Posts Tagged ‘First Aid’
Lord Have Mercy! What’s up with That?
Lord have mercy! This is the 6th in my series on the Good Samaritan parable. In this post we learn why I’m even discussing the word, mercy, as well as the definition of it. This is not a random word, but the assessment a lawyer concluded about the person who offered first aid to a…
Read MoreThe Good Samaritan Story Told.
Good Samaritan, 5th in the series: Listen to the story with today’s vernacular to hear it anew. What was the message Jesus intended His audience to consider, and what is the message it has for us today? For more information on first aid, or God, or how they so intertwine, please go to: https://shawnritchey.com/first-aid-its-a-god-thing-biblical-guide-to-life-saving/ To subscribe…
Read MoreThe Good Samaritan, 2nd in this series. How Should We View Him?
This is the second in a series on the Good Samaritan. How should we view him? In this post we consider how the audience who heard Jesus share the parable (story) of the Good Samaritan viewed people from Samaria. Though his name is in good standing now with countless clinics, hospitals, and laws named in…
Read MoreWhy CPR = “I Want You Back?” Explaining CPR
https://youtube.com/shorts/YEh8FmS4dmo?si=gjmN9aaq5MzLgf_f CPR, medically, stands for Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. It is a medical skill performed by professional rescuers, lay rescuers, family members or bystanders. It is performed when someone is presenting as being in Cardiac Arrest; Their heart is no longer functioning as a pump. When chest compressions are provided, the goal is to…
Read MoreCPR = “I Want You Back.” Beginning to view CPR both medically and spiritually
https://youtube.com/shorts/3IpGeQlUTtI?si=d6rvPCN7lg0GPxZZ CPR, medically, stands for Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. CPR is provided to someone who is, or presenting as being in, Cardiac Arrest. But I believe there are more definitions of CPR and that CPR should be thought of both medical and spiritually. Medically, CPR is a medical skill performed by professional rescuers, lay rescuers,…
Read MoreWhat Does Quality CPR and Qualty Wound Care Have in Common?
Q: What Do Quality CPR and Quality Wound Care Have in Common? This 1 minute video will help with some reminders and a hint to the question posed. I invite your opinions and suggestions to the question. I will be offering my answer in a later post. Please like and share this post. Thank…
Read MoreFirst Aid; It’s a God Thing!
For the past 10 years I have had increased awareness on how first-aid principles are so clearly presented in the Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) Bible. About 5 years ago I began to explore these themes and was compelled to write. Though it had been on-again, off-again fro much of that time, the…
Read MoreContinued adventures from Burundi, Africa in 2024
In August of 2024 I returned to Burundi, Africa with a two-prong goal. First, I was reconnecting with 6 young adult orphans involved with Sister Connection https://sisterconnection.org/ who I have not only taught first aid skills to but have invited them on the adventure of learning. how to become teachers of the curriculum I created…
Read MoreStop the Bleed and save a life!
Stop the Bleed training (STB) is a nationally recognized curriculum intended to educate and practically show how (potentially) live-saving skills – during a major trauma incident – can be utilized by non-professional rescuers. Through the use of proper tourniquet use, hemostatic dressings and/or other skills, loss of limb and/or loss of. life can be substantially…
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