wilderness first aid

I am currently taking a Wilderness First Responder course; and on learning about how snakebite kits work (or rather, how they DON'T) I employed my super-google skills to see the study. First result. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14747805 Thankfully someone advised this on amazon, for...

nice article here from the folks at Eureka; as a parent of two boys who hike and camp with me regularly all of these suggestion have merit and bear your consideration for inclusion into your own IFAK...

had a few ticks dug into various family members this season - its gonna be bad im afraid - whats the best tick removal tool you have used? tweezers aint cuttin' it

How do "you" remove a tick? Some people use a lighter, or something hot to burn the tick off, some people use a lasso, some people use tweezers. Personally I like the tweezers. But after using a tick removal lasso it seems pretty nice. For those of you that have never used a lasso, its a...

Tick Removal With Tweezers Every field first aid kit should have a pair of fine pointed tweezers. These special tweezers serve a dual purpose roll - they are good for removing small splinters and for tick removal. It is very important that the tick not be crushed while being removed. If the...