid
to wear gloves, socks, boots too tight.
Remove all gloves or socks that are damp or wet. Maintain good
circulation by moving your hands and toes, stamping your feet,
lifting & lowering your arms while slapping your body.
NOTE:
Avoid cold feet by using sole newspaper, or hay. It absorbs
humidity, thus keeps feet warmmm!
FROSTBITE ADDED NOTES:*
Throughout the convalescence, wherever it takes places, give the
patient the best available food, maximum comfort & total rest.
Healing may be somewhat accelerated by a high protein diet
supplemented by multi-vitamin capsules.*
As treatment progress be sure to warn well in advance about the
dramatic appearance that his injured part is soon to have.
Even a well balanced and experienced northerner can loose his
moral fast unless he is prepared to accept philosophically the
blisters, discoloration and grisly necrosis of his fingers or
toes.
Furthermore, many an inexperienced doctor has been argued into
needless & tragic amputation of basically sound tissue as a
result of the hysterical pleadings of an unreasonable frostbite
patient.
Surgery is now considered as a last resort to be used only if
uncontrollable infection is present & then to be done only in a
hospital. Even minor surgery is to be avoided both on the field &
in hospital.
Most tissue which you feel should be removed will probably remove
itself much more effectively.
Then even the best surgeon can do it & with a saving of more
tissue, that may seem at all possible at the time when surgery
appeared to be necessary & unavoidable.
The worst looking hands or feet, if treated properly & patiently
will shed their shrivelled black shells painlessly like a glove
suddenly & unexpectedly, revealing a healthy, pink skin
underneath. Patience pays.
GANGRENE FOLK REMEDY:
As for gangrene, backwoods medicine Eskimos had this trick; they
would cover the wound with earth & clay mixed with a lot of
worms who would suck the "pus" off leaving a clean pink flesh
wound. You may have to resort to this method.
I don't know how or if it works, or how they had worms in winter,
but what have you got to loose to try if in desperate situation.
Blood suckers may do the trick as well, I am telling you this as
food for thought. There is also a folk medicine that gave
results, this is a long process however.
The person has to put raw graded potatoes all around the gangrene
part, then wrap it with a clean bandage, this is done many times
a day & for weeks until the wound is healed. You need a lot of
potatoes but the result is what counts.
Grated raw potato over the gangrene part repeated over and over
every hour for many weeks, will get rid of it and you will not
have to cut off toes or foot or hands.
Put this grated raw potato all around the limb and wrap the whole
thing with clean cloth or clean paper towel type.
FIRST-AID TREATMENT FOR FROZEN BODY SPECIAL NOTE:
It has been known for a long time that when Eskimos find one
person suffering from deep freezing they would get him naked
under furs or blankets & between 2 of their wives also naked.
A sort of human sandwich if you want, Their heat body would be
best to thaw quickly & safely the victim. No dirty mind story
rather true story of many polar explorers. (Not pole-her story!)
PREVENTION OF FROSTBITE ADD ON:
Overall physical well-being, good clothing&intelligent
operations in the field are by far the best insurance against
frostbite.
When you are exhausted, hungry, sick, injured or hypoxic your
chances of frostbite are increased.
SOME COLD TIPS: PSYCHOLOGY FILE:
An unhealthy proportion of accidents occurs because deep down
underneath, someone wants them to happen. A mishap may be a face-
saving excuses for some failure.
Very often it is deliberately willed because the individual
believes he should be punished
Now & then an accident offers the simplest excuse to escape
responsibility. Some use a misadventure as the easiest way to
attract attention.
But once someone definitely realizes that he cannot afford an
accident, the percentage line up heavily against the probability
of one overtaking him.
If you want to survive you most likely will. If not; then you
wont!
This is why it has been seen that people will deliberately
destroy good equipment whereas other will improvise to survive
and help others.
EMERGENCY CHILDBIRTH:
In the impossibility to transport a woman in labour in a hospital
or satisfactory place, call immediately a doctor & ask a woman to
help you.
Let the woman on her back, if you MUST move her then carry her.
Put her outside people's view.
Since cleanliness is ESSENTIAL; wash very very well your hands if
you can, use also a hand or finger brush if you can.
The important point is the manipulation of the baby. Hold him UP
at the moment when he starts to birth.
Clean his face with a clean cloth so that you clean his mouth &
nose & permit him /her to breath.
Most babies cry at birth and start to breath. But they all have
in the mouth & nose some liquids that MUST come off.
Lift up the new born by the feet; place your left hand index
between his ankles, having your thumb around one ankle & your
other 3 fingers around the other ankle.
With the right hand, support the shoulders, neck & head of the
baby.
THE BODY OF A NEW BORN IS VERY SLIPPERY & YOU MUST USE YOUR 2
HANDS, TO DO A SAFE JOB.
Wrap the new-born in what is at hand, blankets, coat etc. then
lay him down on his side, on the mother's abdomen facing her
feet.
YOU MUST TAKE CARE NOT TO PULL ON THE UMBILICAL CORD, which still
ties the mother to the child.
Touch it as little as possible. The cordon & the placenta (what
follows) are usually #expulsed# from the mother's womb about 20
minutes after the child birth.
Don't let it fall in a dirty place but wrap it with the new born,
it is not very clean but it is safe.
DON'T CUT THE UMBILICAL CORD, because you could give infection to
the new born, with contaminated blades or the child could bleed
to death if the umbilical cord is not well tied up.
There is no reason for alarm if after a few hours, the placenta
is still not #expulsed#. (OUT)
You can then transport the mother and the child on the condition
that the baby is solidly wrapped on the mother's abdomen.
During the first hour after child-birth, haemorrhage danger is
ALWAYS present.
The quantity of blood coming along with a childbirth ALWAYS
scares the inexperienced persons, but it is normal.
So relax. The haemorrhage happens when the uterus's muscles don't
contract.
The baby's weight upon the mother's abdomen favours this
contraction that can also be helped by light massage.
At the touch just under the navel, the uterus MUST give the
impression of a firm organ. Check often with the hand, if it
stays firm.
Check the baby often, to see if he breathes. It may be needed to
lift him up many times to make him cry & help him to disengage
his nose & mouth & respiratory channels. Keep him warm.
The rescuer MUST reassure the mother while reducing his
intervention to a minimum in the natural process of child-birth.
He verifies if the baby breathes & manipulates him as little as
possible.
You MUST be as clean as possible, according to circumstance when
you assist a mother in child-birth.
If you MUST cut the umbilical cord, use sterile blade. Cut it
about 3 inches, after the baby, using this extra length to make a
good knot. Otherwise he could bleed to death.
WARNING:
ALWAYS wait till the umbilical cord has turned into a white
colour before cutting.
NEVER CUT BEFORE 3 TO 5 MINUTES OF CHILD BIRTH.
EYES & FOREIGN OBJECTS:
The most often foreign objects getting in the eyes are: Dust or
sand particles, ashes, glass or metal pieces, contact lens. They
can be on the surface or stuck in the eye.
SYMPTOMS:
1) Pricking sensation increased by eye movement.
2) Tears 3) Excessive sensitivity to the light.
First-AID:
1) Prevent the victim to rub his eyes.
2) Wash your hands carefully before examining the sick eye.
3) Don't use rigid instruments (tooth picks, match etc.)
while trying to remove the foreign object.
4) To remove an object on the surface, drown the eye with a
count- drops or a water flask filled with salted water.
5)Don't try to remove yourself an imbedded object in the eye.
6) Contact lens: Tell the victim to remove it herself.
7) If eye pupil is wounded, apply a light sterile dressing
on it.
8) Bring the victim to hospital without delay.
9) It is best to cover both eyes, in order to reduce friction
by the "normal eye movement.
FLASHES:
Dazzling or blindness due to sun.
SYMPTOMS:
1) Burning sensation even to intense pain.
2) Reddening of the eyes
3) Swelling
4) Photophobia (fear of light)
5) Symptoms can delay their appearance &occur suddenly in
the middle of a deep sleep.
PREVENTION: Avoid dazzling by wearing good sunglasses.
FIRST- AID:
1) Keep the victim in a dark place.
2) Apply a loose bandage on both eyes.
3) Bring to hospital.
4) Do not use eye drops.
5) Bath with wet cloth.
6) Do not expose to bright light.
7) Improvement should be noted in 24 hours.
8) But don't allow victim to expose to bright light soon
after or blindness may reoccur.
EYE PROBLEMS:
Try to see the object by holding a mirror close. Try to remove
gently object with tip of moistened handkerchief, have someone
else do it if possible.
Do not try to remove any object that is firmly embedded in eye.
Blinking may remove small surface object.
Blowing the nose very hard may help. Flush with clean water from
side toward nose. If nothing helps, lightly bandage both eyes of
victim, go for help.
If you are the victim rest several hours, then check sight. If
troubles persist & you MUST have help, keep injured eye bandaged,
go for help.
GLASSES LOSS, BROKEN, BLURRY VISION; TIP:
Pinhole in paper, held close to the eyes will make it possible to
read map etc.
Hopefully if you loose your glasses you will have read this tip
beforehand and also carry an extra pair of glasses.
CARE OF THE EYES:
Nature has provided your eyes with a most effective germ killer,
your tears. A tear will kill most bacteria & is a defence for
your eyes.
Despite this natural protection your eyes may suffer from glare
or from entry of a particle of dust or sand.
To protect your eyes from glare, tie a bootlace, or a thin strip
of bark or some dark-coloured material, or fire-wood soot across
your face just BELOW your eyes.
This will break the glare from the ground & give you almost
immediate relief for eyes. If a particle of dust or sand enters
the eyes don't rub the particular affected.
Rub the opposite eye, it will stimulate the flow of tears & this
will help wash out the irritating matter. Or try cupping water in
your hands & immerse your sore eye in the cupped water, it's
generally effective.
EAR ACHE:
1) Put a bag of ice or hot water bottle on the ear to ease the
pain.
2) Permanent ear-ache result probably from an infection
and requires medical aid.
FOREIGN OBJECTS IN EAR:
Beans, peas, seed, insects. Etc.
1) Don't put any instrument in the ear.
2) Drown the insect by filling the ear with hot water or oil.
(Not too hot) 3) Bring to hospital.
NOSE & FOREIGN OBJECTS:
1) Don't blow your nose strongly.
2) Bring to hospital.
THROAT:
Objects such as: Piece of food, fish-bone, false-teeth.
SYMPTOMS:
Difficulty to: Swallow, vomits, suffocation signs.
1) Remove the object if possible & visible.
2) Do the Artificial Respiration if breathing stops.
3) If impossible to remove the object call ambulance.
4) You can also try strong slap between the shoulder blades.
5) If need be you can try the "Heimlich-Hug" *
STOMACH & ABDOMEN:
(From swallowing loose change, needles etc.)
FIRST- AID: Don't give any laxatives.
ABDOMINAL PAINS:
1) Send to hospital, case could be serious.
2) Don't give any laxative.
3) Don't give any food.
TOOT ACHE:Prevention: Brush teeth, See dentist regularly.
1) If tooth is rotten, clean cavity with tooth- pick rolled in
cotton wool, then fill the cavity with a piece of cotton wool
dipped in Clove essence.
2) If its not rotten put on what best relief (hot or cold).
3) Send to dentist.
4) Have him breath alcohol by the nostril opposite to the
tooth ache.
5) Alcohol on cotton and sniffed through the nose relieves it.
DIABETES:
Those who need help usually suffer from excess insulin in their
blood. Most diabetes patients carry medical ID card. Also often
carry sugar or candies to correct them.
SYMPTOMS:
1) Fainting or weakening.
2) Transpiration.
3) Short & weak breathing.
FIRST- AID:
If victim conscious, have him take sugar, candies.
ANIMAL BITES:
It can cause tetanus & rabies. Human bites can cause a persisting
infection.
1) Treat the bite as normal wound.
2) If you doubt rabies, try to identify the animal & call the
police. Don't kill the animal but give it for observation.
LEECHES OFF:
TO TAKE THEM OFF, powder it with salt, or rub it with dry sand.
Or use the burning end of a cigarette close to it, they will let
go without problems.
CONTUSIONS: (Not Confusion?)
The skin is not broken, but the tissues can be wounded & damaged
veins can cause swelling; put cold compress or ice on the
swelling to reduce it diminish bleeding & relieve the pain.
THE GRAND ARM SLING (g/a/s): *
Place an end of the triangular bandage around the victim's neck
letting it pass over the shoulder on the wounded side while the
other end fall on the chest. Slide then tip of the bandage under
& lower then the elbow of the wounded arm.
The bandage base MUST just reach the finger tips. The tip of the
bandage is brought back & attached to the other end on top of the
shoulder using a flat knot.
This knot is to be located in the hollow of the collar-bone on
the side of the wound.
During all that time, the elbow of the wounded arm is maintained
at right angle & the arm is supported either by the victim
herself or by an assistant. We use this g/a/s/ for elbow or
forearm wounds.
THE SMALL ARM-SLING:*
Place the wide bandage under the wrist of the injured arm in such
way that one of his side is at the base of the little finger.
