The basis of adequate prepping is being prepared for both common and dire events that may occur under the worst of all possible circumstances. These circumstances might include the breakdown in normal emergency support services (such as calling 911), the lack of an ability to obtain additional supplies, and the probability that you will not be able to rely on anyone but members of your immediate group or yourself. Prepping requires forethought with regard to food, water supplies, power, and protection – all areas of significant technical preparation. Self-reliant medical care is no exception. This book provides the basis of prevention, identification, and long-term management of survivable medical conditions and can be performed with minimal training. It helps you identify sources of materials you will need and should stock-pile, it discusses storage issues, and directs you to sources for more complex procedures that require advanced concepts of field-expedient techniques used by trained medical persons such as surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, or midwifes and obstetricians.
Author(s): M. D. Forgey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 224
Tags: seflf medical care
CHAPTER 1 HOW TO PREPARE FOR MEDICAL CARE OFF THE GRID
OFF-GRID VERSUS NO-GRID MEDICAL PREPPING
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
CHAPTER 2 ASSESSMENT AND STABILIZATION
ASSESSMENT AND CARE
INITIAL ASSESSMENT
FOCUSED ASSESSMENT
VITAL SIGNS
MEDICAL HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
SHOCK
DIFFICULT RESPIRATIONS
FOREIGN BODY AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
ADULT ONE-RESCUER CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR)
ADULT TWO-RESCUERCPR
RAPID BREATHING
CARDIAC EVALUATION AND CARE
RAPID HEART RATE
SLOW HEART RATE
CHAPTER 3 BODY SYSTEM SYMPTOMS AND MANAGEMENT
SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
EYE
NOSE
EAR
MOUTH AND THROAT
CHEST
ABDOMEN
REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
POISONING
MANAGING DIABETES
WATER AND WASTE
CHAPTER 4 RADIATION
CHAPTER 5 DENTAL CARE
CHAPTER 6 SOFT TISSUE CARE AND TRAUMA MANAGEMENT
THE BLEEDING WOUND
WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
OTHER TYPES OF WOUNDS
FINGER AND TOE PROBLEMS
WOUND INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION
SKIN RASH
CHAPTER 7 ORTHOPEDICS–BONE AND JOINT PAIN AND INJURY
MANAGEMENT OFF THE GRID
CONCEPTS OF ORTHOPEDIC CARE
DIAGNOSIS AND CARE PROTOCOLS
CHAPTER 8 BITES AND STINGS
VENEMOUS STINGS
SNAKEBITES
INSECT BITES AND STINGS
AQUATIC STINGS, CUTS, AND RASHES
CHAPTER 9 BIOTERRORISM AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
MANAGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN NORTH AMERICA AND POTENTIAL OFF-GRID TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
CHAPTER 10 ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES
HYPOTHERMIA
COLD-STRESSINJURIES
HEAT-STRESSINJURIES
LIGHTNING
HIGH ALTITUDE ILLNESSES
CHAPTER 11 The OFF-GRID MEDICAL KIT
ALTERNATIVE AND HERBAL THERAPY
REPLACEMENT MEDICATIONS
Prepper’s Medical Resource Bookshelf
Clinical Reference Index
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