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Money Mondays: Health Benefits to Use Before the End of the Year

This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Now that December has started, it’s time to think about year-end activities. Health Benefits to Use Before the End of the Year Part of year-end planning is to assess your health benefits and figure out what you may lose out when the year ends. Look at your health plan and review your benefits closely. A lot of people don’t use their benefits and can possibly lose these opportunities to get healthy or boost […]

How to Make Hot and Cold Packs for First Aid

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Being prepared includes getting into shape. I started exercising at the gym and found myself feeling sore after a workout. A hot or cold pack can usually help with minor sore muscle aches. Having a well-stocked first aid kit is great to have, but if you don’t happen to have a hot or cold pack, you can make them with common household items. Hot Pack Materials Tube socks 2 cups uncooked rice Microwave […]

5 Life-saving Emergency Procedures You Should Know from the Author of Prepper’s Survival Medicine Handbook

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Today we are featuring a new book by Scott Finazzo, Prepper’s Survival Medicine Handbook: A Lifesaving Collection of Emergency Procedures from U.S. Army Field Manuals. The book is designed to help you in an emergency when no doctor is available. It covers various types of health emergencies and what you have to do to survive. Each condition includes symptoms to help you identify what you are facing, prevention, as well as treatment. About the Author Scott Finazzo is an […]

What if You Lose a Filling Just as SHTF?

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com A few days ago I was enjoying a Butterfinger chocolate bar when I noticed one of my back molars felt really sharp and sensitive. I could not see all the way back there but it felt like I cracked a filling. It was a weekend so the dentist office was closed. I endured a weekend of pain and not being able to chew my food properly. That Monday I called and made an […]

12 Household Items that have First Aid Uses

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com In case of an injury, you should have a well stocked first aid kit. But in case you or someone you know gets hurt without a first aid kit nearby, it’s good to know there are a few household items that can be used in an emergency. 1. Sanitary napkins and tampons – The individually wrapped sanitary napkins and tampons are actually good to keep in a first aid kit. They can be […]

Money Saving Tips for Building a First Aid Kit

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Building a First Aid kit does not have to be cost prohibitive. You can assemble it as inexpensively as possible with the following tips: Reuse or recycle. Use a recycled or re-purposed item as your main container Check Goodwill or discount stores for a handy bag or box that has lots of room such as a backpack, video camera case, tackle box, etc. Stock it with freebies. The last time we went to the doctor’s office, they were giving out […]

How to Protect Your Family from Enterovirus D68

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We’re now hearing that more states have been reporting cases of the Enterovirus D68, the virus that has been sending many children to the hospital due to complications. This article discusses symptoms to watch and how you can protect your family. […]

Living Ready Pocket Manual: Book Review and Giveaway

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This post is by Bernie Carr, apartmentprepper.com Survival Doctor James Hubbard, MD has written a new book, Living Ready Pocket Manual – First Aid: Fundamentals for Survival. This book will give you knowledge and skills to potentially save a life during an emergency or disaster. Dr. Hubbard gives easy to follow step by step directions on what to do in such situations as: choking severe wounds bites burns dehydration hyperthermia and hypothermia poisoning broken bones and joints In high stress […]

First Aid Kits: The Understated Necessity

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Guest post by Frank Nielson. An essential tool in everyone’s emergency preparedness arsenal is the lowly first aid kit. Although considered important, too often little thought goes into it. This may be because so many prepackaged kits are available in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, many of us are guilty of basing our purchase more on the size and price and less on the contents. Then the kit is placed on a shelf or in a bag and not thought […]

If You’ve Always Wondered about Expiration Dates

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Having started prepping a couple of years ago I am noticing that many of my supplies of medications are approaching their expiration dates. We try to rotate our supplies, but invariably, some are going to expire. I was wondering what to do when they get past their expiration dates when I received the following article from Joe Alton, M.D. aka Dr. Bones of www.doomandbloom.net: New Evidence on Expiration Dates by Joe Alton, M.D. aka Dr. Bones of www.doomandbloom.net Over the […]