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June 13, 2022
(Updated February 21, 2024) |
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Ignoring Clint Eastwood's
advice in "Dirty Harry" that opinions, like
certain body parts, are best kept to yourself.
 The
story to the left: The Army, in an effort to ready young
surgeons to treat war casualties, is sending doctors to work
in the trauma unit at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical
Center in Watts, which receives most of Los Angeles County's
gang shooting victims. More
Recently,
I was called by someone at the Eagle Scout Association, they
were putting together a book and wanted some input from me,
asking what it was that I learned as an Eagle Scout that
stuck with me as I traveled through life. I told the lady
that the Scout motto "Be Prepared" was it in a
nutshell.
A year or so ago, I started to put
together a first aid kit for the motorhome. Traveling alone,
often in wilderness areas, I felt I needed a good one, and
even purchased a
gunshot
trauma kit, something often carried by gun enthusiasts
when they go to the shooting range. You just never know when
something might happen.
Last year,
I
was camped in the same remote area where Gabby Petito was
murdered. In September, 2021, a month after I spent a
couple of nights camping in 'Spread Creek Dispursed Camping
Area'', just East of Grand Tetons National Park, the body of
missing Gabby Petito was found in a shallow grave just a
short distance from where I'd camped. I remember it was a
spooky place, so after two days I packed up and got the heck
out of there.
I was letting friends and family
know where I was with my
"Spot-X"
satellite locator, when I would arrive at a new location for
the night, often just a Walmart parking lot, I would hit the
button to send a canned message to the family that I was in
camp for the night and everything was ok. That message
included my GPS location and clicking it would bring up a
satellite photo of exactly where I was.
If I run into a life-threatening situation I could call in
the calvary by pressing the "SOS" button. A $25 a
year insurance policy covers the cost of extraction, getting
my beat-up body back to civilization, paying up $250,000 for
whatever it takes to do the job. A friend of mine recently
had to be transported 120 miles by air ambulance, he said it
was $44,000 and fortunately was covered by his insurance.
Recently,
I took inventory of what I had in two small red duffles, and
realized that I needed to be a lot more organized. I
couldn't wait until an emergency arose to figure out what I
had. That's when the light bulb over my head went on with
the idea to buy a fishing tackle box to organize all of
these things. It couldn't be a regular one, like my 40 year
old green one, it would have to look like a first aid kit,
readily recognized by anyone, it had to be "red".
I found the perfect one for sale at
"Farm
and Home Supply" in Quincy, Illinois. I ordered,
and it arrived last week. Yesterday, I got to work
organizing:
The green "First Aid" sticker came from
Amazon.
Now, all I need is an emergency. And a life.
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| Using the smartphone's GPS,
findER
is able to quickly locate the user's current location
and the distance to the closest ER anywhere within the
United States. Users can select the closest ER or
another nearby ER in a map, or see them sorted by
current driving time and distance in list format. Once
selected, users are provided with one-click access to
directions to the emergency room. More |
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I bought this overdose kit
at
Amazon,
and carry one in both my car and motorhome.
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the nasal spray on the victim FIRST, and THEN call 911,
otherwise it may be too late. If used in time, Narcan, a
version of the drug naloxone, which blocks the opioid's
effect on the brain, can be a lifesaver for someone
taking opioids, including oxycodone, heroin or fentanyl.
If the victim does not have opioids in their system, the
nasal spray is harmless.
More |
Order the
Narcan nasal sprays (no prescription needed) from
Amazon.
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 My
Personal Favorite
The
Eton ''Red Cross'' model is loaded with features and is
on Amazon at a great price. |
Please visit
my
travel blog to learn more about my life on the
road.
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