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How to Make Activated Charcoal and How to Use It Correctly?

January 25, 2023 By Emily Mendel 6 Comments

how to make activated charcoal

Learn how to make activated charcoal at home with this step-by-step guide. This DIY activated charcoal has a lot of uses and benefits!

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Your Most Important Prep: Yourself!

June 4, 2022 By Mike Lucero Leave a Comment

Spending all of your time gathering equipment and dreaming of your hideout...but forgetting the most important prep of all?

Learn what’s the first thing a good prep should take care of: your own health and well-being. Learn how to prep yourself for any emergency!

Filed Under: Medical, Preparedness Tagged With: natural remedies, taking care of your body, where there is no dentist, where there is no doctor

Take a First Aid Class (Preparedness Quick Tip #16)

May 9, 2022 By Emily Mendel Leave a Comment

First Aid is your first line of defense as the first responder in any emergency situation you may be involved in - learn to save a life! | Mom with a Prep

In almost every emergency situation you are in, whether it is a car wreck, a scraped knee on the playground, an active shooter, or a natural or man-made disaster, YOU are most likely going to be the first responder. Help from emergency responders may take a while to arrive. Having some background in basic first […]

Filed Under: Medical, Preparedness, Preparedness Quick Tip Tagged With: american red cross, cpr, diisaster, emergency preparedness, first aid, first responder

Sinus Massage: 3 Techniques for Pain Relief

March 26, 2022 By Tom Myles Leave a Comment

A blonde woman with a headache who is giving herself a facial massage for sinuses

Learn how to drain sinuses and how to relive facial pain using sinus massage. These 3 DIY facial massage techniques are easy and efficient!

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Preparedness Tip: Should You Put an End to Normalcy Bias?

May 25, 2018 By Tom Myles Leave a Comment

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SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave Are you the type of person who remains calm in an emergency, or do you freak out and lose your mind? Do you often see stories about people who have a serious disease and think it could never happen to you? What do you think about preparing for possible emergency situations? All of these […]

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Preparedness Quick Tip #38: Personal First Aid

January 3, 2015 By Tom Myles 3 Comments

Are you prone to injury or back pain or sports injuries? It would be smart to carry things in your car or emergency kit for those injuries that may not be major, but life-changing at the moment. Preparedness Quick Tips @ Mom with a PREP

My husband is prone to a pinched nerve in his back. While on vacation recently, it happened. Sometimes it’s just an inconvenience, sometimes it puts him out of commission for days. This time, it was the latter. We were staying with friends, in a town we didn’t know, without a personal doctor, and without our […]

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The Survival Doctor’s Emergencies Training Course – Learn to Save a Life

October 3, 2014 By Tom Myles 2 Comments

Do you want to learn to save a life? The Survival Doctor's Online Emergencies Training Course gives you the confidence to do just that! Gotta get signed up!

As a mom, one of my fears is what would happen if one of my kids were hurt and needed medical attention, and there was no one around to help. WAIT! There is someone. ME! I am my own first responder. And now, after taking Dr. Hubbard’s class, I have the confidence of knowing that, […]

Filed Under: Medical Tagged With: dr. hubbard, online medical training, the survival doctor

Why You Need to Take a CPR / First Aid Class to Save a Life!

July 23, 2014 By Mike Lucero 7 Comments

In your journey to become more PREPared for whatever life throws at you, take a CPR/First Aid class to help save a life!

In my quest to accomplish the 10 First Aid Skills Every Parent Should Know (because I really do practice what I preach, doncha know!), my oldest son and I attended an American Red Cross Community First Aid/CPR class. Not only will this count towards health credits for him for high school, it is a chance for […]

Filed Under: Medical, Preparedness Tagged With: AED, american red cross, choking, cpr, emergency first aid, first aid, first responder

10 First Aid Skills Every Parent Should Know

April 13, 2014 By Emily Mendel 10 Comments

Besides being able to kiss a boo-boo away, and put a bandaid on an ouchie, and stop the rush of a nosebleed with our shirt sleeve, what first aid skills do we really have? If an emergency arose, would we be able to stand in the gap and help out, or wait silently by hoping that an ambulance gets there in time? Make these a priority for you to learn!!

Besides being able to kiss a boo-boo away, and put a bandaid on an ouchie, and stop the rush of a nosebleed with our shirt sleeve, what first aid skills do you really have? Here are 10 First Aid Skills every parent should know: If an emergency arose, would you be able to stand in […]

Filed Under: Medical, Skills Tagged With: cpr, emergency preparedness, first aid, infant cpr, medical skills

Preparedness Quick Tip #23: Prevent a Mini-Pandemic

February 1, 2014 By Tom Myles 3 Comments

Don't allow the flu, cold, norovirus and other highly communicable diseses to take over your family. Stock those items that can help you fight against it. | Mom with a PREP

Our house was hit hard with the flu this week. One of us had the flu shot in the fall, the rest did not. One of us gets the shot every year, the rest do not. This is the first time in 15-20 years that we’ve had the flu. Granted, the flu shot isn’t a […]

Filed Under: Medical, Preparedness Quick Tip Tagged With: flu, norovirus, pandemic

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