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Preppers are excellent planners and can typically mull over

every possible scenario that could plunge them into a survival
situation. During this mulling over, every aspect of survival is
carefully considered, right down to where a person will use the
facilities when there is no public water and the toilets dont
work.
However, there is one area that many preppers gloss over
medical supplies that are outside the norm. Sure, all preppers
have a nice stash of first aid supplies, but they often forget
about the little things that can make dealing with an injury a lot
easier. For example, you might have everything you need for a
twisted ankle or a broken foot, but what about crutches?
In todays world, whenever we need something, we head to
the store or order something online without a second thought,
or we just go to the doctor or hospital and they give us what
we need. But when the doctors are too busy or completely
inaccessible, you have to be your own doctor.
Here are some important first aid supplies you might have
overlooked.

1. Crutches A twisted ankle, bum knee or even a broken

bone could make it extremely tough to get around without
crutches. Using a couple of branches fashioned to act like
crutches is an option, but if you could have the convenience
and comfort of real crutches, why not set a couple aside in the
attic or in your storage area? Check secondhand stores for
crutches and you will get them at a fraction of the cost.
2. Arm Slings A broken arm or strained shoulder is better
with a sling. Sure, you can fashion a sling out of a towel or
pillowcase, but a sling is more comfortable and allows a
person to carry on with life without worrying about their sling
coming undone. Again, check secondhand stores for
extremely inexpensive medical items.
3. Liquid Bandage The smallest cut in a survival situation
can become a serious problem if it gets infected. Liquid
bandage is a handy medicine that adheres directly to the skin
and seals the wound. If you have a brutal hangnail, cracked
fingers or even a small cut, this is the stu you want. You
wont have to worry about trying to get a band-aid to stick to
the tip of your finger.
4. Syringe Small wounds need irrigated before they can be
closed. A 60cc or 100cc syringe is perfect for rinsing out cuts
that have debris inside.
5. Eye Wash Even a tiny piece of dirt in your eye can be very
painful. Without running water, youll need a squeeze bottle to
get a steady stream of water into your eye, and youre better
o using a solution that was designed for cleansing eyes.
6. Clotting Sponge This is an important medicine that
should be in every preppers stash. It can help clot and stop
wounds that are bleeding profusely. You dont want to get all
Rambo and dump gun powder in someones wound and light
it to stop the bleeding. Invest in some Quikclot and save

everybody some pain and stress.

7. Blood Pressure Cu Learn how to take blood pressure
readings the old fashioned way. Knowing a persons blood
pressure in an emergency can help you determine treatment.
Look at yard sales of retired nurses or at thrift stores.
8. Ammonia Inhalants Stress or injury can cause a person
to faint. If you need to move or you need that person
conscious and talking, slapping them around is not a good
option. Ammonia inhalants will wake the person up without
being further injured.
9. Thermometer Buy one of the fancy digital ones or the old
standard stick-under-the-mouth thermometers. You need to
be able to determine whether a person is too hot or too cold
to begin treating them appropriately. Knowing just how high a
fever is will tell you how ill a person really is.
10. Magnifying Glass Being able to see all the debris inside
a wound is important. Closing a wound that has even a small
bit of debris inside can cause a life-threatening infection. A
magnifying glass and adequate light can help prevent such
tragedies.
11. Cervical Collar Even if you cannot do anything for a
spine or neck injury, mobilizing the neck could save a persons
life. If somebody has suered whiplash, the cervical collar can
give them the support they need until the neck heals on its
own.
12. Cast Kit You can buy kits to apply casts for broken
bones. A cast is pretty simple to apply and giving a bone the
stability it needs to heal will be incredibly useful in a survival
situation when you cant run to the hospital.

13. Burn Dressings A serious burn puts somebody at

increased risk of infection. These special gel burn dressings
keep the wound covered, preventing infection, while providing
relief from the pain. It is a good idea to buy a variety of sizes.
14. BVMs (Bag Valve Mask) You can buy disposable bag
valve masks that take the place of the mouth-to-mouth
breathing. These are ideal in situations where you need to
tend a wound and the only other person available is a child or
someone who is unable to give the life-saving breaths.
What are some other first aid items that are easy to forget
about? Let us know in the comments section.
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