first aid
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The Hunger Games Helped A 12-Year-Old Girl Become A Real-Life Hero
Can YA fiction save lives? Or at least aid a kid suffering from a nasty wound? A 12-year-old Massachusetts girl helped an injured friend over the weekend thanks to quick thinking — and a makeshift tourniquet she whipped up using a technique she read about in The Hunger Games.
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What Happens When You Get A Parasite
The experience of living with a stomach parasite is not something a decent person would ever want to share. Which brings me to the point of this article: the parasites I contracted in Guatemala.
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What To Do When It All Goes Wrong
Visiting dangerous places, leaving mobile phone signal behind, travelling by yourself and just generally taking risks? Well, guess what? At some point, it’s going to go badly for you. Likely when you least expect it. Here’s what I’ve learned about self rescue.
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Drops First Aid: Knowledge You Need To Save A Life Right In Your Pocket
Of all the things you never leave home without, your phone is usually somewhere near the top of that list, ready to whip out at a moments notice. You keep all your most vital information on it: birthdays, important meetings, reminders, beloved images, what have you — but all of this is worthless without the…