Pass one of the bandage's ends around the victim's neck & let it
fall on the shoulder of the wounded side.
Pass the other end over the wrist of the injured arm & attach the
two ends using a flat knot* since the use of flat knot ALWAYS
goes with slings.
This knot is placed in the hollow of the neck over the collar-
bone on the wounded side. This sling is used for wounds of the
upper arm.
ST. JOHN SLING: *
Place the wounded forearm in diagonal over the chest, the fingers
pointing toward the other shoulder.
Put over the arm a triangular bandage where the tip will be at
the elbow & one hand will go over the intact shoulder. The
superior side of the bandage MUST be parallel to the forearm.
Slide the bandage base well over the forearm. Bring back the tip
bottom end backward & tie the 2 tips in the hollow of the neck
just over the collar-bone of the healthy side.
MAKE SURE that a well shape pocket supports the arm comfortably.
Roll up the bandage tip around the elbow & pin it at the back of
the arm.
WARNING!:
Since the bent elbow could hinder the blood circulation of the
forearm, the pulse of this side MUST be frequently verify.
Too thick clothing at the elbow is usually the cause for bad
blood circulation.
TRIANGULAR BANDAGE NOTE:*
This bandage is useless if not applied very strongly.
If you wet it before use, it will shrink a bit while drying thus
exercise this way an equal pressure.
IMPROVISED SLINGS:
You can use the side of coat or a shirt with or without safety
pins, a necktie, or using the uninjured one to support the sick
one.
SHOULDER SLING:
Hold up the arm on the wounded side with a small sling. Put a
triangular bandage open on the dressing, the tip under the knot's
sling.
Make a narrow crease at the base of the bandage & cross them in
their ends around the upper part of the arm, then knot them on
the exterior side. Bring back the tip over the shoulders knot &
tie it strongly.
HEAD DRESSING:
Place a narrow hem at the base of the triangular bandage, place
the centre of the base on the forehead just over the eyebrows,
the bandage covering the head, the tip end toward the neck.
Pass the ends around the head above the ears & cross them on the
nape of the neck maintaining the tip end underneath.
Bring back the crossed ends towards the forehead, knotting them
on the forehead above the bandage base. Pull the end well ahead &
pin it to the bandage.
EYE, EAR, CHEEK, FOREHEAD:
Put the centre of a narrow bandage over the dressing & roll it
around the head, knotting the ends, if possible over the dressing
CHEST OR BACK:
Put the tip of the bandage over one shoulder, letting fall the
bandage over the chest.
Bring back the ends around the body, & knot them so that the knot
is under the shoulder where the point is located.
Now it remains a long end that you bring back toward the shoulder
that you attach at the tip of the bandage. Use the same procedure
for a back dressing.
ELBOW:
Usually it is not necessary to use a triangular bandage that is
open to maintain a dressing on the elbow. Bring back the 2 ends
together to reduce them by half
Bend lightly the elbow, apply the dressing & put the bandage
folded end toward the exterior of the arm over the elbow.
Turn the ends around the forearm, crossing them in the elbow
crease, then bring them back behind the arm, above the elbow.
Knot the ends, fold the end over the knot & pin it.
HAND:
Make a narrow fold at the base of the open bandage. Put the hand
on the bandage, wound on top, fingers toward the point & the
wrist at the centre of the base. Bring back the end over the hand
up to the forearm.
Fold the sides on one side or the other of the hand & arm. Cross
the ends & turn them around the wrist; knot the ends. Bring back
the end over the knot & pin it.
HIP:
Put a narrow bandage around the waist, knotting the ends on the
wounded side. Slide the tip of open triangular bandage under this
knot, letting the bandage fall back on the hip.
Fold narrowly the base & bring back the ends around the thigh, so
that you knot them on the exterior side. Slide the tip point of
the bandage over the knot of the belt & pin it.
KNEE:
Put the open triangular bandage on the knee, the point toward the
upper of the thigh. Fold slightly the base & turn the ends around
the leg below the knee.
Cross the ends behind the knee & bring them back over the thigh &
below the knee, knot them, bring back the point over the knot &
pin.
FOOT:
Place the foot on the open bandage, the toes toward the point &
the heel at about 3 inches from the base.
Bring back the point over the foot up to the leg. Fold the
bandage sides on each side of the foot.
Cross the ends on the foot, turn them around the ankle over the
base of the bandage of the heel. Knot them at the front of the
leg over the ankle & pint it.
FOOT TROUBLE PREVENTION:
Nothing can spoil more surely an outdoor trip then trouble with
the feet.
This usually dilemma can often be relieved on the trail by the
prompt use of the small ready-made gauze dressing centred on bits
of adhesive tape.
If you feel a spot starting to become tender, stop & cover it
with as many Band-Aids, as may be needed.
One is usually sufficient, but you will tell best after you start
walking again.
Frequently, the danger & annoyance of blistering can thus be
avoided. Even after these vesicles have appeared a properly
applied dry dressing will many times prevent further friction, &
left on will allow the spot to harden.
It is A MISTAKE to cover a blistered heel with an adhesive tape,
as many do, for healthful air is thus excluded and the area
beneath is kept moist and soft without any chance to toughen.
If there are already breaks in the skin an infection has all the
more opportunity to develop as we have seen happen on more than
one occasion.
CARE OF THE FEET:
It is VITALLY IMPORTANT to take proper care of your feet on a
walking trip.
A small blister can rub away & become a raw spot & you will be
immobilised & your progress be painful & slow.
If the feet show signs of being tender, the skin can be toughened
up by urinating on the feet.
When blisters threaten or develop, sticking Band-Aids will
prevent their further development, & offer immediate relief.
BEST TREATMENT FOR A BLISTER:
When is has already formed is to thread a piece of clean cotton
through the blistered skin, cutting off the thread 1/4" on either
side of its point of entry.
This will drain the fluid from the blister but prevent the air
from entering. Cover the blister with clean bandage.
INGROWING TOENAILS:
Are another cause of foot trouble.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF CAN BE OBTAINED by scraping the top of the
toenail either with a file, rasp, the sharp edge of a knife or
even a piece of broken glass.
The top of the nail should be scraped until it is sufficiently
thin to be easily depressed with the tip of your finger.
CORNS:
Of course, can be pared down, but a reputable make of corn Band-
Aids & avoiding tight-fitting shoes, is the best way to keep free
from these troubles and all kinds of others as well.
TWISTED ANKLES:
Are common ailments in rocky country.
If the twist is not too severe, the best thing is to keep on the
move, gradually getting the ankle into working order through
exercise.
If the twist is severe, sufficient to make the walker completely
immobile.
Alternate bathing with very hot water & cold water will stimulate
the blood flow & give the patient some relief.
After this treatment, apply a tight bandage & the patient should
be able to limp along.
When walking along river courses, it's not advisable to remove
your boots. It is slippery and bare foot will make you fall. Best
keep wet then broken or twisted ankle or foot.
FISH-HOOK IN SKIN:
HOW TO REMOVE IT?: The classical method is to thrust deeper the
hook until the hook-head bypass the skin, then to cut it or saw
it.
But I believe in a less painful & easier way to proceed. You
weigh upon the hook firmly. The hook-end that has already made
its way will do the reverse trip without hooking again.
To help its evacuation, we use a fish-line passed in the hook
curve, that way we can pull uniformly. If you are alone tie the
fish-line to something in order to do the pulling-job
DIGESTIVE UPSETS:
Ask your doctor about a prescription of Paregoric* tablets for
possible use in quieting the system after a severe digestive
upset.
Once the body has had the time to expel the causes. Infectious
food carried maladies thrive only in crowded area, not in bush.
So if you stop at any doubtful or overly busy eating places It
would be wise neither to drink water there nor to order cold nor
raw food.
It would be best also to eat only meat that is well done all the
way through.
Ground meat can be especially dangerous.
Safest choice are bottle drinks, black tea made on the spot with
boiling water
FOOD POISONING:
In severe food poisoning verging on collapse, one treatment is to
wash out the stomach with a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate,
1/4 teaspoon to a glass of cool water. Drink 2 glasses of this
right one on top of each other.
This may be vomited or it may pass right through. Sometimes
nothing else is necessary, except perhaps a restricted diet of
weak tea & dry toast for the next day.
If troubles continue, it will be necessary to retard the
intensity of the bowel movement, so as to permit the building up
of a concentration of medication.
You do this with *Paregoric carried in your kit easily in form of
tiny 10 minim tablets, of which a vial of 24 uses very little
space.
An adult may take 2 or 3 tabs every 4 to 6 hours, for as long as
the need continues.
If there was a moderate reoccurrence of diarrhoea after a 4 hours
period, one or 2 tab might do.
Your Doctor may suggest to include 2 or 3 dz. 1/2gr. tablets of
Sulfathadine or Sulfaguanidine.
You could take 4 tabs of either. The desired effect is of course,
only symptomatic, for Paregoric combats not the cause, but the
digestive irritability.
Vomiting at the onset might pose a problem. The individual might
be able to hold down the initial dose of paregoric long enough
for sufficient to be absorbed to check the vomiting
Otherwise the cycle could be broken by holding under the tongue
until absorbed a 1/4gr. Morphine Sulphate hypo-tablet.
The trouble itself could then be attacked by one of the largely
non-soluble *Sulfas.
Incidentally, the formerly widely recommended purge of Calomel or
some similar purgative is no longer approved, for taking a
cathartic would be therefore be sort of like whipping a jaded
horse.
If the trouble continues, you might reasonably assume:
1) Either the medication is not hitting.
2) It hasn't reached the area affected.
3) There is not sufficient concentration.
Normally, 2 more tabs could then be repeated in 4 to 6 hours. If
these still don't act, 2 more could be repeated in another 4 to 6
hours.
In the bush you might give 3 or 4 tries then go to something else
such as penicillin if available.
Once cured it is often well to stay on light ration such as weak
tea & toast for a day, while replenishing in repeated small
amounts of slightly salted water the often critically depleted
fluid level of the body, dehydration & salt depletion being major
dangers in such upset.
PENICILLIN:
Penicillin can now be taken orally & be just as effective if not
more so than shots administrated intramuscularly, which is why
your doctor may suggest you taking along a supply of oral
penicillin, perhaps in combination with one or more of the safer
*Sulfa drugs.
Because of their qualities of absorption some of these penicillin
compounds should as directed be taken before meals.
A bottle of 50 tablets occupies very little room. The standard
tablet contains about 250,000 units of penicillin, the average
dose for infection with fever then being one tablet, 4 to 6 hours
apart, 3 or 4 times a day.
In case of pneumonia to give an example; a usual treatment would
be 1 tablet 3 or 4 times a day as directed.
This is to be continued until there was a definite response- a
clinical improvement that is.
Particularly the all important one signified by the dropping of
fever. This a reason why a good thermometer belongs in a F/Aid
kit.
As soon as the temperature remains normal for 12 hours the dosage
might be halved for 2 days.
A reason for not stopping it immediately is that when the
infection is not adequately treated but only suppressed, it may
flare up again.
If some infections were likely as a result perhaps of a bad cut,
a sound preventive step might be to go on 1/2 dosage for 3 days.
A more serious situation as in the instance of a compound
fracture would call for a full dosage.
Penicillin is known to have some effect in combating Tetanus.
It might be preventively used therefore, if there seems to be
even a remote possibility of tetanus as from gunshot wound or
from a deep puncture wound contaminated by soil, clothing etc.
It is not advisable to take antibiotics for long periods. A week
is long enough.
If there is no response by then, the particular antibiotic is
probably doing no good & may as well be quit anyway.
BLEEDING AND CONTROL:
The commonest outdoor injuries are cuts followed by sprains &
strains, bruises and then fractures. Hands & fingers are hurt
most often, then feet and toes then legs next.
One of 4 injuries reported is caused by hand tools such as axes &
knives. These later are the most immediately serious whenever
accompanied by heavy bleeding, for this MUST BE STOP AT THE
EARLIEST POSSIBLE SECOND.
Even when a severe artery is no larger than the graphite of a
pencil, an individual can last no more than a few minutes at most
if its bleeding is not stopped.
Pressing a clean & preferably sterile dressing over the wound
will usually control the bleeding if sufficient pressure is
applied.
This usually can be done, especially with the assistance if
necessary of elastic bandages used as previously described. **
If you don't have any then press firmly & strongly against the
nearest pressure point. **
The blood supply to an entire arm can be shut off by pressing
just behind the ridge to be felt on the inner side of the armpit
beneath the raised arm.
THE LARGE FEMORAL ARTERY OF THE LEG CAN BE CONTROLLED BY:
Gripping the leg near the body & drawing the fingers about half
way down the inner surface where they will find a slight
depression at whose bottom throbs this great arterial trunk.
Incidentally the blood vessels of the lower leg can often be
closed by pressing under the flexed knee between the 2 major
tendons in that area.
If the bleeding still continues dangerously, the next step is to
apply a tourniquet to the elevated limb.
Any preferably flat material will do for this, but particularly
efficacious is a resilient 2" wide rubber strip about 5 feet
long.
