In the Scouting Guide to Wilderness First Aid, current Scouts, Scout alumni, and readers interested in the outdoors are provided with time-tested advice on how to safely identify, harvest, and use edible wild plants. Some practical tips include: • How to triage, assess, and identify medical emergencies • What to include in a first aid kit for your home • When to seek help for health emergencies • How to safely move a sick or injured person •...

Life-saving medical advice for when you can't reach a doctor. Survival preparedness is not to be taken lightly. We live in a society full of comforts, conveniences, and instantaneous answers to all of our questions. But what happens when those systems break down? Preparedness must begin from the inside out. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can often determine whether or not you can physically endure catastrophic circumstances. Poor diet and a sedentary...

U.S. Army First Aid Manual offers skills and knowledge necessary for many life-threatening situations, with an emphasis on treating oneself and aiding others-of use to soldiers in the field, to outdoorsmen, or to anyone who may find themselves in a dangerous situation without a medical professional on-hand. This is the official manual for treating every type of injury and affliction in the field. Covering a broad range of topics in precise, easy-to-understand...

Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal. This handbook provides much of the information needed to tackle these issues and features state-of-the-art principles and practices of forward trauma surgery as used by military physicians in far flung locations around the globe. In this volume you'll learn such integral skills as: Tactical field care Field dressing Applying pressure...

Disaster can strike at any time with no warning. Most people aren't forward thinking enough to prepare for the worst, others simply don't have the skills needed to successfully prepare. That's where the Badass Prepper's Handbook comes in. Covering a wide variety of disaster scenarios with detailed instructions for what you need to do in each one, you'll be ready for anything in no time at all. You'll learn how to build shelters, how to store water...

It's essential know to what to look for and what to do in a medical emergency. This book shows how to handle common injuries and illnesses, and directs you to the most appropriate type of care.