First Aid First aid is a series of simple, life-saving medical techniques that a non-doctor can be trained to perform in medical emergency situations, before the intervention of emergency medical technicians or doctors.
It is best to obtain training in first aid before a medical emergency occurs. Supplies useful in giving first aid are often kept together in a first aid kit.Emergency action principles The guiding rules to be employed by the first person, or persons, on the scene of an emergency.
The nature of emergencies is such that it is impossible to prescribe a specific list of actions to be completed before the event happens, so principles form a framework on which to base forward actions.The adherence to the principles by would be rescuers varies widely based on the training the people involved in emergency have received, the support available from emergency services (and the time it will take to arrive) and the emergency itself.
There are many overlaps between emergency action principles and principles of first aid, firefighting and other emergency service activities.Improvised uses.Many first-aid items can have improvised uses in a survival situation.
For example:
alcohol pads and petroleum jelly-based ointments can be used as a fire-starting aid in an emergency, and the latter can even be used as an improvised lubricant for certain mechanical devices, and adhesive tapes and bandages can be used for repairs.
These alternate uses can be an important consideration when picking items for a kit that may be used in wilderness or survival situations.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Height and Weight
Most Favorable Weight
1.) Tall men, over 5ft. 10 in., are less likely than the average man to reach the age of 35. They seem to be fredisposed paticularly to tuberculosis. If you are young and tall it is advisable to give heed to the instructions under the heading tuberculosis. After the age of 35, tall men have better prospects of living to a ripe old age, provided they do noot permit their weight to increase above the standard figures.
2.) Men of medium height, 5 ft. 7 in., to 5 ft. 10 in., or of small stature 5 ft. 0 in., to 5 ft. 6 in., have good prospects of living to age 35, provided they keep their weight slightly above the standard figures. Past the age of 35, the death rate among short men is heavy if their weight is in excess of the standard.
3.) In a general way, for all heights before the age of 35 it is best to keep the weight slightly above the standard and to guard against tuberculosis. After the age of 35 overweight must be avoided, especially with advancing years.
4.) After the age of 50, the thinner an individual is, the better is his chance of growing old, provided he does not have a tendency to develop tuberculosis or has not suffered from tuberculosis in ealier years., and provided too, his lightweight is not due to some organic disease.
Overweight
You have no doubt been repeatedly told that persons who weight too much past the age of 35, have poor have poor prospects of attaining old age.. their particular enemy is heart disease. Statistic have abundantly demonstrated the truth of this statement. This does not mean that a very fat person cannot live to age 90 or even 100, but this chances of doing so are small.
Overweight is usually due to over-eating, although stout persons nearly always insist that they are very spare eaters; but they measure the amount of food that they eat by their appetites, and the appetite is a very flexible measuring rod, capable of being enormously stretched by hungry persons.If you are considerably overweight, consult your doctor for methods of reduction but if you are only moderately so, or even just pleasingly plump the best plan is to eat whatever you have been eating, but cut the amount in half and go easy with fatty foods and starchy and sweet articles of diet.
It is not easy to reduce weight. It taken will power. don't try to lose more than about two or three pounds a month, but keep at it for a year or more, until you get back to normal.Do not use drugs to reduce your weight Some drugs used to reduce weight are dangerous, and in some cases prove fatal.The general tendency is for a person to be thin and young and to grow stout with age. Furthermore, it is sometimes very difficult for a young lightweight to increase his or her weight through diet, etc. But thin young people need fear only tuberculosis; the dangers from consumption are not great provided the precautions regarding the tuberculosis are observed.
With very few exceptions, any person who is too heavy can reduce if he will make an effort to do so. The effort is worth while. At the age of 50, for instance, every pound weight in excess of the standard figures given in the table (standard weight and height) increases a man's likelihood of dying during the ensuing year, by about 1% . in other words, if a man 50 yrs. old weighs 50 lbs. in excess of the standard figures, the likelihood of his dying is constantly 50% greater than that of a man 50 yrs.old who is of normal weight.
1.) Tall men, over 5ft. 10 in., are less likely than the average man to reach the age of 35. They seem to be fredisposed paticularly to tuberculosis. If you are young and tall it is advisable to give heed to the instructions under the heading tuberculosis. After the age of 35, tall men have better prospects of living to a ripe old age, provided they do noot permit their weight to increase above the standard figures.