INDIGESTION:
Use 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water, not to be
repeated more than 2 or 3 times a day.
And definitively not to be used habitually often helps to ease
the discomfort of acid indigestion & heartburn.
1/2 table spoon of baking soda in a glass of water will serve as
mouth-wash or a gargle.
Plain ordinary table salt, a rounded teaspoon in a quart of warm
water taken preferably on an empty stomach will serve as a purge.
CLEANLINESS & FOOD:
Cleanliness of eating utensils is very important. These should be
washed immediately after a meal & left exposed if possible to
sunlight after washing it.
If there is any doubt about your meat being safe to eat then
assume it's bad, rather then take chances.
THE SAFEST WAY TO CARRY MEAT IS TO COOK IT PARTLY WHILE YOU KNOW
ITS STILL FRESH & SAFE.
Cooking will destroy harmful bacteria of decay, for a period.
Such items as mixed meat as sausages are best cooked before you
leave home & then carried in the fat in which they were cooked.
This will preserve it for 4 days to 1 week depending of the
weather.
MAGGOTS TO HELP HEALING WOUNDS & PREVENT INFECTIONS:
In "the savage my kinsman; E. Eliot who spent 50 years as
missionary among Auca Indians of S. America writes this:
"There were several people who displayed deep scars from spear
wounds. They described her how they had been pierced. They had
either yanked out the spears tearing the flesh badly on the
barbs, or left them IN until the wound festered and maggots ate
a hole large enough to enable them to remove the spears. The
scars in these cases were as neat as a surgical incision.
The maggots in the wounds had fed on the pus-forming germs &
stopped an infection spreading
When there were no more pus-former, the maggots died & fell off."
One could try maggots in case of Gangrene before cutting.
We heard of the same phenomenon from a German woman doctor who
worked on the Eastern front during the war; many soldiers refused
to have a new dressing put on, saying:
"We are all right, we have got maggots." In the cold winter the
maggots also had the effect of keeping the wound warm all the
time, so that frost-bite could not set in.
MAGGOTS AS PENICILLIN:
IN THE OLD DAYS MAGGOTS WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY TO ELIMINATE WOUND
POISONING SINCE THERE WAS NO PENICILLIN ETC. IT STILL WORKS TODAY
DESPITE WHAT THE DOCTOR MAY SAY.
Also to wash the wound in salted water, slat is a natural
antiseptic, or better in sea water will kill germs and LOWER
TREMENDOUSLY ANY RISK OF POST OPERATION INFECTIONS.
SPECIAL FILE IN F-AID FOR COLD PROBLEMS:
At -10F. & lower, I have seen a friend with a bathing suit
rolling & laughing in the snow quite comfortably, but if the
temperature rises to -5F or 0F. he was freezing.
The reason he said was that at -10F the humidity is nil and that
the snow feels like hot sand in mid-june.
You may have to try it, should you fall into a river or lake due
to a hot spot, to roll yourself in the snow to dry up.
COLD PROBLEMS & REMEDIES:
FROSTBITE & HEAT UNITS PAD:
If you have those heating pads, hand-warmer type but only a few,
you can place them in the following order; the pit of the
stomach, the small of the back, the wrist & between thighs and
ankles.
While the units are being warmed or not available, strip the
patient of his clothing & place 2 naked persons on each side of
the patient keeping them well covered by blankets.
Massaging the patient will help raise his temperature. If the
shelter is lower than 70F, this should be done through the
sleeping bag, by reaching the hand down in the s/bag. If the
person is conscious, stimulation can be helped by hot drinks.
In treatment of hypothermia, avoid the use of alcohol as the
surface blood vessels open up allowing warmth to escape, even
though the patient may feel warmer
HYPOTHERMIA & FROSTBITE:
Hypothermia may be avoided by conserving body heat & energy. (Ex:
keep head covered).
MAKE CERTAIN that starting a journey, all ESSENTIALS are
included, that a proper meal has been eaten & clothing has not
been permitted to become damp from perspiration or that clothing
was damp at the start of the journey.
HYPOTHERMIA IS THE PRELUDE TO FROSTBITE, which is the actual
freezing of the living tissue. Usually experienced by feeling of
numbness of the part affected.
The skin turns yellowish-white or blue in appearance & finally
the area becomes inactive.
3 DEGREES OF FROSTBITE:
FIRST: It is distinguish by the yellowish-white colour the
fact that the area remains elastic.
SECOND & THIRD DEGREE:
Frostbite can only be determined as the thawing takes place.
During the thawing process blisters will appear on the second
degree.
IN THE THIRD DEGREE:
Ice will appear on the surface and the area will swell
proportionately as the thawing continues.
The swelling will discolour as the tissue has been destroyed. In
some cases the outer skin will come off & an odour will be
noticed. This is an indication of gangrene presence.
In treating frostbite of any degree, the first step is to seek
shelter. First degree may be thawed by placing the warm bare hand
over the affected area.
AVOID RUBBING to prevent the breaking of the skin. 2nd and 3rd
degree frostbite to treat as hypothermia.
The heating units should be placed on the unfrozen area. Hot
drinks should be given &a mild form of heat applied to the frozen
area.
This may be done by immersing the frozen portion in warm but not
hot water, or the use of wet compress. Theses should be changed
frequently as they may freeze to the skin when first applied.
If a compress freezes to the skin, DON'T pull it off, but gently
thaw out by using the hand or other compress.
Care MUST be taken with blisters rising from 2nd degree
frostbite.
DON'T BRAKE THEM as they is a danger of infection causing a delay
in healing. These blisters MUST be given adequate protection if
going out in the cold.
In attempting to thaw a third degree frostbite, ice appears on
the surface of the frozen portion.
AVOID BREAKING IT OFF as it usually results in breaking the
surface skin. The pain usually becomes severe as sensitivity is
restored to the frozen area.
The patient may have to be restrained but the area MUST be
thawed. After the area has thawed completely, the area should be
covered with sterile bandages.
These should be applied in good quantity & rather firmly. They
will be required to absorb considerable matter and may require
loosening if swelling occurs.
If an arm or a leg are the frozen members, circulation may be
helped by elevating that member to 20 degrees.
Examine the area the following the thawing and if infection is
starting, antibiotics should be given if available to keep the
infection from spreading.
Frostbite should be prevented rather than be cured. For ex; A
location where wind velocity of 30 mph at temperature of 30F. can
freeze the human flesh in 1/2 minute, & it's no place for
ignorance, carelessness or bragging.
Fingers, feet, ears, nose and cheeks are most susceptible to
frostbite.
So if 2 or more people are together, they MUST frequently check
one another for signs of yellowish-white colour or numbness in
these areas. If alone be doubly suspicious.
Frostbite can be prevented by being prepared for sudden change of
wind, velocity or temperature. Dressing for emergency rather then
just counting on the car or plane heat.
Clothing should be vented to avoid perspiration. AVOID also
touching metal with bare skin, keep out of head-winds.
The most effective F-AID measure where possible is: to thaw a
frozen foot or hand slowly in a warm bath.***
SNOW BLINDNESS:
It's a temporary form of blindness caused by a concentration of
direct or reflected sun's rays, from fresh snow or ice.
It occurs most frequently during the spring or early summer when
the sun is high in the sky. The eyes become very sensitive to the
glare & start squinting & watering. The vision starts to a pink
to a red and the eyes appear to have sand & ground glass in them.
If nothing is done to correct the situation, vision will be
blanked out completely & the person will be in excruciating pains
for 3 to 4 days.
Fast immediate relief before too late, to apply dark cloth or
dark colour grease or soot just below the eye. The patient should
be place in a dark room or have his eyes covered with a
blindfold.
Cool compress may be applied followed by Skyrotien being placed
on the inside of the eyelid.
Again prevention is better then cure. Wear sunglasses or goggles
made of cloth, wood, paper but not from metal. The same
precaution is to be taken even when the sun is overcast.
SUNBURN AND WINDBURN:
All exposed parts of the body are subjected to sun and windburn.
The higher the altitude the more effective is the sun on the
skin, and the wind combines with the sun to aggravate the
situation.
Oily lotions & suntan lotions will help prevent the skin from
drying out. Failing to have these on hand, the uses of oil from
freshly killed animal fats are useful in emergency.
Theses should be applied the night before as they increase the
heat dissipation.
THE BEST PREVENTION IN SURVIVAL IS MINIMUM EXPOSURE.
(You are not in a beauty contest.)
SHOCK IN COLD CLIMATE:
Shock is apt to occur after an accident & may appear in 2 forms.
The one involves panic, hysteria, mental anxiety & confusion. The
other is the result of body injury, wounds etc.
It is recognize by a quickening of the respiration, a pallor of
the skin, cold perspiration, confused mental processes, a fast
weak pulse or muscle tensions.
Shock is not peculiar to Arctic, yet cold temperatures make it
more difficult to treat. When burns & frostbite occur the plasma
oozes from the wounds & if internal injury occurs there is a
decrease in the amount of blood in the system.
This deprives the heart of its normal supply of blood & thus the
extremities are more susceptible to cooling down & freezing.
The cooling of the extreme regions of the body has a tendency for
the blood to return to the vital organs thus aggravating the
situation.
TREATMENT:
For such condition is similar to that of hypothermia, to restore
the body to its normal temperature by protection from the cold,
applying external heat & massaging.
Shock in the more or less dazed form should be treated with
sympathy, humane and understanding rather then harsh full and
critical.
DIARRHOEA:
While not peculiar to Arctic, it often besets survivors. It can
be serious in that it lowers a person's resistance & defecation
is no small problem
THE BEST TREATMENT IS to drink plenty of liquids to replace the
loss.
Diarrhoea can be prevented & even somewhat controlled by
relieving mental strain and maintaining a high degree of
sanitation as possible by cleaning all cooking & eating utensils
thoroughly & boiling any water used for drinking.
The amount of fat & rich food consumed should be in small
quantities.A person should not be concerned if they go for a
week or longer without shitting.
This is usually due to the limited intake of rough food & the
tension experienced in attempting to survive.
When food becomes available after discovering an aircraft drop or
after a rescue, only small quantities of food should be taken at
any one time to avoid discomfort.
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING:
This a DEADLY GAS resulting from the incomplete combustion of
synthetic fuels. It may be fatal, if found in the air
concentrations greater than 400 of 1% .
It is colourless, odourless, & tasteless bringing on headache
drowsiness, nausea followed by unconsciousness and death in a
very short time.
It can be prevented by maintaining good ventilation at all times,
cleaning stoves and carburettors well before they are lighted.
Lamps and stoves should NEVER be left burning when sleeping.
If ventilation is poor or it's necessary to have heat supplied
during the night, natural fuel should be used if at all possible.
This gas burns with a blue flame if completes combustion takes
place. If a yellow flame is being generated, the stove should be
checked.
PERSONAL HYGIENE:
People who are away from civilization have a tendency to reduce
their personal habits of cleanliness.
Most of these are relaxed because of the tension in attempting to
survive & yet CLEANLINESS IS 1 OF THE ESSENTIALS FOR COMFORT &
WARMTH OF THE BODY.
Perspiration of the body is greater during survival than at other
times.
If body oils & accumulation of wastes are permitted to build up
in the surface of the skin, they become conductors of heat that
should be retained by the body.
This can be removed by the use of a rag a foot square, a bowl of
water & some soap. As many of the clothing should be removed as
possible & the body sponged.
If no water is available, rubbing the body with a wool rag will
have somewhat the same results. It will be found necessary to
have such a bath at least once a week.
FUR TEETH & MOUTH TROUBLE:
If no tooth brush, a piece of cloth on the finger can be used to
clean teeth & massage the gum.
A mouth-wash of salt & water can be used as gargle and feathers
are excellent tooth-pick. Great care should be done in the use of
toilet facilities.
DISEASES FROM ANIMALS:
In the North 3 parasitic diseases exist in some animals that may
be transmitted to human. The hare or rabbits may have one called:
Tularaemia.
Care MUST be done while cleaning those animals as infection can
be transmitted through a cut or open sore.
Trichinosis is a disease found in pigs in many parts of the
world. The bear is also a carrier of disease. Hydatid is a
parasite carried by dog, wolves, fox and moose. (Not by Moses)
In all cases the meat of these animals can be eaten without
danger if the meat has been well cooked. Some fresh water fishes
may be heavily infected with tape worm.
Most salt water fishes can be eaten raw, but it's much better to
cook the flesh well.
VASELINE: Have in s/kit via its many uses: to cook, smear etc.
MEDICINAL PLANTS NOTES:
OLD SCIENCE MEDICAL PLANTS SEE MEDICAL PLANT**
More than 250 plants were know in the old days in Egypt for their
curative healing effects
The most know were of course the *#genevievre, sene, fenouil# and
analgesic effects of the #pavot# as the *belladonna is
used against cold & #athsma#.
We find the quinine to fight *#paludism# and coca as pain killer.
This a field which needs more information and work*.**
If you have the possibility to grow your own plants that will be
used for medicinal purposes the results will be far better since
the potency of them is greater when they are fresh.
