Medicine

At the most basic level, every human being is a chunk of flesh. Although we can take quite a bit of abuse, we are also fragile in many ways.

Knowing how to treat and care for the human body can keep your lungs breathing and heart beating.

Health & Wellness

Everyday we make dozens of decisions that affect our health and ultimately, our long term survival. The foods we eat, our level of exercise, stress, smoking, sleep–the list goes on.

There are a lot of factors intertwined in your overall well-being, and while I’m not in any place to preach to you, the reality is that preventative medicine is the best kind. The seemingly little “lifestyle” decisions that you make manifest themselves in months and years of life.

Now that’s survival.

Emergency Medicine

No matter who you are, everyone’s been there when somebody collapsed, stopped breathing, or started gushing blood. You’ve been there for car accidents, seizures and a lots of other scary medical emergencies.

Even knowing a handful of basic emergency medical procedures can be enough to keep someone alive until help arrives–be the person who knows, AND acts.

Check out the following prepisodes for topics related to emergency medicine, health and wellness:

A couple of weeks back, I posted a prepisode on how I was testing my house for Radon. Radon is a poisonous gas which can

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You might have heard of “Radon” before, without knowing exactly what it is. Radon is a radioactive gas that’s released as a natural by-product of

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CERT training saved her son’s life! Karrie Beardall has been involved with CERT for several years, and was my instructor when I lived in Springville.

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With the change in weather, it’s time for a reminder to get your flu shot. Flu shots are inexpensive ($20-30 if not covered by your

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Guys, You gotta help me out. A couple days ago, I went camping, and came back with some pretty gnarly poison ivy. Everything I’ve ever

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In today’s “Gear Review Wednesday” I give you a look at the M3 Medic Bag, from the guys at 1st Survival Gear. This is a

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If you find yourself in a situation where you need to close up a laceration but don’t have a butterfly bandage, here is a simple

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While In Nicaragua, I got a pretty bad wax rash in one spot from lying on a surfboard. For those of you who aren’t familiar,

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At long last, I’m back from my sojourn in Nicaragua! I had a ton of fun, but happy to be back (and mostly in one

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In today’s “Field Trip Friday” prepisode, I give you guys a look at the mock disaster scenario I participated in last week with my CERT

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Last time we sat down with Mrs. Urbivalist, we chatted about the NSAID family, and the pros and cons of each. In today’s prepisode I

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A couple weeks ago, I was in the throws of a serious head cold.  Standing in the middle of the local CVS, I again asked

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You probably never knew that “avulsed” is a fancy word for “knocked out”, but then again, I didn’t either. This week I’m hosting my long

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Last week I finished Cody Lundin’s 98.6: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive. While this isn’t an “urban survival” book (strictly speaking), it is

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Disclaimer: This post is not a lesson on CPR. As always, people acting in a medical capacity should receive training from professionals. I’m not responsible

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Following the failure of nuclear reactors in Japan, people all over the world have been purchasing Potassium Iodide. Here are some of the more common questions and answers.

In the wake of Japan's cataclysmic disaster, the answers to these 7 questions can be the difference of life and death when disaster comes to your neighborhood.

Do you really think you’re going to die in a terrorist attack? Consider it. How many people do you know that have died in terrorist

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