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The Core Kit: First Aid and Beyond, by Jason J.
Beans, bullets, and Band-Aids are the basics of prepping. Each has its own place, and they each lean on each other. Beans are pretty easy, but expensive. You spend the money, organize yourself and learn to use the food. There are more sources to learn about this than you could ever read, we all know about eating, and you are certain to need food in almost any situation you can imagine! Bullets are really not that complicated. We make it complicated, but as an Army Ranger that has been shot at countless times, I promise you will not question if that was a 5.56 or a 7.62 fired your way. I have hidden from a .22, because they all can kill you! The counter to being shot at has been addressed, mass. Have some weapons you can use, know how to use them, and then be prepared to use them. It is about that simple. About the only things I can think to say from my experience is that rookies practice shooting while pros practice correcting malfunctions and reloading and that two decent guns in two different pairs of hands are usually better than a great gun in one pair of hands. Band-Aids are where I think things get more difficult. We all eat, all can buy guns and practice basic marksmanship, but we do not all get a chance to learn professional medicine or practice the skills we have learned about in books! I suppose if you can find someone to let you practice suturing on them or practice a teach then you have a more committed prep group than I do and you need read no further!
I switched from Infantry to nursing when I realized that no one pays you [in the civilian world] to be infantry. While in the Infantry I did get a chance to learn some great emergency/trauma management. In fact, when I went to medic school there really wasn’t much new to me. Your typical American Infantryman has the skills to stabilize most pre-hospital trauma injuries. Basically, stop the blood, keep the wind going.
I want to address the typical person reading this. I bet the typical reader is most likely to start by going to Wal-Mart and buying a first aid kit, a few over the counter drugs, and learning CPR. This is great! If more Americans would do this it would provide quite a stable situation for us as a community. I also want to talk about the more advanced prepper and the things I bet I’d find in his stores.
I started by buying a typical kit for around $15. I chose it because it said “outdoor” on it (a marketing tool that appeals to preppers) and because is useful before the world ends. I plan to toss it in the wife’s car for the normal bumps and bruises my kids and I receive.
I chose a “Be Smart Get Prepared Outdoor First Aid Kit”. It caught my eye because of the eco-friendly packaging!
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