MAKE SURE that you wash your plants very well especially those
that you have gathered in the wild state since they could have
been sprayed with insecticide.
WARNING!:
Any natural or synthetic plants or substances can cause an
allergy this is why one should be careful at first and give it a
kind of dry run before going berserk on using it on him or anyone
else.
Test it first by using a small quantity then wait for 3 days at
least.If after this delay nothing has happened then you can
use it without fear.
If there is an allergy then don't use it but it still can be good
for others however. The most used forms to prepare & used these
plants are these:
INFUSION:
Pour 1/2 litre of boiling water on 2 tbsp. of dry leaves.
Let infuse 10 minutes before drinking or 3 hours if you are going
to use it for external usage.
DECOCTION:
Same proportions as above but heat it up on LOW heat in a pot
with its cover on for 5 to 10 minutes.
#UNGUENT#:
You need 1/5 of crushed powdered herbs for 4/5 of fat or grease
that has no odour, one could use vaseline or some other
shortening but MAKE SURE it has no perfume of any kind.
This grease or fat is melted by low heat then you add the herb(s)
that you mix well together then you will add a few drops of
*Benjon teinture to help the preservation. If you were to use it
right away then you can do it without.
AROMATIC OIL:
Prepared with #petal# from fresh flowers or any other odorous
plants that you let #macerer# in pure oil that has no odour
whatever otherwise it will not work.
After one or two days you throw away the #petal# and replace
them by fresher flowers.
This procedure is repeated 7 to 8 times until the oil has
acquired an odour or aroma as strong as the original plant that
you wanted the scent from.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR PRESERVATION:
The infusion and decoction* MUST be kept in the fridge or very
cool place and used within the first 3 days, after that you
better throw them away and make new ones.
As for the oils & #unguents# they can be kept for many months on
the condition that they are kept in a cool and dark place.
NOTE:
The dried plants MUST be kept in a dark fresh cool place into
tightly sealed containers. Used any containers with the exception
of metallic ones especially aluminium.
#ROMARIN#:
The Romans thought it was good for the memory. When applied by
cold infusion on the hair it fights dandruff.
ALOE: *
Already used by the native Indians to fight wrinkles and the loss
of hair. The liquid that comes from the leaves soothes the small
burns & bugs bites.
Just break off a leave and gather the jelly like sap and smear it
on the burn or sting.
The leave can be kept for a while in a fridge, its sap can also
be used for a mild case of skin irritation.
BASILIC: *
According to the Indian monk its strong scent favours the
meditation. It also helps to repel mosquitoes and bugs and drunk
in infusion it helps a bit at times against headache.
CAMOMILE:
Because of its soothing effect it is used to help someone to
sleep and can also be used against tooth ache. It is also used to
condition hair and its flowers give a very nice scent.
#CONSOUDRE#:
It has the reputation to help mend the broken bones. You use it
in the form of pomade or cataplasm. *
GINSENG:
According to many this is the plants of the gods for its
aphrodisiac properties. It also stimulates the appetite and
should not be used if you are on a diet.
#CLOU DE GIROFLE#:
Used in China in the old days to perfume the breath. Under an
oily form it is also used to help fight tooth ache because of its
analgesic and antiseptic property.
#EAU DE ROSE#:
Used in many body or facial cream bases. Its #pouvoir hydratant#
helps to keep the skin young.
ALMOND:
Another soft oil that is used for beauty purposes and products.
It's also strongly recommended to help cleaning the skin in a
smooth way.
GARLIC:
Used for a long time by the Egyptians for all kinds of sickness.
EX; diarrhoea, bad blood circulation since it stimulates and
cleanses the system. (Flushes it out sort of speak.)
A note here is that we hear that a blade smeared with garlic
juice will give a cut that will not heal easily so be careful
when cutting garlic that you don't cut yourself.
Garlic is a very old recipe for all kinds of stomach troubles so
for some little daily digestive problems just add a cuss or two
of garlic into your dishes it will be an excellent stimulant.
Now as for the odour in your breath chewing a few leaves of
parsley helps along, and if every one else has eaten your dishes
then they should not smell your breath since they themselves have
eaten the same food with garlic.
#VINAIGRE DE CIDRE#:
Very much in used since the old days for its virtues (boosting)
#reconstituents# and calming. Added into the bath it helps soothe
any itching.
LANOLIN:
It is extracted from the sheep wool and is used for dry skins. It
is very much used in the bases for beauty cream.
HONEY:
It is a mild sedative and at the same time an excellent stimulant
when you need energy.
When someone has collapsed from exhaustion you put a spoonful of
honey into its mouth and bingo the effect is on like a booster
shot of a kind. Applied externally it feeds the skin and soothes
small irritations.
#AIRELLE# : A PLANT AGAINST COLD & COUGH from (Hic!) IRELAND!
Cook a cup of #airelles# into two cups of water until the skin of
the berries splits open. Strain and then add a bit of honey then
you warm up the mixture till it starts to boil and remove it from
the fire.
Next you *#delayer a tbsp. of fecule of potato# into two tbsp.
of cold water and then you pour it slowly on the #airelle#
juice while you stir very well the whole thing.
Once this is done you put it back onto the fire ALWAYS stirring
it, till it becomes thicker and gets a sort of transparent aspect
and serves while hot with cream & sugar. This an old Irish recipe
to fight cold and at the same time it is an excellent desert.
HOME RECIPE AGAINST COUGH & SORE CHEST:
If you have some pepper, some honey or molasses and a little
butter or margarine, then you are on, first you use 3 tbsp.
of honey that you add 1/3 tbsp of pepper that you pour into
a skillet containing one tbsp of butter, warm it up and mix it
all together then serve while hot as a hot cough syrup.
If your chest hurts crazy from all this coughing and you have ice
then put the ice cubes into a wet towel that you then lay this
bundle onto your chest and leave it there for a while.
I know it sounds crazy but it works, since the cold ice cubes
will sort of numb your lungs that are irritated from all that
coughing, believe me it works.
Although I MUST admit that the first time it was tried onto me I
thought that she wanted my death rather than my well being.
Wonder NEVER ceases. Fighting a cold with ice reminds me of
fighting fire by fire.
SORE THROAT:
Prepare infusions from either #Consoudre Romarin# or camomile and
add some honey and lemon. To this you can also add two tbsp of
vinegar into a cup of hot water.
#GARGARISM#:
To fight the beginning of #angine# make a #gargarism# from a
decoction made of #feuille de ronces# or strawberries or
raspberries out of 50 grams per litre of water.
COUGH SYRUP:
Boil a lemon into water for 10 minutes or heat it near the fire.
Then cut into two and press out the juice to which you add two
tbsp of glycerine and honey.
This syrup will soothe the irritation provoked by the coughing.
Use it at regular interval according to your needs.
HEADACHE & NERVOUSNESS = MINT TEA:
For occasional low mood and headache drink a cup of mint tea or
from *papaya it will stimulate you. If you are too nervous
however then drink a cup of camomile tea or simply a glass of
milk.
INSOMNIA PROBLEM:
Beside Camomile at night you can take before going to sleep an
infusion of #tilleul or fleur d'oranger# or #aubepine# that all
have a definite soothing action. The following recipe is said to
resolve the worst case of insomnia.
I should try it, since I write all the time at night but then
again I am a night bird like all barmen we are the owls of life.
Now back to the grinder with this recipe; sleep on it.
In one litre of water let infuse 1/4 of a tbsp of petal de
#coquelicot# with 10 grams of lettuce leaves and a pinch of
#aubepine# flower and a pinch of #metilot#.
No, you don't have to drink the whole litre of water because you
would be up all night running to the bathroom.
TIRED AND IN NEED OF A BOOST: (Roadrunner?
Beside Spirolina capsule that was mentioned somewhere else in
those files you can also use this recipe every day.
Just take two tbsp of vinegar and honey diluted into a cup of
water. This mixture will give you pep & energy. To Burn rubber?
VINEGAR OR LEMON BATH?:
#To tonifier# the body and calm the irritations of the skin due
to the repeated used of a soap that was too alkaline just add to
your bath water a little bit of vinegar or lemon.
This will give back to your body its natural acidity. This bath
is also recommended for its stimulating action.
MUSCULAR PAINS AND JOINTS ACHES:
Make a solution using a cup of *hamamelis mixed with 1/4 cup of
friction alcohol and give a smooth but firm massage to the sore
muscles to help them relax.
SORE FEET?:
If you have any lavender just add a few drops of this extract
into your foot bath and let them rest for a while.
You can also use this quick but excellent trick after a long walk
by simply placing some #feuille de fougere# into your shoes.
I even heard of someone using this into the crib of a small baby
who was too weak to help her get some strength, it seems to work
wonders for that purpose so she told me 30 years later.
DIGESTION PROBLEMS:
Many Indian tribes simply used mint infusions. But you can also
use the #clou de girofle# in case of strong nausea* that might
prove itself very good for pregnant woman.
But this I don't know yet it could be worth a try, first lets
find a woman then get her married and pregnant then I will tell
you more.
It is also known that dry fruits and fresh fruit juices taken
before meals stimulate the gastric juices and help along to avoid
stomach cramps.
STOMACH CRAMP OR BAD DIGESTION:
To help along in your digestion if you get stuck just use
#bicarbonate de soude# that fights the acidity causing the
stomach pains.
Just dissolve 1/2 tbsp of bicarbonate into a cup of water either
cold or hot and you can add if you want a few drops of lemon
juice except in case of vomiting.
You will be happy to know or surprised that the basis for many
"Eno" types of products that are there to help you digest is
nothing else then the old #bicarbonate de soude# that they have
added a fizzing agent. See also the note on garlic via stomach
troubles.**
HICCUPS:
Just take a spoon full of peanut butter to solve the "hic"
problem.
HELPING SOLVE #HEPATIC# PROBLEMS?:
Eat as often as you can raw or boiled vegetables such as carrots,
#aspergus, aubergines, artichauts# or some fruits like melon and
raisins.
Also you can swallow before breakfast a tbsp of olive oil. Many
plants infusions are beneficial to this problem, among which you
find sage, #romarin, pissenlit# that you mix in the proportion of
20 to 30 gram per litre of water.
BURNS BUG BITES AND SKIN IRRITATIONS:
POISON IVY REMEDY:
*#Balsamine# is used effectively to soothe the irritations from
the Poison Ivy.
The good news being that those two plants usually GROW NEARBY ONE
ANOTHER that permits you to use it immediately on the irritated
part of the skin.
First wash it good with soap and water then apply a pomade of
#Balsamine# . Also drinking milk and other fruits rich in vitamin
C will help along.
SUNBURN = Tea:
Tea helps relieve sunburn, just throw 3 tea bags into your
bathtub water and dive in. If you have a decoction of #racine de
consoudre# it will replace the tea just as well.
SMALL BURNS LOTION:
Grind two tbsp of marshmallow and of #racine de consoudre# & mix
them with a cup of olive oil & a cup of wine.
Let it heat on slow fire for 30 minutes then let it cool off and
strain the whole thing so as to gather only the decoction which
you then apply on the burn.
#Guimauve and consoudre# are well known for their regenerating
properties. Maybe some chemist could lean on to this bit of
knowledge and find the reason why.***
MEDICINAL PLANTS:
Many forest plants can be used to help along, here's some:
FASTER HEALING = VULNERARY:*
Very few persons know that the "Geranium" leaves constitute a
marvellous vulnerary**. Crushed upon a cloth & apply upon any
wound.
The geranium leaves will sensibly speed healing of a wound or a
scratch. You can also simply apply a geranium leave right on the
wound and maintain it in place with string or adhesive.
AGAINST BITES & STINGS OF INSECTS:
CLAY:
Damp earth uses natural yet MAKE SURE it's clay, not earth mud
for tetanus dangers.
PLANTS & REMEDY: ***
Cedar leaves:(natural) /#Herbe a dinde#: leaves & flowers
(natural) / *Comfrey: (roots & leaves Natural) / #L'Herbe a
dinde# (Achillea Millefeuille) in infusion will heal a head-ache.
The stem flowered tip in concentrated Decoction = Throw the plant
in cold water & let it boil. It will drop fever./
Insects bites or stings apply leaves or flowers of that plant
will ease the pain, just as the leaves and flowers in infusion
will be good for digestive troubles.
The chewed stems will be good for stimulating./ Insects bites or
stings can be avoided if you rub your skin with the Cedar
leaves.*also rub tobacco juice on you.
Flowers, leaves & bark of the *#sureau blanc & genevrier# in
infusion against constipation & digestive troubles.
The decoction of the bark of *#Vinaigrier# (Rhus Typhina) against
Diarrhoea as well as the bark & leaves in infusion of the #aulne
et the des bois #
As stimulant: Spruce needles in small quantities and but only
good in winter however.
Other stimulants: Leaves of*#the des bois, plant & roots of
*savoyanne#, bark & sap of Larch-tree. The internal aromatic bark
of the Wild-cherry tree, & the flowered tips of the *#herbe a
dinde# can be used as such or in infusion or in decoction.
