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Articles about First Aid
30 articles across 6 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Vehicle Emergency Kit Checklist
What every vehicle should carry for emergencies. Six-category core kit organized by function, seasonal winter and summer add-ons, budget build at $75-125 and better build at $200-350, monthly check routine.
Bites, Stings & Outdoor Hazards: First Aid Guide
First aid for animal bites, snakebites, tick removal, spider bites, bee and wasp stings, chiggers, and poison ivy, including the most common mistakes for each.
Bleeding Control & Wound Care: Cuts, Punctures & Infection Signs
A complete wound care guide: stopping bleeding, cleaning and closing cuts, treating puncture wounds, splinters, fishhooks, embedded objects, and recognizing infection early.
Burns & Electrical Injuries: First Aid from Minor to Severe
First aid for burns and electrical injuries, what to do, what to never apply, when to call 911, and why electrical injuries are deceptive even when they look minor.
Drowning, Water Emergencies & Recovery Position
First aid for drowning and water emergencies, recognition, rescue priorities, CPR after submersion, secondary drowning awareness, and the recovery position for unconscious breathing persons.
Eyes, Breathing & Common Situations: First Aid Guide
First aid for eye injuries, chemical splashes, hyperventilation, nosebleeds, blisters, fainting, and diabetic emergencies, everyday situations that catch people off guard.
First Aid Certification at Home, New World Survival
A practical guide to first aid certification for households. CPR, AED, bleeding control, and the Red Cross course that teaches all of it in one weekend.
First Aid Guide: Calm, Practical Skills for Every Household
A complete, calm first aid reference for prepared households. Kits, emergencies, wound care, burns, environmental injuries, bites, and home readiness, written without alarm.
First Aid Kits & OTC Medications: What to Stock and Why
Build a first aid kit that actually works. Personal, home, and group kit checklists plus a calm guide to OTC medications, what to keep, how to store them, and what to skip.
First Aid Kits & OTC Medications: What to Stock and Why
Build a first aid kit that actually works. Personal, home, and group kit checklists plus a calm guide to OTC medications, what to keep, how to store them, and what to skip.
Head, Dental & Environmental Emergencies: Heat, Cold & CO
First aid for head injuries, concussion, knocked-out tooth, dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, hypothermia, frostbite, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
Home Emergency Zones
One location in your home where every household member knows the basics are kept. Flashlights, first aid, radio, charger, water. Set it up in under an hour.
Home Readiness & First Aid Quick Reference
Food and water safety during power outages, sanitation without running water, and the complete If/Then first aid decision matrix covering every scenario in this guide, printable.
Household Health, Safety and Caregiving
The everyday health management that medical preparedness builds on: care routing, medicine safety, health records, preventive care, home safety, and caregiving with backup.
Life-Threatening Emergencies: CPR, Bleeding, Stroke & More
Step-by-step guidance for the emergencies where seconds matter: CPR, cardiac arrest, severe bleeding, choking, stroke, anaphylaxis, poisoning, and seizures. Written without alarm.
Musculoskeletal Injuries: Sprains, Fractures & Moving Safely
First aid for sprains, strains, suspected fractures, and spinal injuries. The RICE method, splinting, spine protection, and how to move an injured person when you must.
Section
Preparedness
The Evacuation Bag You Can Actually Carry
The evacuation bag: what to pack, what to skip, and budget and better versions, sourced to Ready.gov, Red Cross, and CDC.
First 72 Hours
The critical first window after a disruption. What to have ready, what to do first, and how to keep your household safe when outside help may not arrive for days.
The 17 Top Medical and First-Aid Items
Seventeen medical and first aid items ranked in three layers: everyday care, prescription and record continuity, and depth for longer interruptions.
Tier Two: Three Days of Water, Food, and First Aid at Home
Items 11 through 20: three days of water and no-cook food, first aid supplies and training, a prescription buffer, and the infant and pet supplies most lists forget.
Section
Gear and Buying Guides
Bleeding Control Kits: The Buyer's Handbook
A training-first buyer's handbook for bleeding control kits. What the STOP THE BLEED program puts in its three kits, the four tourniquets it accepts, plain versus hemostatic gauze, and how to avoid counterfeit tourniquets.
Health & Medical Books
The best books for household medical preparedness, field medicine, wilderness first aid, and emergency care when professional help is far away. Buy a copy, or find it at your local library.
Medicine for the Outdoors
Paul Auerbach
NOLS Wilderness Medicine
The official NOLS course textbook for wilderness medicine, how to assess, treat, and stabilize when professional care is hours away. Why we recommend it, what readers say, and how to buy or borrow it
SAS Survival Handbook
The thorough skills reference for when normal infrastructure fails, shelter, fire, water, food, navigation, first aid, and disaster response. 4.25 across 5,500+ ratings. Why we recommend it and
The Survival Medicine Handbook
Joseph and Amy Alton
Section
Courses
Household Health, Safety & Caregiving
Build a care map, audit first-aid readiness, walk through home safety room by room, create the household medication list, organize personal health records, schedule preventive care, assess caregiving roles and advance planning, and assemble the complete Household Health Plan. 8 guided modules across three tiers.
First-Aid Readiness
Audit the household first-aid kit, check CPR and AED training status, and record any training gaps. First-aid readiness is the second piece of the Household Health Plan.