| When bugging out you will find no doctors or | | | | be dealt with immediately. There is no room for delays |
| emergency rooms in which to rush yourself or a family | | | | in this sort of emergency. Learn how to dislodge any |
| member to when a medical problem develops. In an | | | | items that become stuck in a child's throat. Better to be |
| emergency you will need to deal with the | | | | safe then sorry in situations as these. Have you |
| circumstances yourself and in that case you should | | | | instructor show you the proper way to perform the |
| know what measures to take in order to minimize the | | | | Heimlich maneuver. This is an excellent technique for |
| effects of a medical emergency. | | | | dislodging a caught chunk of steak or getting a large |
| Most of the time adults in a bug out party are more | | | | piece of candy from a little ones throat. |
| alarmed about their children's health then they are | | | | Chances of your child getting a burn are greater when |
| about themselves. Children often attract certain | | | | you are bugging out then when you are safely in the |
| medical conditions comparable to a magnet attracting | | | | confines of your home. There are countless things that |
| bits of metal. This commentary will summarize a few | | | | can contribute to this situation ranging from open |
| of those emergency first aid skills that you should be | | | | campfires to candles being used to provide evening |
| familiar with when taking children with you. | | | | light. Know what to do in the event your child is |
| When a child requires help they need it immediately. | | | | unfortunate enough to encounter these calamities. |
| Nothing is worse then a child weeping out in pain and | | | | Another dread when bugging out is diarrhea. Learn |
| the parent not being able to alleviate the problem in the | | | | various means by which to stop this problem as |
| least. The first order of business here is to take a | | | | quickly as you can. Children who experience diarrhea |
| good quality first aid course. Learn CPR principles as | | | | often become dehydrated and that could lead to more |
| they relate to children or small infants. | | | | serious consequences. There are both natural and |
| While undertaking your first aid course pay noteworthy | | | | medicinal ways in which one could get this situation |
| attention to the sections that address bloody noses. | | | | under control. Keep extra medications in your first aid |
| Children often panic when confronted with a bloody | | | | kit just in case. |
| nose whether there is pain associated with it or not. It | | | | Lastly I want to mention nausea. While traveling in your |
| is the prospect of blood which actually sets them off. | | | | car the best way to combat the "sick feeling" is to |
| Similarly, as you would for adults you should be | | | | simply pull to the side of the road and allow the |
| acquainted before hand with how to dress any sort of | | | | passenger to bend over as far as possible. As a last |
| wound. Don't just place a Band-Aids on the spot in | | | | resort the child will vomit their stomach contents and |
| question but progress on to the more advanced | | | | feel better at which time your trip can continue on as |
| dressings and know when and how to use them. | | | | planned. |
| Make sure you have the proper bandages and | | | | There you have it in a nutshell, but I sincerely |
| dressing stored in your first aid kit at all times. | | | | recommend that you take that first aid and CPR |
| Choking resulting from food or any other cause must | | | | course as it may save a loved ones life. |