The bark & leaves of Birch-tree in infusion or decoction can be
use to purify blood or for Rheumatism.
SPRUCE SAP: (gum)
Can be used as Antiscorbut, Antiseptic for Wounds and Cataplasm
for Burns.
FOLK REMEDY::
I once heard yet not tried medicine, the sap made of the yellow
moss growing on old wooden roof house in woods or country would
heal quickly cuts and eczema.
These soft yellow buds are picked up in Sept-Oct., the size of
1/2 a dime. I wouldn't try any houses in town because of
pollution. A research can be made that way to tell us more, it's
just an added foot note.*
BLADDER & KIDNEY TROUBLES:
#Verge d"or #: (Flowered stems in infusion) / Couch-Grass use the
roots in infusion also: #raisin d"ours# : fruits & roots in weak
infusion. Burdock: Use leaves in infusion.
Walnut-tree: leaves in infusion; / Valerian: plants in infusion.
/ Corncob hair: *stigmates in prolonged long infusion / #Epine-
vinette# fruits & leaves in infusion or nature. / White-birch:
Use leaves & bark in infusion.
TOOT ACHE:
*#Belle-angelic (natural by putting pieces in tooth). / Tansy
*(natural in the tooth or scrubbed on the gum).
Wild onion (mild onion) (natural in the tooth) but don't let it
get in the stomach because it's dangerous. You take off the
burning sensation with #Sorrel# * which you chew a few times.
EYE TROUBLES:
#Bleuet-centauree# (flowers in infusion) / Elder-tree: flowers in
infusion, as eye-salve to wash the eye. / #Burdock# (decoction of
leaves, a few drops)*
NERVES TROUBLES:
White-willow use the leaves./*Lime-tree: fruits & leaves */
Feverfew: leaves & flowers in infusion.
Hawthorn: bark & flowers in decoction./* Valerian in infusion./
*#Spiree cotonneuse# : infusion of leaves.
RHEUMATISM & GOUT ATTACK:
Bardock: leaves & roots in decoction./ Walnut tree (leaves in
decoction./ Willow tree: (bark in decoction / Birch: (leaves &
bark in infusion & decoction./ Hazel nut tree: bark & leaves in
decoction.
LIGHT NARCOTIC:
White Willow: (leaves in infusion)/ Valerian: (plantin
decoction)/ Lime tree: (leaves & bark in decoction)./
* #Scutelaire# : (Plant without the root in long infusion.)/
Coquelicot or Wild Opium of garden: (leaves & flowers in
infusion).
HAEMORRHAGE:
Oak: (Bitter fruits, bark, leaves in decoction & natural)/
#Vinaigrier# *(bark in decoction.)
Alder tree: (bark in infusion). /Plantain: (Plantago Major)
(natural, leaves crushed in hands to extract the juice then apply
on the Wound).
#Bourse a Pasteur# : *(flowered stem to be used internally or
externally.
Mulberry tree: (leaves in decoction & natural)./ Strawberry &
Raspberry: leaves & stems, natural or in infusion
WOUNDS, SPRAINS, FRACTURES:
Comfrey: (leaves & roots in nature & in infusion) / Herbe a
dinde* (natural or infusion./ Bardock. (Leaves & roots natural or
in decoction.)
Red Spruce Fir tree: (bark in infusion) / Fir tree or spruce:
bark & sap (gum) in infusion & natural./ Walnut tree: (leaves in
infusion and decoction)
CONSTIPATION:
White Elder tree (flowers, leaves & bark in infusion)./ #Bleuet-
Centauree# (flowers in infusion).
Wild Chicory: (Flowers & roots = natural; flowers in infusion /
Juniper tree: (bark, leaves & fruits (nature & infusion).
Beech tree: (leaves, bark & almond: nature & infusion. /
Bindweed: (leaves & roots in infusion) / Robinia: (leaves in
infusion).
DEFECTUOUS CIRCULATION:
#Epinette-vinette# :leaves, fruits, bark, roots, natural&
infusion. / Walnut-tree;(leaves in infusion & decoction.
Wild Chicory: (flowers & roots) / #Belle-Angelic#: (roots,
natural & infusion).
Hawthorn: (bark & leaves, fruits in infusion & leaves in natural
state)./ White willow tree: (leaves, bark, roots & young spring
shoots in infusion & decoction).
STIMULATING PLANTS:
Walnut-tree: (leaves)./ Tansy: (flowered stems)./ Thyme: stems &
flowers)./ #Epinette-vinette#: fruits, leaves & roots)./ #Tea des
bois# its: (leaves)./ Savoyan: (Plant & roots)./ Redfir tree:
(bark & sap or gum)./ Bardock: (leaves)
White Willow: (bark)./ Spruce needle but in winter only and small
quantity.) / Wild Cherry: second aromatic bark. ALL these plants
can be used Natural, infusion or decoction.
DIARRHOEA:
Oak: (bark, acorn, leaves: natural or infusion./ Alder tree (bark
& leaves in infusion / #Vinaigrier# (bark in decoction)./ Ginger
(natural or in cold infusion./ Maple tree: (bark in infusion).
BAD BLOOD:
Birch: (bark, leaves in infusion)./ Bardock: leaves & roots in
infusion or decoction / Walnut-tree (leaves in infusion &
decoction).
#Patience#: (roots in infusion)./ # Violettes des bois#: (flowers
& leaves in infusion #pensee sauvages# : (flower & leaves in
infusion).
DIGESTIVE TROUBLES:
#Belle-Angelic# : (roots, nature & in infusion)./ Savoyan:
(roots, nature & infusion)./ #herbe a dinde: (leaves & flowers
natural or infusion.) / Tansy: flowers, leaves natural or weak
infusion
Dandelion: (Leaves & roots natural or decoction, roasted roots as
coffee./ same for Wild Chicory as Dandelion.
#Epinette vinette# : (fruits & leaves, natural or decoction./
White Elder-tree: (leaves and flowers in infusion) Strawberry
:(leaves in infusion or natural
EXHAUSTION: AS A STRENGTH BOOST UP!!!
Walnut tree: (leaves, natural or in infusion & decoction./
#epinette-vinette# (fruits natural)./ White Willow: (bark &
leaves in infusion, natural or infusion.)
Lime tree or #bois blanc#: leaves and bark natural and infusion./
Fever Few or small Pine nuts: (flowers & leaves in hot infusion./
Tansy: (flowers in infusion)./ Spruce needles: (natural & small
quantity.)
STOMACH TROUBLES:
#Belle-angelic#: (roots, natural or infusion)./ Savoyan: (roots,
natural & infusion./ Bardock: (leaves & roots in weak infusion.
Walnut tree: (leaves in strong infusion)./ White Willow: (leaves
& bark natural and infusion)./ Lime tree: (leaves and flowers in
infusion).
HAEMORRHOIDS:
#Violets#: (flowers in infusion as bath)./ White Elder tree:
(flowers in infusion as bath & beverage at the same time.)
Walnut tree: (leaves in infusion use for bath and beverage)./ The
mixture of the above plants forms the ideal remedy.
HEAD ACHE:
#Lierre terrestre# *: (leaves in powder drank with water.)/
#Herbe a dinde# : (aroma to breath if need be or infusion). /
Tansy: (aroma to breath by nose, or compress over head.
Pepper-mint: (natural as aromatic) #Verge d'or#: in infusion work
on kidney which may cause the headache.
CUTS, SPRAINS, SCRATCHES:
#Plantain# : (leaves)/ Comfrey: (leaves & roots)./ #Vinaigrier# :
(leaves & bark).
White Willow: bark / #bourse a pasteur#: (natural plant)./ Oak
(leaves & acorn or bark in powder as scar-healer & blood
coagulator.
BUSH REMEDY FOR STOMACH & BOWEL UPSETS:
A very simple remedy for many abdominal troubles to chew &
swallow a piece of charcoal every 2 or 3 hours. A lump of dime
size should give some relief, if trouble is similar to gastric or
bilious upset.
A frequent cause of stomach ache is the drinking of very cold
water while through walking.
It is a good precaution under such conditions to drink very
slowly & warm each mouthful of water in the mouth before
swallowing it.
NOTE: When we say boil water it is 10 minutes.
ANTISEPTICS:
Salt or 2 soup spoons of javex mixed with 1 pint of water, boiled
for 10 minutes.
ANTISEPTICS: # 2 NATURAL:
If you have an antiseptic put it on the dressing before applying
it on the wound.
Among natural antiseptics we have: sap from * #sapin beaumier#
(taken from its bark). Even Urine!
The gum of the *Gommier also pure turpentine coming from all
species of pines, & the resin of #Cypress & Cigue#.
You can boil the knots of those trees in order to gather at the
water surface the antiseptic resin.
You MUST NEVER turn a dressing upside-down to reuse it, for they
are both contaminated, if you remove it, you destroy it.
INFECTIONS PREVENTIONS Through SALTED WATER: ***
Note: The uses of salted water for post-operation clean up in
order to avoid any infections **
RABIES FROM ANIMALS:
If during your trip in the bush you notice a wild animal, that
appears to be sick or behaves abnormally, showing ferociousness
where it should show fear or a dog behaving in an unusual manner
& frothing at the mouth, such an animal may have a rabies.
Foxes normally avoid people; skunk don't usually approach people
& try to bite them; on the other hand, squirrels and chipmunks
are frequently coaxed to feed from a person's hand, & if a bite
is inflected, it doesn't mean necessarily abnormal behaviour or
an unprovoked attack.
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT:
Don't pet any wild animal, no matter how tame it appear to be. If
a person is bitten or scratched by, or comes in contact with the
saliva of a suspected rabid animal, the affected parts should be
thoroughly washed with soap & water for 15 minutes.
If iodine or any other antiseptic is available, put it in or
around the wound. Get in touch with a doctor as soon as possible.
CARE OF FEET: (Sock it to me Spock)
Dirty or wet socks damage the feet. If you have only a pair of
socks then wash them. If you have a spare pair, then slide the
washed ones inside your shirt directly on your skin.
This way your socks will dry quicker. Wool socks absorb very well
the perspiration.
Socks can be frozen then beaten to extract dust, salt,
perspiration, & humidity. Wool socks are best all year around.
IN ORDER TO PREVENT INFECTION, YOU MUST WASH OFTEN A BLISTER.
If the blister is about to burst, you can pierce it using a
needle sterilised to extract the liquid.
If it is not ready to burst, then just cover it with a small
Band- Aid dressing in order to protect it from pressure and
rubbing.
MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA:
Here are some more preventive measures:
1) Establish your camps on high ground far from swamps.
2) Sleep under a net or any kind of tissues.
3) Soil your face with mud, specially before sleeping.
4) Wear all your clothes specially at night.
5) Stick your trousers inside your shoes or boots.
6) Kerosene and gas and alcohol drive away most
mosquitoes.
7) Mosquitoes & black flies are attracted by dark colours
such as black, red, blue, dark brown. So wear white or
yellow. Jeans attracts them. "Not JANE"
Wear clothes with long sleeves & tight fitted at the neck &
wrist, ample large clothing give better protection.
8) Mosquitoes, bugs etc. are attracted by perfume, eau de
cologne, soap & shampoo which are perfumed.
The most efficient repellent are those containing
"dithyltoluamide". Orange or lemon peel rubbed on skin helps
repelling bugs.
9) Calamine or a paste made of #bicarbonate de soude# mix
with water makes a good remedy.
10) Ammonia is what's best for all sort of stings.
(Note: Meat tenderiser is good too!)
TROPICAL DANGERS, ANIMALS & INSECTS ETC.:
But what of wild animals? People exposed to jungle conditions are
scared of lions, tigers, elephants & other big games although
unless you go out of your way to provoke them, the danger from
this quarter is very small.
In the dense jungle, say the survival experts, you can live more
safely today than in most large towns.
All accounts show that of the airmen who spent any time in the
jungle during the war & were then rescued, hardly any came across
a beast of prey.
THE REAL DANGER OF THE TROPICS ARE INSECTS.
Many species carry parasites & spread epidemics, & are thus a
greater menace than a whole zoo of wild animals turned loose.
In 1939 for ex. only 200 people in the whole of India were killed
by tigers while 4 millions died of typhoid.
The number of people who died by wild animals during the past few
hundred years is probably smaller than the number of malaria
deaths in a year.
So the survivor in the tropics is more likely to succumb to an
infectious disease or blood poisoning than to hunger, thirst or
attack by wild animals.
He MUST therefore take great care of his health and to do
everything to protect himself from insects.
By all accounts the worst of the diseases they spread is malaria,
which is carried by mosquitoes. Quinine.*
AVOID MOSQUITOES & MALARIA PREVENTION:
How to best avoid mosquitoes for instances:
NEVER pitch your camp near swamps, the breeding places of
mosquitoes.
USE your mosquito nets, use the ointments in your kit, take off
as few clothes as possible.
To help your body, change your shirt every time you make a halt,
carry the first one upon a cross stick to make it dry.
