{"id":2667,"date":"2010-03-12T10:14:53","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:43:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:43:02","slug":"improv-first-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/improv-first-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Improv First Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Antacid<\/strong><br \/>\nEat two teaspoons of menthol toothpaste  mixed with cold water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antibacterial Ointment<\/strong><br \/>\nUse honey to discourage  infection and promote healing. (it&#8217;s a natural antibacterial agent).  Spread it over the surface of minor cuts, burns, abrasions, and  frostbite (but not directly in a wound) and cover with gauze.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bandage<\/strong><br \/>\nCut a thin strip of fabric out of a T-shirt  (snip in a circular pattern around the shirt to get the longest  dressing possible).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cervical Collar<\/strong><br \/>\nNo SAM splint? Roll a bulky jacket  or fleece, leaving the sleeves out, and wrap it around the patient&#8217;s  neck (see left). Tie it in place with the sleeves. Or cut a foam pad  into a collar and tape it in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cold Pack<\/strong> Soak the injury in cold water, or wrap soaked  bandannas or cotton T-shirts around the site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Irrigation Syringe<\/strong> Force water out of a hydration tube  or squeeze a zip-top bag with a pinhole poked in it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical Gloves<\/strong> Put your hands inside clean zip-top  bags.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sling<\/strong> Pull the bottom of the patient&#8217;s short-sleeve  shirt up and over the injured arm and pin it to the front with two  safety pins. Long-sleeve shirt? Pin the sleeve of the injured arm (with  the arm in it) to the shirt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wound<\/strong> closure strips Cut 1\/4-inch-long strips of duct  tape; punch pinholes to let fluid drain.<\/p>\n<p>First Aid tips courtesy of Backpacker.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antacid Eat two teaspoons of menthol toothpaste mixed with cold water. Antibacterial Ointment Use honey to discourage infection and promote healing. (it&#8217;s a natural antibacterial agent). Spread it over the surface of minor cuts, burns, abrasions, and frostbite (but not directly in a wound) and cover with gauze. Bandage Cut a thin strip of fabric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-2667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-first-aid"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17956,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2667\/revisions\/17956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}