Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience

#STEMI #Herzinfarkt #Survivor #Awareness #FirstAid #ErsteHilfe #Reanimation

https://www.visite-medizin.de/khk/herzinfarkt/stemi-infarkt.html

Estonian-funded program teaches Ukrainian kindergarten children first aid | News https://www.byteseu.com/841089/ #estdev #Estonia #FirstAid #ovruch #Ukraine #UkrainianKindergarten #zhytomyr

Stay home if you're running a temperature - what #temperature?

One woman's viral #fever question sparked a very real debate. Is 98.6 outdated? https://buff.ly/4kku3je

We're getting first aid training at work today. I am relieved the choking/Heimlich element was taken care of *before* lunch and not afterwards.

New Episode: hpr4323 :: Good Samaritan laws, Duty to rescue in the Netherlands

Ken talks with safety officer trainer, Johan about the laws covering providing first aid in Holland.

Hosted by Ken Fallon on Wednesday, 2025-02-26 is flagged as Explicit and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.

Tags: #FirstAid, #EABO.

Today on the #HackerPublicRadio #Community #Podcast​

#HPR #CreativeCommons

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4323/index.html

#ThursdayTask Upgrade your medical skills. If you can't find a class below to learn how to deal with gunshot wounds, get First Aid or CPR certified #CommunityAid #CommunitySupport #FirstAid

www.stopthebleed.org

Happy Valentine's Day from a gypsum heart in a cave.

Speaking of hearts, let's have some Real Talk! About hearts! Today I re-certified in CPR & First Aid. Did you know that socialized as female folk are far more likely to die from a heart attack / cardiac event than men? It's true! A large cause of this is due to the fact that symptoms are often not as-seen-on-TV; instead being brushed off as nausea, acid reflux, or indigestion. And what do we do when we feel ick? We go to the bathroom. So when we collapse, no one is around to see, much less administer CPR. So: check on your friends who disappear to the bathroom for a long time!

Sadly, there is also a huge disparity between races in survival as well. Not only does lack of medical access and environment & social factors mean there is higher risk (systematic racism), but overt racism also prevents bystanders from stepping in to help. Black & Latinx people suffer the most. (https://newsroom.heart.org/news/cardiovascular-health-risks-continue-to-grow-within-black-communities-action-needed)

CPR is not that difficult! It is more the mental challenge of being prepared to step in and help. If you can't get to a class (hands on with the training manikins is certainly recommended if you can!) still learn about it. All 50 states have Good Samaritan laws.

I personally know two people who are alive thanks to a normal everyday person knowing CPR, and intervening. This is community building, y'all! Take care of each other out there.

Some additional tips:
1. If someone has a medical emergency and you end up leading the way, always point and directly tell people what to do (ex: you in the blue shirt *pointing at them* call 911). If you just shout things, people will not jump into action. Be specific & direct.

2. Always check for a pulse on the same side you are kneeling on, you don't want to reach across their neck.

3. If there are enough people, direct folk not involved in helping to form a circle looking *out*. This gives some privacy, very important in these days of cell phone cameras and the fact that say, once the AED shows up, their chest will be made bare. Help protect the patient's privacy!

4. Good Samaritan laws generally have caveats such as never accept anything as a thank you (not even flowers, *nothing*) and stay with the person until someone of equal or greater training arrives. So if you say, start CPR then just get tired and stop with no one equal or higher taking over, then you are liable.