Doing this way, Baden Powel avoided malaria, while all others got
it in a 4 months jungle tour. Just by changing his shirt every
halt.
Survivors on the coast were driven further in the jungle to avoid
loosing too much blood from mosquitoes bites. They had neglected
to cover their faces and top of their body with MUD.
MUD BEING THE SIMPLEST PROTECTION AGAINST MOSQUITOES.
OTHER TROPICAL PLANT TRICK: **
North American Indians were first called: RED-SKIN, it was not
the colour of their skin as of the clay they wore to protect
themselves from the sun and of the mosquitoes bites.
Mud often mixed with burned cow dung's or the dung of water
buffalo is used with great success by natives of the Tropics. It
also helps to rub certain oils from coconuts or lemon grass.
Coconut oils is used by the natives of tropical islands to
protect them against head lice and so is tobacco juice.
While the NATIVES of New Guinea & New Caledonia rub lime juice
into their hair. This makes their hair turn red, but castaways
from the west who have tried it out, say its as effective as
modern synthetic preparations.
TO KEEP OFF FLIES & BUGS, the natives in the Philippines take
breadfruits to bed with them.
The inhabitants of New Guinea rid themselves of ants by storing
lemons in damp places, till the fruits is covered with mould.
Then they quarter the rotten fruit & put them on the tops of
anthills. The ants clear off at once, and NEVER go back there.
Many tropical ants live in the branches of certain trees, so one
should sleep neither in a tree nor on bare ground.
In fact trainees at Stead Survival Army camp are told how to
construct a bed several foot above the ground.
They are also warned to keep their shoes ON, at night, and ALWAYS
be careful where they put their hands.
To get rid of another Tropical worm, the human Botfly; which you
notice by a small lump like a result from an insect bite which
however persist & gets larger.
The lighted cigarette is useful but required lot of skill, a more
routine method was to cover the worm hole tightly with adhesive
tape, the worm dies in 24 hours and then is squeezed out easily.
Other survivors have reported that a favourite spot for fleas to
settle and lay eggs was under the toenails; they could only be
scraped out with a sterilised knife, after which the wound had to
be treated at once with iodine to stop an inflammation.
One survivor of the Burma campaign recalled that Mites also
settled in our skin around our hips.
They caused terrible itching, but we knew we MUST not scratch. We
covered the place with iodine & the itch gradually stopped. AHHH!
Of course there are a great many other Tropical insects &
parasites, which can't be listed here.
But these few example will show that survivors have often been
able to protect themselves by simple methods (like tobacco juice
& lighted cigarettes) & have also taken great care to avoid
inflammations.
FOR IN TROPICAL HEAT EVEN THE SMALLEST SCRATCH CAN TURN VERY
QUICKLY INTO AN UGLY WOUND.
Cases of blood poisoning are quite common, although natives are
seldom affected by this.
FLEAS:
They can be very dangerous, often carry diseases even plague
after having eaten dead plagued animals.
If you MUST eat wild animals or rodents and that you suspect
plague to be in that region, suspend the animal as soon as killed
& let it cool off before manipulating it.
FLEAS don't stay on cold body. Fleas drown in water so a good
wash will get rid of them. If you suspect a place to have fleas,
wash it completely, fleas run away from dampness.
TICKS:
There are of 2 kinds, found specially in Tropical and subtropical
regions often carry chronic fever and typhus.
Don't try to get it out with your fingers, the head will stay
inside your skin causing lots of pains.
TO REMOVE IT, apply oil or damp tobacco, you can use the heat of
a match, cigarette, hot charcoal or hot water.
You can expose your skin to the smoke of a fire of green wood,
you will see the tick getting out of the skin then just remove
them.
JIGGERS, MOTH, MITES, LICE: (*see above mud also)
Jiggers are lice in formation & will crawl their way into your
skin, causing much itching, & many other diseases.
If you scratch you risk to contact other infections, a salted
bath will get rid of jiggers etc. To get them off your clothes,
exposed them for a long time to the smoke of a fire.
Native villages are often plagued by lice, so avoid to get into
their huts or in body contact with the natives if at all
possible.
When pricked by a lice etc., avoid to scratch because you will
spread the lice waist into your wound. It is by the infection
from the lice's waist that man contracts typhus chronic fever.
To get rid of lice if you don't have the right powder, you can
boil your clothes, if impossible then spread it under the sun
specially the lining for a few hours.
If you have been in contact with these insects, wash with soap if
you can. If no soap then sand from water ways (rivers etc.) are
acceptable. Examine often the hairy part of your body, which are
the "hot" spot for them.
BEES AND WASP ETC.:
The bites can be dangerous even fatal. If attack by a swarm of
them throw yourself in the nearest thickest bush. Bees will loose
their dart in the skin, you MUST take it off to avoid infection.
Wasp & hornets however can sting many a times. To lower the pain,
apply mud, wet clay, damp tobacco or wet salt. A compress of
ammonia or yeast paste will do best. Vinegar is good too.
SCORPIONS:
Even though dangerous, the scorpion's bite is rarely fatal. Yet
they represent a real danger since they hide in clothing, shoes
or sleeping bags. So shake well your clothes before getting
dress, if you get bitten, apply cold compress & mud.
LEECHES:
Found in Borneo, Philippines, Australia, South Pacific, different
parts of South America. They cling to grass, leaves etc. so they
can attach themselves to the wanderers.
You take them off with the tip of a burning cigarette or a match,
hot coal or application of wet tobacco or with proper
insecticide.
SNAKE BITES:
Nearly all snakes will bite. If non-venomous the bite MUST be
washed, cleaned & treated as ordinary wound. If you are not an
expert better treat it as if it was a venomous one.
1) Avoid running, because the venom runs faster to the heart.
2) Stay calm but act quickly.
3) As much as possible, immobilise the affected part in
such way as to be under the heart level.
4) On the bitten limb, at 2 or 4" form the bite,tighten
lightly an improvised tourniquet.
If swelling progress upward, stop its progression by getting the
tourniquet (garrotte) higher.
The tourniquet MUST be tight enough to stop the blood flow in the
surface veins, but without stopping the arterial pulse.
5) In less than 1 hour, make one incision only with a
(sterilised knife, razor blade etc.) just above each wound left
by the hooks.
This "cutting MUST be parallel to the bite & MUST NOT exceed 1/2"
long by 1/4" in depth.
6) If you have a suction pump from a snakebite kit use it on
the wound to suck the venom, if not then use your mouth to suck,
then spit off frequently the blood and other liquids coming off.
The snake venom is inoffensive into the mouth unless you have a
wound inside. Even then the risk are very small. Before letting
off the tourniquet (garrotte)*, you MUST operate the suction for
at least 15 minutes non-stop.
7) If after a time, the patient doesn't feel dryness &
stiffness in the mouth, of any headache, of pains or swelling, it
means the venom was not toxic.
8) If its the contrary then it means: toxic, so keep doing # 5.
BAD BURNS or BAD WOUNDS WHEN ONE CAN DRINK:
Make him drink a solution made of 1/2 table spoon of salt with
1/4 tea spoon of soda bicarbonate mixed in 1 pint of cold water.
Make him drink as much as desired, yet excluding any other kind
of liquids. NEVER use hot water it provokes vomits.
Or use this mixture: 1 teaspoon of *#chlorure de sodium# with 1
teaspoon of *#bicarbonate de soude# mix in 1 litre of cold water.
The victim MUST drink it very slowly for 1 hour, if he feels
nausea, stop it so that he doesn't vomit. Keep this mixture for
him at later time. Such a mix re-establish the salts & liquid
lost by the system.
HAEMORRHAGE ADD ON PRESSURE BANDAGE:
The pressure bandage stays the best method used to control
haemorrhage. You MUST elevate the wounded limb if possible as
well as to exert a digital pressure.
The tourniquet (garrotte)* is to be used when pressure bandage
doesn't work.
Application of sterile dressing doing pressure helps coagulation
of the blood, compress blood vessels and protects all infection.
Before putting the pressure bandage, one MUST check for other
wounds, for ex. in case of bullet wound, the wound is bigger at
the exit than at the entrance. You can find those bandages in
drug stores or make them.
If added pressure is needed, press strongly your hand on the
dressing for 5 to 10 minutes. It should work.
To exert an extra pressure, you MUST place a thick bandage near
the wound, just above the original one, which you maintain in
place using a necktie, belt etc.
DON'T take off the original dressing, rather add to it.
LIFTING UP THE WOUNDED LIMB:
Even with direct pressure on the wound, one can diminish the
importance of haemorrhage, by lifting up the wounded limb above
the heart.
However; If there is fracture, don't do it. Because moving a
broken limb without splint gives loads of pains to the victim &
aggravate his state. Without counting the risk to damage nerves,
muscles & blood vessels.
TO MAKE A PRESSURE POINT WITH THE FINGERS, ON HAEMORRHAGE:
When blood pours out (arterial H..)a pressure of the fingers can
control the Haemorrhage till you apply a sterile dressing.
The pressure done on a pressure point with fingers, thumbs,
hands. A pressure point is the place where a main artery (feed
wounded region) is located near the skin surface or above a bone.
By putting pressure on one of those points the blood flow coming
from the heart to the wound will be blocked or slow down.
You have correctly found the pressure point when you feel the
pulse at the tip of your fingers.
You MUST ABSOLUTELY find the pulsation before putting a pressure.
HOW TO APPLY A TOURNIQUET:
(GARROTTE)* beware!!! dangerous!
A tourniquet is a tissue band or strip placed around an arm or
leg to compress the artery in order to stop haemorrhage.
Tourniquet is rarely used & better not use it whenever possible.
Because it has in the past damaged the blood vessels & the nerves
of the victim. Use it when after having made a strong pressure on
a wound, or on a pressure point or that the elevation of the
wounded limb are useless.
Too long a compression by tourniquet can result in the loss of
the arm or leg, as was often the case during both World Wars.
An Arterial haemorrhage of the thigh, leg, arm or many arteries
(result of traumatic amputation: i.e.: bomb blast) becomes at
times uncontrollable by simple pressure.
If a vigorous (strong) pressure of the hand upon the dressing
don't slow down the blood flow, you MUST quickly make a
tourniquet.
Once the garrotte in place, don't loosen it after the haemorrhage
has stopped, otherwise it could result by a shock followed by a
blood lost WHICH WOULD BE FATAL.
Victim needs medical care quick. If you don't have a true
garrotte, you can use a tissue being soft, strong & flexible as
cotton gauze, or silk, clothing etc.
Such a garrotte needs a stick or anything rigid, stiff. In order
not to damage too much the skin, the garrotte width MUST be that
after tightening, it is of 3cm wide.
GARROTTE & HOW TO PROCEED:
1) Place the garrotte around the wounded limb, (between the
heart & the wound) & at: 4 to 10cm ABOVE the wound. NEVER
directly on the wound or on a fracture.
2) When possible, do the garrotte over the sleeve or pant leg
in order not to pinch or twist the skin. If the skin is damaged
or bruised it can not be of any use to the surgeon when he wants
to cover up the amputation.
So he needs to do a greater amputation to obtain the same
results. Protecting the skin diminishes the pain.
3) Once the bandage in place, slide the stick under the knot,
twist it around just enough to block the blood circulation at
this place.
If the pulsation of the wrist or ankle still intact can be felt
before putting on the garrotte, the stop of this same pulsation
will be a sign that sufficient pressure is done.
4) TO DETECT A PULSE:
Place 2 fingers (not the thumb) on the pressure point of the
wrist or ankle.
Don't use your thumb because the small artery in the thumb would
mix the count of the pulse you search.
If you can't trust this pulsation as control element, use your
own good judgement to decide of the reduction of blood flow
coming to the wound. In such case, uncover temporarily the wound
to check up.
5) The arterial haemorrhage will cease after a correct
application of the garrotte, but the bleeding which are located
in the inferior part of the wounded limb will keep on bleeding
till they are empty of blood.
Don't persist in tightening the garrotte in order to stop this
blood flow, IT IS USELESS.
6) When the garrotte is well in place, put a dressing and
bandage on the wound.
GARROTTE MUST BE RELEASED EVERY 15 MINUTES IN ORDER TO AVOID
FURTHER DAMAGE.
GENERAL INFORMATION: First Aid*
1) Stay calm. / 2) Do what is URGENT first (A/R-H/M) /
3) Call or send someone for a Doctor
4) Keep the victim immobile. Cover him up to avoid shock.
5) Does he breath? Does he bleed ? His heart is breathing?
6) NEVER MOVE the victim unless ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.
7) To help you, stay calm: Take 6 DEEP breaths.
8) Prevent danger from: Damaged buildings /electrical / gas /
CUT POWER OFF!
9) Don't let crowd near accident, victim needs Fresh air.
10) Use other to help, reassure victim. Assure Transport
quickly.
CHILD & BABY CHOKING:
Lay kid on your knees, head down, give 3 to 4 sharp blows,
between shoulder blades, to remove the obstruction.
BABY: Hold the baby down by the feet, hit sharply. Yet not too
hard between shoulder blades. Give Heimleich Hug if Need be or
Heart Massage. Give Artificial Respiration if need be.
