A Way to Stop bleeding and Close wounds: Every good medical kit should have items that can be used to help stop bleeding, close and protect cuts, and help prevent infection from setting in. Duct Tape – Yes, duct tape. It can be a life saver when dealing with a cut or wound where medical help [...]
If a terrorist throws a hand grenade down in front of you don’t run. You will be killed by flying shrapnel piercing vital organs or your head. Seek shelter behind a chair or table in the two to four seconds before the grenade goes off. If there is no cover fall face down with your [...]
THAT IS WHY WE DO NOT GIVE NOODLES TO THE EVACUEES AND EVERYONE. DURING OUR AIR RESCUE & RELIEF OPERATIONS STAGED BY THE PureForce RescueCorp AND ASSISTED BY RAHA Volunteers Fire Department, Energy Development Corporation EPDRU, Wilderness Search And Rescue Philippines, Jojo Sayson's Project Michelangelo, and ZEDRU, WE GAVE READY TO EAT GOODS WITH GOOD NUTRITIONAL CONTENTS. I [...]
FRIENDS, THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY IN ANY HAND-OUTS OR TEXTBOOKS. THIS IS JUST MY UNDERSTANDING ON THE NATURAL HAZARDS WHICH I CAME ACROSS DURING MY TRAINING AND LOTS OF READING NATURAL HAZARDS 1. METEOROLOGICAL A. Storm - Tropical Cyclone - Extra-tropical Cyclone - Local storm 2. CLIMATOLOGICAL A. Extreme Temperature - Heat Wave - Cold [...]
AS PER REQUEST ABOUT U.S.A.R. An Urban Search and Rescue Team or better known as Task Force (USAR Task Force) is a group of trained personnel specializing in SAR, disaster response and recovery, and emergency field management employing triage and medical interventions. Ideally, in an incident requiring USAR TF must be deployed within six hours [...]
1) A good knife 2) A lighter 3) A flashlight 4) A pen 5) A notepad 6) A cell phone 7) List of important information Additional suggestions on what to carry 8) A real weapon 9) A multitool 10) Paracord bracelet http://urbansurvivalsite.com/7-items-you-should-carry-every-day/
Arvin P. Carandang, EMT-B, has been in the volunteer service for almost 20 years as First Aid/BLS and DRRM Instructor for the Philippine Red Cross San Pablo City Chapter. He is also a member of the ICS National Incident Management Team of the Office of the Civil Defense and a CADRE (ICS Instructor) for the [...]
