First Aid and Casualty Care

Medical training and individual first aid is often overlooked, but is important to know. Whether it’s an everyday boo-boo or life threatening injury resulting from an accident, first aid can save lives if you know it! Think of the scenarios of injury yourself with a knife in the kitchen, or witnessing a car accident, with casualty care knowledge, you can save a life or many lives.

There are also schools of thought that if you know how to defend yourself, you should be able to save a life. It’s more than knowing basic first aid like CPR, and how to use an AED. It’s also about assessing the scene, all the way to Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) knowledge.

Build a vehicle response trauma kit (one that you keep in your vehicle), as well as an IFAK (individual first aid kit) that you carry. It’s one thing to carry the proper equipment, it’s another thing to know how to use it. So make sure you seek out training!

I’ll say it again, many skills need to be trained, including First Aid and Tactical Combat Casualty Care! Whether YouTube, books, blogs, or ideally training courses; training is essential!

Some very highly reputable training and equipment companies are:

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Amateur (HAM) Radio

Learn amateur radio and get your license. Going back to one of our first blog posts about learning STEM and the importance of those disciplines, amateur radio is a phenomenal way to keep learning STEM topics, improve your state of preparedness, and is a great social activity. Whether you just use a handheld (H/T) radio, or setup a base station / home base / “ham shack” with a full on house antenna, amateur radio is a great hobby! You can get started learning more at: https://hamstudy.org/ https://www.youtube.com/c/HamRadioCrashCourse https://www.kb6nu.com/study-guides/

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Time is the scarcest resource of all. Our time is limited. With all the things to learn in life, what are some protips to optimize time to learn? Find out a few below! Instead of listening to music during the drive to and from work, working out, mowing the lawn, shoveling snow, or other chores, choose to optimize your time by listening to podcasts or audiobooks while doing these activities. I’m not saying to give up listening to music. Music is the universal language and plays an important part of life! Just recognize the opportunity to learn through some multitasking. If you are streaming TV or movies, you can work on your grip strength or practice holding your breath longer ! Some highly recommended podcasts are: https://mastersofscale.com/ https://mastersofscale.com/rapidresponse/ https://www.jordanharbinger.com/ https://darknetdiaries.com/ https://cloud.withgoogle.com/cloudsecurity/podcast/

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