First aid means just that, the first aid. Your crew members are the first responders to an incident and they must have the training and supplies to handle minor injuries that can be managed on-site to ...

In March 2000, at a Rand Corp. conference session on the medical support of urban military operations, John Holcomb ruefully acknowledged that the tools for controlling bleeding in battle had not ...

Part of what makes medical emergencies so scary is that, by nature, they can happen completely unexpectedly. Staying prepared with a fully-stocked first aid kit, supplemented with other potentially ...

Dr. Dylan Wyatt, an Emergency Medicine Physician from Aspirus St. Luke’s, weighs in on what should be in our first aid kits. What should we put in our first aid kit? Dr. Dylan: There are two parts to ...

Here’s the thing about emergencies: You never know when they’re going to happen until they do. But they inevitably will happen. So make sure you’re prepared for any situation—anywhere—with ...

7 Things Every Home First Aid Kit Should Have (But Often Doesn’t) A first aid kit is something we all hide in a cupboard or drawer, and we don’t think about until we need it. But when the emergency ...