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION MOUTH TO MOUTH: photo**
1) Raise neck with one hand & bring head backward with the
other so that the shin points upward practically vertically. This
will open air passages.
Remove all foreign objects in the mouth. Pinch the nostrils,
press one hand upon forehead.
2) Take a breath, open widely your mouth & place it upon the
victim 's mouth, (baby: mouth & nose both).
MAKE SURE that NO Air is coming out. Blow a full respiration into
the lungs of victim (1/2 for baby), Check up if chest is rising
up.
3) After each air blow, move away your mouth from his face.
Listen to air escaping from victim's lungs & look if his chest is
coming down.
You MUST repeat those 3 procedures every 5 seconds, about 12 to
15 time per minute.**
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION SYLVESTER: pix*
1) Place the victim on its back, raising up his shoulders
with proper prop or support (use blanket, coat etc.).
Stretch his neck & bring his head backward as far as possible, to
permit air to get in. Remove all foreign objects in mouth.
2) COMPRESSION PHASE: Kneel down at the head of the victim.
Grab his wrists & cross them on the inferior (lower) half of the
sternum. Bend forward pressing strongly on the chest. This MUST
last 2 seconds. Count 1,000 -2,000 then:
3) EXPANSION PHASE: Stop leaning, pressing on chest. Bring
upward the victim's arms, on the outside & backward. Count 1,000
-2,000 & MAKE SURE the arms stay straight. Now replace the wrists
upon the sternum. Count to 5.
The movements MUST be repeated on rhythm of about 12 times per
minute with an adult, more rapidly with a child.
EYE BANDAGE:
Even when only 1 eye is hurt, both eyes have to be bandaged
because they both move simultaneously. So any movement from the
uninjured eye makes the other one move by reflex.
EYE PAINS:
A) Wear sunglasses or visor to protect your eyes, because the
sun reflection coming from water reinforce the intensity of sun
rays giving very rapidly eye soreness. Even in cloudy day.
B) If you start to have sore eyes, don't rub them. Apply on eye
lid an antiseptic cream, & a light bandage on BOTH eyes.
JAWS:
Before putting a bandage on the jaw, remove any false teeth & put
them in the victim's pocket. Put the bandage in a way as to let
the jaw free to breath or mouth drainage.
To avoid the complete closing of the mouth, place a stopper or
plug of about 0.5cm thick between his teeth or gums.
This stopper will held at the exterior of the mouth by a few
strings connected to the bandage itself. This will prevent the
plug to slide into the mouth & choke or obstruct the breathing
passage of the victim.
HANDS & FOOT DRESSING: *
In order to avoid friction or irritations, using absorbent
material; separate well each fingers or toes before applying
dressing & bandages.
GRIEVOUS INJURIES HEAD WOUNDS:*
ALWAYS be suspicious of any head wound, a victim can easily have
a brain damage without having a cracked skull. Verify these signs
1) The victim is or not conscious.
2) Is blood or any liquid coming out of his nose or ears?
3) Is the pulse slow?
4) Does he have headache?
5) Nausea ? Or vomits?
6) Convulsions?
7) Breathing slow??
SPECIAL PRECAUTION Via HEAD INJURIES:
Don't touch an open skull wound. But cover it up with a sterile
dressing. Also Don't remove nor displace any foreign objects of
any type which is stuck in the wound.
Lay the victim down MAKING SURE the head is raised higher then
the rest of body.
WOUNDS TO NECK AND FACE:
Because of is many blood vessels, wounds to neck & face bleed a
lot & haemorrhage is hard to control. Stop any haemorrhage which
obstruct respiratory channels.
Then remove if need be all pieces of tooth or broken bones, bit
of skin or broken false teeth.
If victim is conscious & wants to sit, make him lean forward head
down, to permit him to empty his mouth or make him lay in a prone
position.
HUGE OPEN CHEST WOUND: *
This hole creates an air suction which is particularly dangerous
bringing lungs to collapse.
HIS LIFE DEPENDS OF YOUR ABILITY TO CLOSE AIR TIGHT SUCH A WOUND.
Verify if victim has such other wound elsewhere then:
1) If possible, have the victim exhale the air in his lungs
then have him hold his breath while you shut off the wound.
2) Seal air tight this wound using a plastic or metal sheet
or any thin non porous material (saran wrap, clean garbage
bag, before applying any dressing.)
3) Ask the victim or any other help to do a pressure with
his hand on the dressing.
4) To exert a better greater pressure thus assuring a tight air
seal wrapping up the dressing & the body with either a blanket,
or any piece of cloth, or roll him in a poncho.
Such a bandage MUST be rolled in such a way as to superposed one
layer slightly above the other so as to create a strong & uniform
pressure all over the dressing. Fix then the bandage with tie or
rope etc.
5) If the victim feels more at ease sitting, give him his wish.
This way the breathing is easier. But if he prefers to lay down
make him lay down on the wounded side.
That way the opposite lung can breath better. Beside; the surface
upon which the victim lays acts as a splint on the wounded side
and can diminish pain.
WHY IMMOBILISE A FRACTURE ???: USE of SPLINTS: *
It MUST be immobilise so that the broken bone & its sharpness can
not cut the tissues, muscles or nerves or broken blood vessels.
Beside Immobilisation reduce greatly the pain, prevents shock
state, & prevents bones fragments to create an open fracture from
a closed one thus inviting germs & infection to get in.
Make the splint where you find the victim, Before moving the
person or transporting him elsewhere. Don't try to correct a bone
or articulation.
TRANSPORTATION FIREMAN'S WAY:
When alone its the best way to transport the victim.
1) After turning the victim on its stomach, place yourself
above him, your legs on each side, bend down & join your hands
under his chest & moving backward, lift him up until the victim
is resting on his knees.
2) Go backward enough to straighten his legs.
3) Walk forward a bit in such a way as to permit the victim to
be on its feet. While keeping him inclined backward so that his
knees don't bend.
4) While uplifting the victim with your left arm, free your
right arm, grab quickly his right wrist & lift up his arm
straight. Pass immediately your head under his uplifted arm then
let it get down at the same time.
Turn around then to face up the victim & hold his waist with your
arms. Using the tip of your foot, spread victim's feet about
15cm.
5) Using your left hand, grab his right wrist, then lift his
arm above your head.
6) Bend down a bit so as to bring back the victim's arm
above your left shoulder.
His body then lays upon your shoulders. Then pass your right arm
between his legs.
7) Place his right wrist in your right hand.
8) In leaning your left hand upon your left knee, get up.
Your left hand stays free, & the victim stays comfortable.
TRANSPORTATION USING BELT:
This is the best method to transport a victim on long distance.
The victim is solidly held on your shoulders by a belt. This way
your hands & victims hands stay free to hold arms or supply and
helpful to go over obstacles. This way the rescuer can better
move around in the bushes or to crawl about and around.
1) Join 2 belts to make one or use ties, ropes that don't slip
nor are too narrow. Place the attach under the thighs & under the
kidneys 's victim in a manner as to form a loop on each side.
2) Lay down on your back between the spread out legs of the
victim. Pass your arms in the loops, then grab the hand & leg of
the victim wounded side.
3) Turn around on your belly by the opposite side of the victim
wound bringing this way the person on your back. Adjust
adequately the attach.
4) Get on your knees. The attach holds the victim in place.
5) Put one of your hand upon a knee & straighten up. The victim
is now upon your shoulders. Your hand are now free to help you.
ABOARD A RAFT PRECAUTION TO TAKE:
EXPOSITION TO WIND & SUN:
Don't stay without necessity exposed to sun or wind. In hot
climate it is preferable to cover the body slightly rather then
take off all clothing.
If extremely hot, freshen yourself by dipping the clothes in the
sea, then wring them off before putting them back on.
Protect the skin which is exposed with sun lotion. To treat sun
or wind burn is by applying antiseptic lotion then put on a
dressing.
SEA SICKNESS: Beurkkk!
1) Keeping busy will help prevent sea-sickness. Try as much as
possible to stay lay down.
2) If you have sea-sickness don't eat nor drink, Stay immobile,
try to relax & keep as warm as possible. If you have any, take or
give them. Dalamine is the best sea sick pill.
LIMBS AFFECTED BY A LONG TIME IN WATER:
1) Feet & legs get affected by long time in cold water. Signs
are discoloration of skin & pains. In advance cases, the affected
part swells & skin covers itself of blisters mix with black
pimples.
2) You can avoid evolution of the problem by keeping the
affected limb as dry & as warm as possible, to help you do this:
keep the raft floor as dry as possible. If you wear shoes which
are too tight, you MUST take them off.
3) Move your feet & toes to help blood circulation, but don't
give any massage. Keep warm & dry as much as possible. Lift your
feet from the raft bottom if there is water which you cant
remove.
4) Constipation or urine retention. None of those problems
should worry you, because they are normal being caused by lack of
food, inactivity, lack of soft water.
SEA HYPOTHERMIA & TRICK!:
Swimmers used to cold water have an old trick to get back their
lost heat due to cold water which is to run as soon as they land
and dry up a bit, so that their own body generates its own heat.
#AULNES# : *
To check but it seems that leaves from #aulnes# which are twisted
and put on a wound will prevent #suppuration# to start.
WAR MEDICAL SAS KNOW HOW!:
Learn to treat a gunshot wound from high velocity missiles which
caused 4/5 of the casualties in battle.
Every SAS has to have a grasp of first basic first aid since you
will be far off any hospital and can not expect help from them
anyway.
In a simple language learn that to be hit by a grenade fragment
is comparable to be hit by an angry elephant. If death does not
happen at once then prompt action can almost certainly save the
casualties life.
Most death from gunshot wounds are caused by blood loss or
secondary shock.
Blood loss can easily be stanched by simply applying a finger to
the wound by shock is less easily dealt with High speed missiles
cause a condition called "cavitation".
They rip through the muscles and suck in dirt, germs and clothing
where as a high velocity missile wound is simply a wound caused
by a very small object travelling at very high speed.
SAS MEDIC FIELD GUNSHOT WOUNDS:
When your mate's shot, treat him for shock, Give him liquid if
you have it except when the bullets enters between knee & nipple.
Don't forget that, because a bullet going in above the knee might
end up in the stomach and the poor feller won't want liquid.
Now if he gets it through the jaw. What then? Often as not bits
of bone and other such crap will end up down his windpipe and
choke him. OK so you get your spoon and you fish the muck out.
If that's no good, then slit his throat neatly just below the
Adam apple and stick a tube in by-pass the obstruction. A biro
casing* will do. Then he'll breath like a baby, no problemo!
SEVERED ARTERY?: ACT FAST!
No time to think. If you can not catch and splice the loose ends
to stop them spurting, then grab your field dressing & burn it.
Cram the ashes in the open wound then bind it hard and bind it
fast. Forget all that claptrap about tourniquet, that went out
with Rock and Roll.**
HITCHING REMEDY:
Flee bites and mosquito bites can be healed easily of their
hitching by using your nails or a small cut from a knife in a
form of a cross, and the itching will disappear in no time.
BETADINE:
Betadine is the safest treatment of various wounds, burns,
#abces# or cuts even gangrene. MAKE SURE you have it in first aid
kit.
PAIN KILLER= ZOMAX MORE INF. NEEDED HERE ****
BETADINE DESCRIBE THE USE* also: ZOMAX .........SPIROLINA
ARCTIC PARASITES REMOVED:
The Eskimo can't sleep because he keeps on scratching so calmly
he picks up a piece of bear fur which a string is tied to both
end and lays it under his clothes for a while.
Next he removes it and notices with pleasures that all the
parasites have all gone to the seduction of the thick fur.
FOOT CARE:
From SAS technic via crossing cold countries survival medical
Foot care and body care:
Learn to wrap your toes individually in gauze to prevent them
from rubbing and dosed them with #mycota powder# .
If your feet despite all those precautions become raw and a
bubbling mass of blister from walk far beyond the normal bounds
of exhaustion.
Especially where pinched toes have rubbed together despite the
gauze inside the boots don't dare stop to remove the boots since
the tortured feet will swell up like sausages and you will NEVER
be able to put them back in your boots.
If you take them off it means you stop for a long time to
recover. MAKE SURE it is not your last stop and that it is safe
to take them off.
Also cover the straps of your Bergen (bag) with foam rubber held
in place with masking tape or duct tape.
Don't try to sustain yourself with inedible sandwiches, instead
bring a flask of hot coffee and tins of peaches in syrup which is
one of the only substance you can get down after 30 miles hikes.
ALKA SELTZER AGAINST CRAMPS!:
Against Lactic acid morning cramp MAKE SURE you take a glass
before doing the exercise.
ZINCOFACT:*
A new tube of ointment called; ZINCOFACT which is great for burns
it seems that zinc help those who get burn, also good for
sunburn, it is worth checking ***
LESS INFECTION:*
From the latest surgery room, the wounds washed with salted water
have no infections since salt kills germs.
NUCLEAR WAR NOTE:
In case of nuclear war fall out, cover all skin with plastic
sheet so that it does not come in contact with skin and it is
easier to clean off.
