Prepper Care

    Sounds like Medi Care or some kind of insurance. LOL Next time someone asks what kind of insurance you have tell them you have PREPPER CARE ! Your doctor is Dr. Mom / Dr. Dad. I need to start a blog on Prepper Care .    

    I've been thinking and trying to analyze a lot of health stuff. Not only for myself but other folks I come in contact with. I don't have any medical training so I would say I would be pretty clueless in many areas. Maybe not AS CLUELESS as many blindly functioning people out there but for sure not properly trained.
    I would think there are many preppers that are aware of health issues in a emergency sense of things. But are they aware and knowledgeable in the common ever day health issues that you can run across in just plain living. Not war time extreme or disaster extreme. Just if things are for some reason not as easy living and comfy as we are today even. Lots of poor people are living that way now. Medical insurance is just not working or available for some people.
   I know we talk about prepping and stocking up on meds which is always good, But can you take care of you, yours, family and friends without going to the doctor? There are so many methods to learn or be aware of for treating the people around you. The list starts with :
Common sense
Nutrition
Standard pharmaceuticals
Herbal
Essential Oils
Homeopathic
TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine 
Ayurvedic medicine
   
    Use what works for you, what is comfortable for you to learn how to use and understand. Be aware of other methods because your method may be wonderful but you may run across someone it doesn't work for and need to pull a different rabbit out of your medical hat.
   Don't forget massage, simple safe chiropractic and a big dose in counseling people.
     We have so many currant health issues. Some is due to what we call old age. But I am thinking it's more due to lack of knowledge. We are soo busy with life we don't stop to see what is really happening until we can't wiggle or in pretty miserable health. Then we run to the doctor and listen to the PROFESSIONALS that in many cases mess up more than they fix up! The naturalist / organic folks are getting a clue some of us too late but it's a start.
    If the SHTF some day many will die like we are finding out in the hurricanes. Anyone over 60 is in extreme danger of dying. I am seeing so many health issues that go back to missing something in the body's chemistry that in the chain of events the link gets broken and starts a cascade of health problems.
   Modern foods are not supplying our bodies with what we need in general due to the lack of nutrients in our production of those foods. Be it the soil lacking or just the way things are processed to be stored on the shelves in many cases. Most of these issue still goes back to our own choices in the food we eat and enjoy. If it isn't that it is the contaminants in not only the food but the world around us we live in. We have all heard this stuff before.
   So lets get back to basics. If your not a medically trained person you need to be aware and able to assist, fix, recognize common everyday issues and how to deal with them. Be the Dr. Mom or Dr. Dad in your family or group of friends. Here is a list of health problems you can check off to see what you think you can handle without modern day pharmaceuticals and maybe what you may need to learn more about. 

 

Love

Ranchmama

The 11 most common reasons for emergency department visits:  

   1. Chest pain
    2. Shortness of breath / difficulty breathing
    3. Abdominal pain
    4. Headache
    5. Vomiting
    6. Fractures / sprains
    7. Syncope or fainting
    8. Motor vehicle accidents
    9. Fever
    10. Cough
    11. Infections such as a cold or the flu

    ___ Acute Anticipatory Anxiety                             ___ Laryngitis

    ___ Allergies                                                        ___ Mononucleosis

    ___ Anaphylaxis                                                   ___ Muscle Aches

    ___ Athlete's Foot                                                ___ Nasal Congestion

    ___ Back Pain                                                      ___ Oral / Mouth Sores

    ___ Bladder Infections (UTI)                                   ___ Pink Eye / Styes

   ___ Blisters                                                            ___ Poison Ivy / Poison Oak

   ___ Blood Loss                                                      ___ Post-Surgical Complications

   ___ Bronchitis                                                        ___ Ring Worm

   ___ Bruises                                                            ___ Shingles

   ___ Bug Bites / Stings                                           ___ Shock and Collapse

   ___ Burns / Sun Burns                                           ___ Sinus Infection

   ___ Chicken Pox                                                    ___ Skin Infection

   ___ Cold Sores                                                      ___ Skin Irritation /Rashes /Impetigo

   ___ Common Cold                                                 ___ Sore Throat

   ___ Cough                                                              ___ Splinters

   ___ Cuts / Minor                                                     ___ Sports Injuries

  ___ Dental Emergencies / Infections                         ___ Sprains / Strains

  ___ Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting                                 ___ Staple / Suture & Removal

  ___ Ear Infection                                                        ___ Stroke

  ___ Emotional Shock                                                ___ Sunstroke

  ___ Ear Pain                                                             ___ Swimmers Ear

  ___ Fever                                                                  ___ Tetanus

  ___ Fainting                                                              ___ Toenail / Ingrown /Removal

  ___ Flue                                                                    ___ Traumatic Injuries

  ___ Fractures and Assisting Bone Healing                   ___ Upper Respiratory Infection

  ___ Fright                                                                  ___ Vaginal Discharge

  ___ Frostbite                                                             ___ Vaccinations / Flu

  ___ Grief                                                                    ___ Wounds / Abrasions