Why YSK: there has been quite a development in the first aid medicine and some things we used to learn are now regarded as myths and should be avoided. Anyway it always good to, keep your first aid knowledge up to date.
Could you please add a “Why YSK:”? It’s rule #2. Thank you. :)
What is something that has really changed?
A number of years ago, they stopped recommending and teaching tourniquets because they were concerned about people losing limbs unnecessarily if tourniquets were to be applied unnecessarily.
However, then the Boston Marathon bombing occurred and the California nightclub shooting and they realized that they had made a tragic mistake because a lot of people lost their lives when they could have been saved.
So now, tourniquets are once again recommended and taught.
It probably depends on when you did it last time. For me its that breathing mouth-to-mouth is no longer recommended for untrained people and that there are two different stable positions, which depend on whether the person is conscious or not.
Anyone have any recommendations on Amazon? I want a heated one - ice cold blasts in the pooper are generally not appreciated.
Is there a no context sub yet?
