Posts by Shawn Ritchey
Don’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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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…
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