Oftentimes children are out playing, riding bikes or even camping when someone gets hurt. The victim might be another kid or an adult, and with some basic skills you can help the person who has been injured. By using your skills until medical help arrives you may be able to save someone’s life.
I have been bitten by a spider, and I can tell you that what most people think is a spider bite, isn’t. A little itchy red bump – that’s not a spider bite; that’s a mosquito bite. How about a white, searing hot, prickly bump the size of a tennis ball? Yeah, that sounds about right. Here’s what you should do if you’ve been bitten.
If I got an itchy red bump on my skin that felt like a mosquito bite, but it was the middle of winter and I couldn’t remember being bitten, people would invariably tell me, “Oh, it’s just a spider bite. No big deal.” I never believed them, and you shouldn’t either.
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There is never a good time to get sick or injured, and if you have children, then you know that they somehow have the innate ability to get hurt at the worst possible moment. Often the difference between being “lucky” or not is being prepared.
One of the best things you can do help yourself be “lucky” is have a first aid kit. If you have a kit take a look at it. Have all the items been used and all that’s left are a couple Band-Aids? Is the kit from your grand father’s experience in World War II? Or may be you’ve never got around to putting a kit together?
Well, here are some helpful ideas that could be potentially lifesaving. First, the supplies should be kept in a convenient place in your home, and all family members old enough to use them should know where they are. Remember to try and keep those items in a separate box so they don’t get used for other purposes. In addition, some items in the first aid kit are potentially dangerous for children, so keeping the box locked or out of reach is also a good idea. Read the rest of this entry »