SAD NOTE FOR US ALL:
All animals outside will have radiation sickness direct hit
radiation & water drinking habits. Thus unsafe to eat.
But for the one kept before during and after the war indoors and
made sure that what they eat or drink is not contaminated since
hay will carry radiation.
On the other hand we don't have to worry when after Armageddon
since we are with Jesus on earth for a 1,000 years of peace
without any sins or pollution wars, lies etc. Just peace on Earth
for 1,000 years. That's good news for sure. So don't worry!
CRAZY GLUE SURGERY: *
Crazy glue fan will REMEMBER that the first use of it was for the
#embaumeurs# to glue skin together without sewing it, so in case
of surgery on field one could use it to bring skin together fast
and avoid doing surgery. ** A new glue to do just that just came
out in 1994 try to get more informations from a doctor.
#CITRONNELLE#:*
Bug repellent supposed to be great to check called #Citronnelle#.
DIARRHOEA SOLUTION:
Water + salt + baking soda is the answer.
SPONGE: 1001 USES **
Artificial or natural size 6"x 4" in all Survival Kit, 2 of them.
Sponge Water, dirt, blood etc. Helps to keep dry and clean. It's
very important in survival to keep dry & clean.
ASTHMA:
New drug just came out should help called Tilade.
BREATHING BY THE NOSE:
50 years ago Catlin an American wrote a book called: "Closed
mouth and life saved."
He was telling that the Indians practised this method since day
one and were even imposing this method to their children by tying
their mouth at night so as to force them to breath through the
nose at night.
To breath by the nose prevents deadly germs to penetrate through
the mouth into the throat and stomach also preventing the
fermentation#vegetation adenoid# which can obstruct respiration
and bring deafness.
For a hunter it is particularly useful to breath though the nose,
since by doing so you can AVOID MUCH OF THE THIRST WHILE HARD
WORKING.
At night if you have the habit of breathing through the nose you
will avoid snoring which can be dangerous if there are enemies
nearby. So shut up and breath through the nose, beside it
contributes to lower your anger.
ACNE CURE:
Wash your face with salted water, once the pimple has been
punctured clean with salt or sea water and let some salt on the
wound or pimple which will dry out the pus.
NEWS ON THE MARKET VIA FRACTURES:
There is on the market now for fractured arm or leg a plastic kit
casing which once inflated will keep the injured member in
position.
You should have at least 1 set per 3 persons. As much as possible
get the team to know what to do in f/aid occasion, it is also for
their own uses at times not only for others.
SOME USEFUL HERBAL PREPARATIONS:
STRAWBERRY ROOTS:
Contain a #descaler# to clean teeth.
DELPHINIUM SEEDS:
Can be crushed to treat head lice.
BIRCH BARK:
Can be distilled to produce a tar oil which soothes skin
complaints.
LAVENDER:
Makes a decoction to clean the skin.
BURNS TREATMENT: FOLK MEDICINE*
With fast result and no scars or hardly any, unless burned to the
bones, you once again put grated raw potato on the burned area
and apply clean cotton or gaze over it, change every hour or 3
hours this is yet to be found I lost the notes on this.***
BURNS TREATMENT:
A friend of mine got burned over the face arms and legs at 2
years old when the house stove blew up, today she has no scars
that are visible.
How? Well the doctor of that time which is around 1950 did a very
strange thing, he would cover her burns with a boiled cheesecloth
then he would rip it off, and he did this every day for 1 month.
One may say that this was a cruel treatment but the result was
that today she has no scars to show this tragedy. This was old
folk medicine.
NOTE VIA BURNS:
The story of nurse with 3rd degree burns who changed her bandages
every 3 hours, by a new wet sterile compress for 3 months = NO
SCARS, as a result. Body is made of 90% water.
Try sterile clay mixed in water might help worth trying in some
place to check *** Check also the new burn bandages made of 90%
water.***
TO COOL THE BLOOD IN YOUR BODY:
In case of high fever or high sweating because of heat simply
submerge your wrists, it will cool the blood in your body fast.
DANGEROUS PLANTS: PLANTS WARNING:
The colour RED associated with a plant in tropical or sub-
tropical areas can be regarded as a DANGER SIGNAL.
ANY PLANTS which shows RED in any parts of its growth, in its
fruits, in its leaves or in its stalks should be regarded as
suspicious unless you know for certain that it is absolutely
safe.
EX: Strawberry, raspberry, wild cherry, mulberry are known to be
safe for eating, yet some people are allergic to it, too bad.
Rhubarb has a red stalk, but the leaves are deadly when cooked
because they contain a fatal quantity of oxalic acid.
Beets and their leaves are excellent, so are tomatoes, yet the
nightshade which is of same family is deadly..
So in general way be suspicious of any plants showing the danger
red signal, unless absolutely certain its safe to eat. This is
particularly applicable to Tropical berries & fruits
WARNING #2 PLANTS POISON ID:
Another general sign of probable poison is any fruit which is
divided into 5 divisions. This is a generalisation, but it is
better safe then sorry and poisoned.
DANGEROUS LEAVES & TESTING!:
The leaves of many trees, shrubs & ground plants are edible &
very palatable & can comfortably sustain life. The only test is
to taste the leaf.
If its tender & pleasant to the palate & the danger of almond,
bitter, or extreme acid are not present then you can eat a small
quantity, & if there are no ill consequences, the leaves of that
particular tree or shrub are safe & will be good for you.
The leaves of most plants contain oil cells which give the leaves
its taste or flavour. This is generally more marked in the young
leaves at the end of branches.
BEWARE OF ALL TREES WHICH HAVE A COLOURED SAP, WHITE, RED OR
BLACK:
Many of these saps are a danger signal, & some particularly the
white saps, can inflict painful burns to the skin, or if allowed
in the eye can cause blindness.
Also Beware of ground trefoils particularly those which have
little corns or tubers. These are generally Oxalis & have a
dangerous high content of oxalic acid which is a poison.
FUNGI: ALL FORMS OF FUNGUS GROWTH SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
EMERGENCY STERILE BANDAGE:
Toilet paper and small elastic, rubber band, for small and medium
cut and also, when burn, cover it with dry toilet paper then wet
it after elastic is on.
Try with wet and salt in case of infection a bit of salt not too
much unless real inflammatory, sea salt would be far better
because of its living micro-organisms.
DROWNING: C/R WITH SEA TOO**
Best method lately was to use the Hemleich Hug method before
doing the mouth to mouth, since the hug clears the lungs from the
water into it.
SEA WATER BEST ANTISEPTIC:
One of the best antiseptic is sea salted water, 2nd best water
plus salt, the seawater is best for it has micro organism to help
healing.**??
SEA FISH STINGS:
Whenever one of those fishes stings you, clean and empty the
wound immediately.
Place the affected part in hot water (50C. and more) or cover it
with hot compress during 30-60 minutes, so as to destroy the
toxin effect.
There are very few antidote to them. **Some doctor?? say NEVER
use water to clean the wound of those stings but to disinfect
them with alcohol at 90 degrees and rub the sting with dry sand.
And while waiting for the doctor to bath the wound in cold salted
water ?? WHO is right ?
BURNS:
Also the new 90% plasma burn bandage just got out should be
fantastic to help along too, more inf. to get from pharmacy buy 1
box only $7.00 & good for other kind of wounds as well for that
matter.
VITAMINS 2,001 SPACE AGE TECH:
In July 92, came out from the laboratories into our usual drug
stores, a multi-vitamin called : Spectrum 29 Essentials vitamins
& minerals.
130 tablets = $8.00 *see full description from the one I have to
buy to go to Israel with as well as the Tourista Pill, called
Inodium 6 / $7.00***
Well worth the trouble to save troubles! No matter what continent
we have to get accustomed to its germs warfare and tourista is
the quickest way to flush the system and to adapt it to a new
one.
WOUNDS:
Also found out that a good paste for Wounds is vitamin "E".
Yet I propose and suppose that a paste with sterile water made
with the 29 vitamins pills would work real good, it might be
possible to add Spirolina as # 30 but ALWAYS in a separate
containers.
This is your energy booster which is different from the vitamins.
SPIROLINA:
Spirolina capsule work great against Cold symptoms, as soon as
you feel a cold coming start using Spirolina, 3 to 4 a day for 4
days & you avoid the worst of the cold.
WINTER CAMPING HYGIENE: COLD**
Often time at first & due to disorganised lavatory arrangements
uncoordinated with the collecting of snow melting into drinking
water.
One would end up with unwelcome foreign bodies in the tea so to
avoid that, institute a rule that the loo is to the left and the
"drinking" snow is to the right of the tent door.
WINTER NIGHT TRAVELLING:
It's a big mistake to travel by night while good weather last.
One does not see the crevasses and could easily get killed.
GROUP TRAVELLING:
SAS training encourage strongly that the fewer individuals in a
group, the faster the majority will reach its goal. This
presupposes that the weakest link can look after himself.
This is however not acceptable current mountain safety practices,
but when survival is at a premium, then safety comes second up to
a point. These rules are meant to be bent here and there. (&
everywhere?)
HOW TO BREATH PROPERLY:*
It sounds strange but we have to learn to breath properly.
Meaning that one MUST Exhale Completely; if one wants to use its
Maximum Strength. A breathing control is aimed towards our ways
to Exhale and Not about inhaling.
One rebuilds his strength much better by Exhaling properly than
by trying to force his air intake.
If you do any hard work, or walk fast or you are digging, your
OUTPUT will INCREASE if you apply yourself by SLOWLY, EXHALING by
pushing All the air out of your lungs.
Opera singers, swimmers and runners know this trick. For example
if you get into a cold shower, you have the tendency to breath
faster and to tense your muscles which only aggravates your
torture.
If on the other hand you try to exhale slowly and regularly you
will be much surprised to notice the Little effect that this cold
water has upon you. Ahhh Right! This is because a Slow
Exhalation helps your body to adapt itself to this change.
STRESS CONTROL & BREATHING & TO AVOID OR MINIMISE PANIC OR
ANXIETY ATTACK:
A attentive control on your respiration & especially of your
timing contributes to your stress control in any moments of
tension, stress or #contrainte#. Most of us breath only half way.
We breath incorrectly since we don't have much choice but where
we make the mistake is we don't exhale properly, meaning that we
don't do it deeply enough.
Thus we often sigh which is a sign warning us of a Need for a
Deep Exhalation.
A sigh is a natural mean used by our body to exhale completely
once we have neglected to do so under stress
A sigh is a natural mean used by our body to exhale completely
once we have neglected to do so under Stress
Just REMEMBER in your past when there was a deep stress and after
that moment was over you felt the deer need for a full
exhalation.
So one MUST learn to sigh methodically. Any blockage brought to
your breathing system provokes deep pains! So any amelioration
will be beneficial to your body & mind.
The more one exhale air the more one is able to inhale. So the
increasing of your capacity is the goal of any respiratory
discipline.
To take a conscious hold of your exhalation is the # 1 factor.
What we MUST strive for is to make it an habit.
BREATHING BEFORE ANY TASK!:
Exhale Deeply before undertaking Any Task. You will thus
facilitate the climbing of a long stairs. Exercise yourself to
breath in during 2 steps and to exhale during the next 2 steps.
But you MUST Exhale Completely Before! climbing the first step.
BREATHING TO FIGHT COLD!: ***
6 DEEP EXHALATIONS will sustain and Increase your Resistance when
you will have to fight against a "Deep 6!" winter wind.
In any Harsh or Boring circumstances where Stress puts a grip on
you, Exhale Slowly thus you will Recharge your Nervous System.
Hummm!
BREATHING CONTROL EXERCISES:
To help you along in this new technique, try reading out loud is
a good exercise. Take an article and read on one breath as much
as you can without effort.
Do this a dozen time the first day. Count the words and start
over the next day, this way you can measure your improvement.
Another exercise is to count. Sit down comfortably, your back
straight, inhale slowly and regularly counting to 4, pause for 1
second then exhale till you reach 12, the next time inhale till 5
& exhale till 15.
Keep it up this way and measure your progress. Once you have
reached 21 you will notice that the fact of humming a song will
help you enormously in limiting the quantity of air you exhale.
These exercise will bring much good to your overall well being
and will change many of your regular habits. A conscious
breathing also brings a conscious acting or behaving.
You will notice that it is impossible to slump in a coach and
still breath effectively.
All one has to do is to get his shoulder blades as close together
as possible to feel your lungs getting to work at their best.
After a while these exercise will become second nature for an
overall better well being. It could even help you cutting down on
smoking by reducing the stress overall! Just REMEMBER: " DEEP 6 "
BURN: FOLK REMEDY
Raw grated potatoes put on a burn to heal it and stop scars.
AGAINST POISON IVY:
FOLK REMEDY
According to an old Folk remedy Oat meal is good treatment.
GANGRENE FOLK REMEDY:
Gangrene can be cured with raw grated potatoes, you wrap the
wound with it and change it every 3 hours or so, it will take
months but it is better than to cut it off.