Archive for April 2026
Tourniquets Can Save Lives! But What’s a Cravat?
Tourniquets can save lives! But what’s a cravat? Watch, learn, or be reminded. Tourniquets are the 5th item of the first seven essential items in my first aid kit. Tourniquets can bring fear or hesitancy in some assuming the person’s limb will be lost. Others get confused it they can tighten, then loosen, on/off at…
Read MoreThink CPR When Applying Direct Pressure? Yup!
Think CPR when applying direct pressure onto a wound? Yup! In my last post I spoke of hemostatic dressings as 6th on my first seven essential items in my first aid kit and even mentioned that my number five would be tourniquets in following posts. But here is an important supplemental video that directly impacts…
Read MoreWhat is a Hemostatic Dressing? Watch and Discover…
What is a Hemostatic dressings? It is a wound-care treatment that can affectively accelerate the clotting process even with some severe bleeding. In most cases it is best to utilize these dressings along with quality direct pressure which I will demonstrate in the next video. Hemostatic dressings are my number 6 on my first seven…
Read MoreA Divine Hemostatic Dressing
And now a word from our sponsor! This video is a pause to my series titled, “The first seven essential items in my first aid kit,” so that you can ponder this thought; What is a divine hemostatic dressing? In this video I’ll offer a brief thought to this question. I welcome any thoughts you…
Read MoreWhat do Buildings and Burns Have in Common?
What do buildings and burns have in common? Well listen and find out. This is the 3rd in Shawn’s series titled, “The first seven essentials to Shawn’s first aid kit.” In this episode Shawn explains how cravats – AKA triangular bandages – can also be used for burn care. Yet the kind of cravat you…
Read MoreSeventh of My First Seven Essentials to My First Aid Kit is: Cravats! What’s a cravat, you say…?
Cravats, AKA, triangular bandages, have a variety of uses. In this video, I introduce using a cravat for wound care. This is particularly useful when the cravat is made from a muslin (cotton) material, so that it still has an absorbing quality. Cravats can be used initially for bleeding control, or to secure a pressure…
Read MoreFirst Aid kit; Do you have one? Do you know what’s in it? Consider these 7 essential items!
By definition emergencies are not planned, yet we can plan for emergencies. One way to plan is to have at least one first aid kit. If you already have one, do you know what’s in it? Do you know what would be good to have in it? This is the first in a series @shawnritcheyLIVE…
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