2.) Men of medium height, 5 ft. 7 in., to 5 ft. 10 in., or of small stature 5 ft. 0 in., to 5 ft. 6 in., have good prospects of living to age 35, provided they keep their weight slightly above the standard figures. Past the age of 35, the death rate among short men is heavy if their weight is in excess of the standard.
3.) In a general way, for all heights before the age of 35 it is best to keep the weight slightly above the standard and to guard against tuberculosis. After the age of 35 overweight must be avoided, especially with advancing years.
4.) After the age of 50, the thinner an individual is, the better is his chance of growing old, provided he does not have a tendency to develop tuberculosis or has not suffered from tuberculosis in ealier years., and provided too, his lightweight is not due to some organic disease.
Overweight
You have no doubt been repeatedly told that persons who weight too much past the age of 35, have poor have poor prospects of attaining old age.. their particular enemy is heart disease. Statistic have abundantly demonstrated the truth of this statement. This does not mean that a very fat person cannot live to age 90 or even 100, but this chances of doing so are small.
Overweight is usually due to over-eating, although stout persons nearly always insist that they are very spare eaters; but they measure the amount of food that they eat by their appetites, and the appetite is a very flexible measuring rod, capable of being enormously stretched by hungry persons.If you are considerably overweight, consult your doctor for methods of reduction but if you are only moderately so, or even just pleasingly plump the best plan is to eat whatever you have been eating, but cut the amount in half and go easy with fatty foods and starchy and sweet articles of diet.
It is not easy to reduce weight. It taken will power. don't try to lose more than about two or three pounds a month, but keep at it for a year or more, until you get back to normal.Do not use drugs to reduce your weight Some drugs used to reduce weight are dangerous, and in some cases prove fatal.The general tendency is for a person to be thin and young and to grow stout with age. Furthermore, it is sometimes very difficult for a young lightweight to increase his or her weight through diet, etc. But thin young people need fear only tuberculosis; the dangers from consumption are not great provided the precautions regarding the tuberculosis are observed.
With very few exceptions, any person who is too heavy can reduce if he will make an effort to do so. The effort is worth while. At the age of 50, for instance, every pound weight in excess of the standard figures given in the table (standard weight and height) increases a man's likelihood of dying during the ensuing year, by about 1% . in other words, if a man 50 yrs. old weighs 50 lbs. in excess of the standard figures, the likelihood of his dying is constantly 50% greater than that of a man 50 yrs.old who is of normal weight.
The Secret of Good Health
The secret of good health is moderation, in all things--in eating, work, menthal effort, ambition, play, and exercise. The life of moderation is the simple life and, therefore, the healthy, long, and happy one.Those who prefer speed and profess a contempt for the consequences, always change their views when, too late, nature demands payment.
General Rule
THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S DISEASE
From the standpoint of health and chief enemy of young people is tuberculosis; of the middle age, personal neglect. while disease in youth slowly is being conquered, the death rates in the ages beyond 40 show very little if any decrease.
THE MIDDLE AGE DISEASES
Chronic hearth disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease) are painless, and their onset usually gradual and insidious. If they are discovered early, much can be accomplished in the way of their prevention or arrest before serious damage is done. If one relies upon some signal from within to be warned of the impending danger, however, there is a risk if this conditions developing to the extent of causing irreparable damage before their presence is known.
IMPORTANT
Therefore, that all persons, particularly those past 35, have a urinalysis made at least once a year, or, far better, a thorough physical examination. Good heredity and robust constitution are no guarantee of long life. The same rule of health must be followed by all, whether robust of frail, to insure health and long life. the desire not to know if anything is wrong and cowardly and stupid.
From the standpoint of health and chief enemy of young people is tuberculosis; of the middle age, personal neglect. while disease in youth slowly is being conquered, the death rates in the ages beyond 40 show very little if any decrease.
THE MIDDLE AGE DISEASES
Chronic hearth disease, high blood pressure, kidney disease) are painless, and their onset usually gradual and insidious. If they are discovered early, much can be accomplished in the way of their prevention or arrest before serious damage is done. If one relies upon some signal from within to be warned of the impending danger, however, there is a risk if this conditions developing to the extent of causing irreparable damage before their presence is known.
IMPORTANT
Therefore, that all persons, particularly those past 35, have a urinalysis made at least once a year, or, far better, a thorough physical examination. Good heredity and robust constitution are no guarantee of long life. The same rule of health must be followed by all, whether robust of frail, to insure health and long life. the desire not to know if anything is wrong and cowardly and stupid.
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