SHTF First Aid Courses

[Jonas]

Without opening a new thread then, could I ask members once more (and I'll re-phrase it a bit... ) to please give a few moments thought to this:

If it was possible to arrange SHTF 'No-One Else Is Coming' Training, what topics would you like to have covered?

If I were making the recommendations and sufficient time, I'd go with the following:

Vital Signs:
1. pulse
2. blood pressure
3. oxygen saturation
4. appearance (cyanotic, diaphoretic, etc.)

Use of a stethoscope:
1. what you're hearing
2. what it means

Airway Management:
1. oropharangeal airways
2. endotracheal tube
3. cricothyrotomy (the old "penknife tracheotomy")
4. "sucking chest wound (pneumothorax or hemothorax)

Bleeding Management:
1. pressure
2. tourniquet
3. Steri-strips
4. suturing

Cardiac:
1. asystole
2. shock
3. pericardial tamponade
4. M.I.

Fracture Management:
A: Extremities (simple/compound)
1. radius/ulna
2. humerus
3. femur
4. tibia/fibia
B: Spinal
1. lumbar
2. thoracic
3. cervical

Neurological:
1. concussion
2. TIA
3. CVA
4. Sub-dural/epidural hematoma

Many of these conditions can only be treated by an MD in a hospital setting (which means if no one else is coming, the patient is toast, but much can be done in the field as well.