Gestern: Unser jährlicher Erste-Hilfe-Kurs im Space! Unter Pascals Anleitung, ehrenamtlicher Rettungssanitäter, vertieften wir uns 5 Stunden in Erste Hilfe. Von Reanimation an Übungspuppen bis zu Werkstattunfällen – alles dabei! Ein großes Dankeschön an Pascal für sein Wissen, seine Leidenschaft und seinen Humor, der den Kurs immer besonders macht.
#ErsteHilfe #FirstAid #LebenRetten #ZTL #ZTLSpace #Makerspace #MakersGonnaMake #Landau #LandauPfalz #Spacelife #NeuesAusDemSpace

What should I add to my medkit/first aid kit? https://youtu.be/7H6-zVhjy9s
#SummitsOnTheAir #Hiking #FirstAid

Poland introduces mandatory #firearms training for schoolchildren amid #Russian threat

Children now given training to teach how to cope "with threats caused by warfare & basics of tactical rescue"

To protect students classes use #laser #guns not live ammunition

Learning objectives include:

- State #security
- #Rescue activities in situations of extraordinary #threats
- Basic #FirstAid
- Health #education.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/23/poland-introduces-mandatory-firearms-training-for-schoolchildren-amid-russia-threat

Article in Sierra Magazine. As a Wilderness First Aid trainer, there are *so many* blaring alarms on the way to this fellow's ultimate demise. #heatstroke #heatillness #firstaid

Erste Hilfe rettet Leben!

Bist du bereits betriebliche*r Ersthelfer*in? Nein? Dann frage mal bei deinem Betrieb nach, ob du betriebliche*r Ersthelfende*r werden kannst.

Denn: In Zeiten von großzügigen Homeoffice-Angeboten sind die Vorgaben der Deutschen Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung (DGUV; hier: § 26 DGUV Vorschrift 1)¹ häufig schwieriger realisierbar, weil die Anzahl aus der DGUV-Vorschrift an jedem Arbeitstag mindestens gewährleistet sein muss.

Zum Ablauf: Damit man betriebliche*r Ersthelfer*in werden kann, muss zunächst ein Erste-Hilfe-Lehrgang mit einem Zeitumfang von neun Unterrichtseinheiten besucht werden. Anschließend muss im Rhythmus von zwei Jahren eine Erste-Hilfe-Fortbildung als Auffrischung ebenfalls mit einem Zeitumfang von neun Unterrichtseinheiten besucht werden.

¹ https://www.bghm.de/arbeitsschuetzer/gesetze-und-vorschriften/dguv-vorschriften/dguv-vorschrift-1-grundsaetze-der-praevention/organisation-des-arbeitsschutzes/26-zahl-und-ausbildung-der-ersthelfer/

Those first aid courses are amazing. You just never know when you’ll need them!

“It was only after a paramedic said to her "you did a good job, it could have easily gone the other way," that the seriousness of the incident hit McFarlane.

"It was a couple of hours later that the tears came and it sunk in that this day could have turned out a little differently."

#Health #FirstAid #LocalNews

https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/port-alberni-daycare-worker-honoured-for-saving-boy-from-choking-7664755

For those of you that use Leukotape, do you save weight by trying to roll a section of the tape onto a smaller cylinder?

Anyone know about Japan regs on first aid kits? I'm refreshing the jump bag and other disaster/camping supplies in the house, and one important item is first aid supplies. Mine are a rag-tag mess, and I want to put a kit in order.

The main brand at Alpen Sports is an import by Deuter. It's a SMALL EMPTY BAG that runs about ¥3,400 ($35 or so).

So I jump online, where listings state clearly that Japan-market kits are all EMPTY BAGS.

What gives?

PLEASE BOOST -- #MassShooting #SchoolShooting #FirstAid #StopTheBleed #CPR #FirstResponder #EMT
This is my six item trauma kit list for gunshot wounds.
RECOMMEND:
Tourniquet (Cat7, RATS), x2
Chest seals, 6"x6", with vent, x2
"Israeli-style" compression bandages, 6-inch, x2
Kaolin infused (Quik-Clot) packing gauze, at least 4 feet
EMT Shears, x1
Emergency Blanket (cold/shock), x1

You can't wait for help to arrive, YOU ARE THE HELP.
Learn how to use these items.

http://www.stopthebleed.org/training

Hey, Santa Barbara -- watch where you're walking/weeding!

Noozhawk: "The Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital emergency room has treated seven rattlesnake bite patients already this year. That’s significantly more than usual. " https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-hospital-reports-increase-in-rattlesnake-bite-patients/