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Hi I'll explain a wee bit and I'm sorry if I'm teaching you (or your granny) to suck eggs. Histamines are released by the body when a foreign object is detected, and I don't mean from a UKIP perspective. They cause a localised dilation of the blood vessels which brings factors that help fight...

Good work. I hope you dont mind me adding a we bit to this, The Swiss Society of Mountain Medicine simplified hypothermia in the way that you have done as it makes diagnosis and treatment easier. http://www.mymedal.org/index.php?n=Military.340110. This is very similar to the OP.

And you are spot on Toddy. Must be a South Lanarkshire thing;-)

Have a read of this. http://www.traumamonkeys.com/home/2014/11/9/5-myths-about-tourniquets. In short, improvisation is good but no substitute for the right kit.

You'd need a paediatric probe then, not an adult one. Peak flow will be much more useful to you that a sats monitor. Sats can't take 3 min to drop following a respiratory issue, peak flow will degrade much quicker and therefore alert you quicker. The problem with kids is that they compensate...

Fair point, I guess I asked for that one:-) I was wondering under what circumstances he would use it. Outdoors? Is he a first aider covering events?

No you wouldn't get the same reply. I can understand why you would be looking for a comparison of cooking stoves, you absolutely need one for days away. I suppose to be fair you didn't mention that you wanted to use it outdoors so perhaps I've been a bit rash and presumptuous. Therefore I would...

Giving the sats over the phone may speed up the response? Eh naw! If you're reading the sats without the ability to supply O2 and knowing the British Thoracic Society guidelines on oxygen therapy then I think you may be misunderstanding why we take a patients sats.

Why do you want one?

I know this'll sound like my usual gripe. I wouldn't carry one in the outdoors no mater how good it was, unless you are also going to carry oxygen. Monitoring something that you cant do anything about will only cause distraction and stress. I also wouldn't use a cheap one no matter what. There...

So you're openly admitting that you are using a product that has a warning stating that it has not to be used for the very purpose that you are using it for. It appears that you have now changed this practice and all I can say is "thank God!" The general opinion on this thread is that this...

Why the hell would that be all you had? Why would any guy go out and only have some ladies sanitary device on them? Get a proper FAK and sort yourself out for Gods sake!!! AND when does anyone on this forum need to plug a bullet hole? AND when were you taught to "plug" a hole? I thought one of...

I'll add an aviation risk to that too, they are a nightmare when flying at night. All you see is an orange light and you have no concept of what it is, how big it is, how far away it is or the direction of travel.

HAve you thought about one of these? http://www.topeak.com/products/Tent

You can buy rigs from your local fishing shop for a few pounds, though if you're using feathers and such remember to add a weight. Fishing isn't an expensive hobby when it comes to buying kit, it's the travelling and the weekend pass from the wife that costs lots of money.

I can only agree with the previous replies. Retrieve the lures at the same speed the small fish you are trying to imitate swim at. I've had the best success using a Dexters Wedge when fishing for mackerel (http://www.dexterproducts.co.uk/page36.html), preferably of the larger veriety which keeps...

Sure. Special Operations/HART - The Civil Contingencies Act requires ambulance services to not only be able to respond to Major Incidents but plan and be involved in multi agency training for such incidents. In Scotland the ambulance service created Special Operations Response Teams (locally...

Sorry but how is this a pissing contest????? I only asked (and I appologise if I have worded it poorly) how you are diagnosing the conditions that you have the kit to deal with. As I have said in other posts. I am a reasonably well experienced Paramedic, having done solo work in cars and...

How are you diagnosing a tension without and diagnostic kit? Not even a stethoscope! How many large bore cannula do you carry? A HEMS Doc using tourniquet to isolate a core?? Can you explain that one to me please? In 16 years of pre-hospital care I've known a tourniquet to be used a good few...

"As a trained emergency services professional". Which emergency service is that? "Did you know a lot of lessons and equipment from Afghan has filtered into trauma care and pain relief in the UK?" Yea, I do know that and none of those lessons has included the use of a tampon. I appreciate...