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This entry was posted in Newsletter on March 8, 2011 by admin.

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AR15.com Survival Forum A place to discuss everything needed to ensure you are prepared.
Frugal Squirrels An online community dedicated to Crisis preparedness, self-suffiency, and sustainability
Midwest Grid Down Communication Class Really cool class in Wisconsin the week before the next Austere Medic class. Learn to communicate when the grid is down!
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Examples of absolute-bare-minimum First Aid Kits

First Aid Kit With Hard Case- 326 pcs This highly organized kit provides comprehensive first aid treatment for a variety of needs.
First Aid Only Outdoor First Aid Kit, Soft Case, 205-Piece Kit This 205pc. outdoor softsided kit, which features all the essential first aid items for minor aches and injuries.

Books

Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies Written with an understanding that the person using these techniques has some medical knowledge, it nevertheless introduces methods for starting IVs, doing Bier blocks for anesthesia and even procedures for a surgical acquisition of IV access.
Medical Corpsman and Medical Specialist (TM 8-230) Written with an understanding that the person using these techniques has some medical knowledge, it nevertheless introduces methods for starting IVs, doing Bier blocks for anesthesia and even procedures for a surgical acquisition of IV access.
NOLS Wilderness First Aid (Nols Library) While not as in-depth as other books, it does function on the premise that help is a long way off. If you had no medical training and were to choose one book to study intensely, you could do much worse that NOLS Wilderness First Aid. It presupposes no med
Save lives, save limbs: Life support for victims of mines, wars, and accidents Similar to the Village Medical Manual, the focus of this book is geared much more toward trauma. It is rare, and hard to get in the USA, but there are copies which turn up from time to time.
The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2010 (Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (Sanford)) There is more information in the Sanford Guide than most Austere Medics will ever need. However, it contains an invaluable chart which lists nearly all common infections (pneumonia, wound infection, etc.) and 1st, 2nd and often 3rd line antibiotics to tre
Village Medical Manual 2 Volume Set 2009 EDITION (Volume 1 & 2) A very, very in-depth set of books which presupposes an educated person, but not a medically educated person. It begins with anatomy and continues upward from there, in easy-to-understand bits and pieces. The only downside to this set is its focus on the
Wilderness Medicine, Beyond First Aid, 5th Edition This book is similar to “NOLS Wilderness First Aid” but goes into much greater depth. Covers medications, environmental trauma such as hypothermia, hyperthermia, high-altitude sickness and the like.
Wound Closure Manual Produced by the folks who manufacture suture materials, the Wound Closure Manual is a helpful infomercial which does indeed provide guidance on which type of suture, which style and size of needle and which stitch to use while repairing which injury. All

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