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ABC-L: A Burundian Choking Lesson

By Shawn Ritchey |

Some associate ABC (medically) with Airway, Breathing, Circulation. For just this short, consider the ABCs to be: A Burundian Choking Lesson. Young adults sponsored through Sister Connection are learning vital first aid skills to apply to family, friends, and neighbors. https://sisterconnection.org/ Choking hazards can often be resolved with first aid before it becomes life-threatening. Learn how…

Burundians Helping Burundians Through Sister Connection First Aid.

By Shawn Ritchey |

https://youtube.com/shorts/s2fI8G96Y0o?si=sbhzoU9gn6zCTfnv     Young adult orphans are learning first aid, including major wound care. There is value to human life. These amazing young adults are affirming value to Burundian life. Please sponsor a widow or help support our First aid efforts at: http://sisterconnection.org I just returned from Burundi, Africa. While there I had the privilege of…

First Aid Seems Common. But What if it’s Not Common? Sister Connection in Burundi, Africa is Helping

By Shawn Ritchey |

First aid often seems common for most of us. But what if it’s not common? What if it is rarely taught, and mostly unavailable where we live? That is the reality for the people living in Burundi, Africa. Sister Connection has been uplifting widows and orphans for 2 decades, and has recently begun to offer…

The Heart is Hurting. Widows are Wounded. Sister Connection is helping, and so can you.

By Shawn Ritchey |

Burundi has suffered through several civil wars over numerous decades. This has ravaged the land and left behind countless widows and orphans. Sister Connection was founded by Burundians, with assistance from Americans, back in 2006 to bring dignity, hope, and restored lives to a growing number of widows and orphans in the land called, “The…

Burundi is called the Heart of Africa. The Heart is Hurting.

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Burundi has been called the Heart of Africa. Yet it is often overlooked by the world at large and even Africa as a continent. “Above all else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 Burundi is an amazing and critical place in Africa filled with wonderful people who need our…

Counting Backwards is Easier than Speaking Backwards…My Concluding Thoughts on Seven Essential Items in My First Aid Kit.

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The final concluding thoughts in this video on my first seven essential items in my first aid kit is not intended to be the final thoughts on this subject. That would be arrogant or ignorant of me and I seek to be neither as much as I can help it. Instead, I invite you to…

Can You Guess What’s the First Essential Item in My First Aid Kit? Ponder, then Watch…

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By definition emergencies are not planned. But you can plan for emergencies. This is a phrase I’ve been saving more recently as I brining this series on the first seven essential items in my first aid kit to a conclusion. This video is brings us to the #1 essential item in my first aid kit.…

It Can be 60 degrees F (15 Celsius), and You Can Become Hypothermic…

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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)…

The Survival Rule of 3s, and the 2nd of My 7 Essential Items in My First Aid Kit

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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)…

Water is Essential for Our Body. Living Water is Essential for Our Souls.

By Shawn Ritchey | Comments Off on Water 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…