Snakebite Management (pre-hospital) Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a medical toxicologist and emergency physician at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. I have treated 600+ snakebites and direct one of the busiest snakebite services in the U.S. I also love snakes and consider myself a member of the herpetology community. And…
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100 Days Out
100 Days Out I don’t recommend a lot of “Preparedness” Blogs, but I will recommend this one. These are all good, practical pieces of advice, but this one bears repeating: Don’t fall into the “my candidate won so I can stop prepping” trap. I saw this in 2016 and again in 2020. Many Trump supporters…
Plantain: How To Identify and Use This Edible ‘Weed’
Plantain: How To Identify and Use This Edible ‘Weed’ Plantain is one of the most readily available and easily identifiable edible and medicinal weeds in the United States. It contains a lot of protein for a plant, making it a great survival food source. The Psyllium in plantain is one of the primary reasons…
Vehicle Escape Device
I’m a Travel Writer, and I Won’t Get in a Car Without This $10 Safety Device Having a seat-belt cutter and a window breaker in one device is not a novel ideal, you can buy folding knives (this is just an example, I do not recommend this knife) with both of these gadgets on-board…
Prepper Reference Library: Survival and Austere Medicine Book – Free Download
SURVIVAL & AUSTERE MEDICINE BOOK – FREE DOWNLOAD Download this to your Flash Drive Reference Library ASAP and Share the link with all your Friends. Time is Short and the World is Getting Diablo Ghost Pepper Spicy by the second. Self-Sufficiency when it comes to Medicine and Medical Procedures are a MUST. …
Three Must Have *FREE* Kindle Books for your Survivalist Library
Free Books – Part 289 Discover Edible Wild Plants: Your Introductory Handbook to Foraging – Feed Your Family Nutritiously and for Free – Today! 31 Edible Wild Plants Absolutely Anyone Can Find in North America: A Beginner’s Path to Safe and Successful Foraging Multilingual Dictionary of Medical Emergencies: English French Spanish Italian…
Know Your Civil War History: Traditional Plant Remedies of the South Blast Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Lab Tests
H/T: Addis Civil War plant Medicines blast Drug-resistant Bacteria in Lab Tests Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockade. During the height of the Civil War, the Confederate Surgeon General commissioned a guide to traditional plant remedies of the South, as battlefield physicians faced high rates of infections among the…
We’ve Lost Another Survival Tool
We’ve Lost Another Survival Tool I’ve mentioned that back in July, the FDA closed the legal loophole that allowed folks to purchase veterinary antibiotics without a prescription. Many companies have ignored the law change and continued to sell the “veterinary” antibiotics. Those companies got a warning letter from the FDA recently and I don’t…
Survival DIY: Build An Emergency Water Filtration System
Build An Emergency Water Filtration System Most of you are not putting enough emphasis on access to clean water in a crisis. If you complete this project, you will be light years ahead of most others in the preparedness community. How do I know most of you aren’t putting enough emphasis on water purification?…
Building a Crickett Rifle for Survival
Building a Crickett Rifle for Survival Normally viewed as a children’s training rifle, the Crickett rifle is a small single-shot bolt-action that incorporates a manual striker. So after inserting a round into the chamber and closing the bolt, the striker must be manually cocked before firing. Nothing fancy here, just a straightforward design that…