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11/20/2018 / By Mary Miller

How do you treat broken bones, fractures, or joint injuries when you’re out in the wild?

If you were to break your leg by accident, you could quickly call for medical assistance to fix your leg right back up, but when SHTF, treating injuries can suddenly become a lot more complicated. A prepper should always be ready for the worst case scenario, even when it involves providing first aid to broken […]

11/06/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Skills every advanced prepper should know to survive when SHTF

A well-rounded prepper knows how to balance their knowledge of survival skills, such as First Aid and hunting or foraging. However, if you’re just starting to learn the ins and outs of prepping, the list of skills below may seem daunting. It will take some hard work and constant practice, but in time, you will […]

11/03/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Medical preparedness: How to treat minor injuries in the field

No matter how careful you are, you or your loved ones can still suffer from minor injuries when you’re outdoors. However, by making the necessary preparations, you can learn how to treat minor injuries like cuts and sprains while out and about. (h/t to PreppersWill.com.) Minor field injuries and how to treat them Simple injuries include […]

09/16/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Another herb for the survivalist prepper: Amazonian mint can be used to treat cutaneous infections and promote wound healing

The Amazonian mint (Ocimum micranthum) is another herb that a survivalist prepper should take note of. Research has shown that this herbal plant could be used to treat cutaneous infections and speed up wound healing. In the study, which was published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities of […]

09/16/2018 / By Ralph Flores

7 Essential oils to use for bee stings

Bee stings have a notorious reputation the world over, thanks to boxing legend Muhammad Ali: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Of course, getting stung by a bee and being at the receiving end of Ali’s punch are two different kinds of painful, but only a bee sting can hit you outside the boxing […]

09/10/2018 / By Tracey Watson

A list of medical supplies you need to be stockpiling NOW before SHTF

The end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI): Perhaps a few years ago we would have laughed at the preppers who insisted that a huge-scale disaster could be just around the corner. Most of us aren’t laughing anymore. The world, as we once knew it, is no more. It feels like we are surrounded […]

09/04/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

6 Survival skills you need in the wilderness

No one knows what the future may bring, and no one can ever anticipate the occurrence of an emergency situation. However, if you are planning to seek solace for a weekend of want to enjoy the simplicity in the forest, it pays to be prepared before you embark on your journey. Here are some of […]

08/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Learn these basic medical conditions that need to identified first BEFORE administering first aid

There is no avoiding injury; it happens to the best of us at the worst of times.We must be prepared to identify the most common kinds of injuries so that we know how to safely treat them. An article on Prepper’s Survival Homestead covered the five basic medical conditions that you are bound to experience, […]

08/09/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Emergency care tips from 100 years ago: 7 Lessons that still apply today

Roughly 100 years ago, medical science was still very much involved with educating the public about basic emergency care. A lot of these first-aid tips are still incredibly relevant today. Here are such seven practices that you should familiarize yourself with. (h/t to BioPrepper.com) How to stop bleeding from an artery below the middle of […]

08/09/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Your SHTF medicinal herb kit should contain yarrow

Should SHTF, you may experience a much greater risk for physical injuries. This could be complicated by the possible lack of operational medical treatment facilities or medical supplies. You may, therefore, need to depend on nature’s boons to keep yourself safe from harm. Among the herbs you need for your emergency first aid kit, yarrow […]

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