Posts by Shawn Ritchey
The Survival Rule of 3s, and the 2nd of My 7 Essential Items in My First Aid Kit
It can be 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 Celias) and you could become hypothermic. Ambient temperature is only part of the equation. In this video Shawn will explain the real cause that contributes to core temperature heat los. After mentioning about the value of rain ponchos, he’ll offer the importance and versatility of an emergency (Mylar)…
Read MoreWater is Essential for Our Body. Living Water is Essential for Our Souls.
Though I speak often about first aid and related topics, this video is intentionally spiritual in nature and content. Water, as an essential substance for human life, is indisputable. Living water for our souls may not be universally understood, nor accepted, but I would contend it is no less essential for our soul health as…
Read MoreWater is All Around Us and All Through Us. Yet Many Around the World are Dehydrated. Water Should be an Essential Item in Your First Aid Kit.
Water is all around us and all through us, yet many people around the world are chronically dehydrated. There are many organizations or ministries seeking to care for those in need of fresh water. If you can help, please do so. https://watermission.org/ Sister Connection also provides care for widows and orphans in a variety of ways. https://sisterconnection.org/…
Read MoreFinal Thoughts on Comfort Care Whether Providing First Aid or Not. What’s Next? Cheers!
Some final thoughts regarding comfort care whether providing first aid or not. In these final thoughts on comfort care I explore how many of us can be tempted to presume someone is deficient when they are not speaking English as well as we’d like them to. Consider the examples I give and leave a comment…
Read MoreTo Be Intentionally Attentive to Someone Else. That is Comfort Care Summarized to Me. What Do You Think?
In this video Shawn unpacks, in a concise way, how our words can become comfort care when caring for an ill or injured person. Start with breathing for yourself. Then remember we are all human beings, so it’s good to treat others as we’d hope to be treated ourselves. Comfort care is clearly defined as…
Read MoreDon’t Confuse Patronizing as Comfort Care. A Lesson in How to Say Something
In my last post I asked if our spoken words matter. Does what we say matter? I also said, “Whether we believe strongly in free-speech, and I believe we should, the question I often ask myself is not, ‘Can I say that,’ but ‘Do I need to say that?'” This post continues by now suggesting…
Read MoreDo our Spoken Words Matter? I Think They Do! Consider What Jesus Has to Say.
Do our spoken words matter? I believe our spoken words do matter a great deal. Matthew 12:36 speaks of the seriousness our words will have on an eternal perspective and not simply on “this present life.” Matthew 12:36 says, “I tell you, on the day of judgement people will give account for every careless word…
Read MoreComfort-care is First Aid, and Should be an Essential Item in Your First Aid Kit. But What is Comfor-care?
I believe comfort care should be an essential item in your First Aid kit, along with cravats, hemostatic dressings, tourniquets, and more. Continuing my series on the first seven essential items in my First Aid kit, I begin to define comfort care in this video by looking at the dictionary’s definition of both words before…
Read MoreApplying a Tourniquet: Demo and Helpful Info.
This video completes a trilogy of videos having to do with tourniquets. This video will demonstrate tourniquet placement. These videos are part of a larger series describing the first seven essential items in my first aid kit. Number seven were cravats (triangular bandages), number six hemostatic dressings and number five tourniquets. Remember severe blood loss…
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