Triangular bandages are used to make slings and to make broad bandages to keep splints in place. There are two ways to tur a triangular bandage into a sling: Arm Sling An arm sling is horizontal (or slightly raised), it is used to treat upper arm injuries, wrist injuries, rib fractures, etc. Pass around the back of the neck towards the injured side. Make a reef knot(keep knot above the clavicle). Keep corner away from the elbow. Twist end of corner, and tuck(or secure with a safety pin). Elev...| Rabbit Waves
Learn everything you can about first-aid. Knowing what to do in the event of severe bleeding, choking, or severe allergic reaction could save a life. It may not be possible for EMS personnel to come to assist you in an emergency. You may need to contact a doctor and request advice on providing care, even if it is outside of your training. Document the doctor’s orders carefully. The word SAMPLE is a useful acrostic mnemonic to remember what to ask a patient prior to treating them: Signs and ...| Rabbit Waves
An emergency bag, ditch bag(specific to boats), or "go-bag", contains emergency supplies for when it is necessary to leave the home/vessel in a hurry in the event of a disaster. The bag ought to contain the minimum essentials. What is essential varies per person, and so it is important to pack what you need yourself, considering each item carefully, instead of following a list. Plan for a minimum of 3 days' worth of supplies. How long you need to plan for depends on where you live, if there a...| Rabbit Waves
The International Morse Code is a way to communicate that consists of short and long sounds that penetrate interference with greater quality than spoken words. The sounds are encoded are and expressed as: Dots, or Dits and Dashes, or Dahs. There are... 1)26 basic latin letters (a-z) 2) One accented latin letter 3) Arabic numerals (0-9) 4) Some punctuation & prosigns. Prosigns, or procedural signals, are shorthand signals used in radio. For example, "SOS", which is run as one word rather than ...| Rabbit Waves
Morse Signaling by Hand Flags or Arms Allow for enough time between dots and dashes, and between letters, groups or words. "Oh! I'm going to repeat the signals," the rabbit says. Continue Reading| Rabbit Waves
The International Code of Signals is a system of signals and codes designed to communicate important safety and navigational messages when speaking is difficult (because of language barriers, distance, etc). A standardized alphabet was created (see below image), along with a spoken word form for each one, designed to set apart similar-sounding letters like B, V and D. Each letter/numeral was assigned a flag: Phonetic Alphabet. Alfa : Al fah, Bravo : Brah voh, Charlie : Char Lee, Delta : Dell ...| Rabbit Waves
Flag semaphore is a way of communicating at a distance by using hand flags. Information - such as the letters of the alphabet, numerals, etc - are encoded by the position of the flags. At sea, the Oscar flag acts as a signaling flag (on land, it's the Papa flag). To start signaling letters, signal J. To start signaling numerals, signal the hand flag position for numerals. To request permission to start a transmission, signal the "attention" signal(which doubles as the error signal). The one r...| Rabbit Waves
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