Two keys to prepping against antibiotic resistance After the development of antibiotics, experts in infectious medicine who’d seen the fatalities in their field drop by more than 90% trumpeted an end to their entire specialty; and many medical schools closed… Continue Reading
Tetanus. It’s called ‘lockjaw’ because the jaw muscles are among the first to be affected. They spasm and seize up, holding the jaw firmly shut. The good news is, starvation is not likely to be a problem. The… Continue Reading
Spiders All Salty did was take a hike in the woods of a state park. At the time, we didn’t notice anything amiss. A thing like that shouldn’t take the wonders of modern medicine to keep from killing a guy,… Continue Reading
I just got back from a hiking trip in the mountains, and wanted to share my experiences: The good to encourage their use and the bad to save you from learning the Hard Way. A prepper win (or six) and… Continue Reading
Leg Swelling And You I’ve been working on a series to give people ideas for managing chronic conditions when they can’t get medical care (search the Bandages tag here on the BBBY site if that interests you). This is just… Continue Reading
Prepping To Not Have Asthma One of the readers of one of my previous posts on asthma asked if there was a way to keep kids from getting asthma in the first place – really much nicer than having to… Continue Reading
People toss around the name and diagnosis of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) a lot; but what is it really? I’m not a psychiatrist … but a good friend of mine is, and she has quite a lot of professional experience… Continue Reading
The world is chock full of germs that would love to live in your warm, food-rich interior. If allowed, they’d move in, eat your food, change your TV channels, poop on your carpet, and generally trash the place. I use… Continue Reading
Your heart pounds. Your breath comes fast and shallow. Lunch is a hard, unmoving lump in your stomach. Cold sweat trickles down your spine. Nails dig into your palms as your fists clench. Your eyes are wide as visions of… Continue Reading
Part I of this series had some ideas on having less asthma. But what if you do have it, and it’s hanging on like a bad house guest, and normal medical care isn’t available? There are some suggestions here… Continue Reading
I’ve been thinking about wound care. Developing The Place and other prepping or emergency activities often involve sharp tools, lots of muscle, and people doing tasks they don’t do every day — good conditions for traumatic injury. I’m no expert… Continue Reading
Ok, I know asthma affects many adults as well as children. It is common in childhood though (about 13% of children in the U.S.), and what tugs at a parents’ heart more than a child struggling to breathe? When… Continue Reading
Drowning doesn’t look like drowning. That’s one phrase we kept hearing over and over during our “rescue diver” training years ago, and it’s a key fundamental to learn. What drowning looks like Humans have something called the “Instinctive Drowning Response… Continue Reading
For those of you who’ve never heard of apnea … I hope it’s because you don’t have it, rather than just because you haven’t been diagnosed with it. Apnea means ‘no breathing’ so I’m pretty sure you don’t have it… Continue Reading
Part I and Part II of the Prepping for Arthritis series looked at the two arthritis remedies and/or preventatives that don’t depend on access to medical care, and that research supports as being the most helpful. Part III is… Continue Reading