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Survival Diva here with a challenge: Make this?New Year?s Resolution be about?getting prepared as quickly as possible?that gut-wrenching feeling that many of us are feeling, that time?s growing short, was put on our hearts for a reason.
It may be true that preppers are ahead of the curve with regards to self-sufficiency, but you?re not off the hook just yet! If you took an honest?assessment of your preparedness today, would you?make it for six months or a year with what you have put aside?
If you?re not certain, ask yourself the following: Do you have enough food put aside to weather a long-term crisis? Do you have a reliable source of water and a way to purify and store it? If there was a medical emergency, do you have the supplies and basic training to save a loved one? Do you have heirloom garden seed to grow what you need if you exhausted your food storage and are you set up to preserve the overflow? If the answer is no to any one of these questions, better get started.
Before I wrote Survival: Prepare Before Disaster Strikes, I was asked by co-workers, friends and family for what I eventually termed ?the list?, that I?m going to share with you in?a moment. This list needed to be prioritized and cover all the basics for survival.
You?ll notice there aren?t many bells and whistles. When money is tight (and it?s tight for everyone I talk to lately) It?s far better to put only the basics aside like water, food, heat and medical supplies first. Once the basics are out of the way, you can build up from there for items like a chain saw and a generator. If you?re choking into your coffee mug over such a ridiculous statement, consider how our forefather?s lived and survived. We really don?t need all the frills to survive! Yes, they?re convenient, and yes, they would make our lives easier?but what about when the fuel runs out? If your prepping plan revolves around a chain saw for gathering wood and you run out of gasoline, how will you get that wood if you didn?t first start with a basic tree-felling ax?
Okay, I?m done nagging? I promise. Here?s ?the list?.
Water
Survival without water is impossible. You can have enough food to last ten years and it won?t do you one bit of good if you don?t have water! You must find a reliable source now. Don?t wait until SHTF. Find it now and plan how you?re going to transport it if necessary.
Invest in a quality water purifier. Remember, sanitary conditions after a disaster could get ugly. You must be able to purify your drinking, cooking, cleanup and bathing water.
If you have a well, get a manual hand pump, or at least a water cylinder that can be lowered into the well casing and collect the one thing you need above all else?WATER!
If your area gets sufficient rain, consider setting up a water containment system through the use of rain barrels.
Keep two weeks of stored water in your home for situations that require you to remain indoors for an extended period of time (like looting or a nuclear event).
Food
When I?m asked how many months? worth of food to put aside, my answer is always the same: one year. Mind you, food storage doesn?t need to be gourmet, but it must sustain the body and it should have enough variety to avoid appetite fatigue. Food storage should include comfort foods, meaning treats your family enjoyed during good times.
You should put aside at least one week?s worth of easy to prepare meals such as canned goods or MRE?s that will help get you past the start of a crisis or a short term illness when cooking from scratch would be difficult.
(David?s note:? One of the things that I?ve stressed over the years that can?t be repeated enough is that food storage and food stockpiles are simply tools to help you get from one sustainable source of food to another.? In other words, food storage buys you time, but is not a final solution.? The final solution will be one where you are predictably and dependably exchanging time or currency for food on a regular basis.)
Heirloom Seed
It?s possible that?even a one year food supply may not be enough. Heirloom garden seed is a cheap insurance plan for a worst-case scenario. Unlike hybrid seed, heirloom seed allows you to dry the seed from one season and use it for the next.
If you don?t have a large yard, check into square foot gardening.
If possible, start composting now. It will go a long ways towards enriching soil in preparation for gardening. If you?ve never had a garden, have your soil tested. It doesn?t take much to prepare soil that will yield healthy fruits and vegetables.
Alternative Cooking
Whatever alternative cooking method you choose, make sure you have PLENTY of fuel put aside, because it?s a sure bet you won?t be able to buy or barter or beg your way past such a critical oversight. Having a back-up like a solar cooker or a Dutch oven for fire pit/wood stove/fireplace cooking is always a good idea.
(David?s note:? We?re going to cover wood heating/cooking next week, but keep in mind that when you store up wood, you want to do it in a way that it will be dry, fungus free, mold free, and bug free.)
Long Term Food Preservation
If you grow it, you?ll want to preserve it. There are several methods to keep overflow from the garden. Root cellars were used for millennium before refrigeration, as was home canning, and dehydration. Investigate what will work best for your situation and prepare accordingly.
Alternative Heating
If you live in a northern climate, you need to find an alternative way to heat your home for a time when the electrical grid crashes, or natural gas no longer arrives to your home. A wood heat stove in locations where there is plentiful wood, in my opinion, is the way to go. To rely on propane could be a fatal mistake should a crisis lasts longer than your supply.
Don?t forget fire extinguishers and battery-run CO detectors and fire alarms.
Lighting
It never hurts to have several choices for light: oil/kerosene lamps, candles, and solar lights. In a perfect world, we?d all have solar panels, but this isn?t a perfect world where we can write a check for five, ten, and in some cases, up to?one hundred?thousand dollars. Make sure to get replacement wicks and chimneys and tons of matches?there?s NO such thing as too many matches!
As David mentioned last week, after Christmas sales are a great time to pick up strings of LED lights and even solar powered LED light sets for cheap.
Sanitation/Hygiene ?
If you haven?t come up with a workable solution for waste disposal, better start working on it. At the very least, you?ll need a camp toilet, heavy-duty bags and a shovel to bury the waste. Only the most rural locations allow outhouses anymore, but there are no restrictions on having the materials to build one. ?I can?t imagine a building inspector handing out fines for outhouses when municipal water is down and sewers are backed up.
(David?s note:? if you have an RV, like we do, it would be a great idea to buy extra holding tank enzymes, as you can use them for outhouses too.)
You?ll need a tub to wash dishes, bath and do laundry in. Tough Stuff makes fairly cheap ones.
Get clothes line and have laundry soap on hand. Places like Lehman?s sell manual agitators for around $20.00.
Put aside dish soap, toilet paper, body soap, shampoo, toothpaste, dental floss and replacement tooth brushes.
Basic Repairs
When SHTF, we?ll likely to be forced to do repairs ourselves. Better set aside the basics, which will vary for each of us, depending on our living conditions. Here?s a basic list:
Hammer
Nails, screws, washers, Nuts, Bolts?assorted
Philips Screwdriver(s)
Flathead Screwdrivers
Allen Wrench Set
Tape Measurer
T-Square
Wrench
Vice Grips
Tin Snips
Needle Nose Pliers
Pliers
Saw
Axe
Bolt Cutters
Hatchet
Tarps
Heavy Mill Plastic Sheeting
Sandpaper
2 X 4?s
Plywood Sheeting
Caulking
Wood Glue
Planer
Rope
Twine
Duct Tape
Bungee Cords
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Medical Supplies
UPDATE: Originally, I referred readers to Build Your Medical Supplies Under $50 for this section (The list here is long and luckily, we covered it already. Please refer to Get Started With Life-Saving Medical Supplies For $50? for a detailed reference list and great feedback from the forum!), but it appears there is a problem with the link. As a Temporary solution I?ve pasted it here and will let you know as soon as the link is working.
Here is a basic and advanced review of medical supplies taken from the original post:
Build Your Medical Supplies: Just The Basics
- 4inch X 4inch Sterile Gauze Pads
- Band Aids?Get plenty in assorted sizes!
- Non-Adherent Sterile Pads (Both Sterile to protect wounds and larger to wrap wounds)
- Isopropyl Alcohol
- Hydrogen Peroxide (For cleaning wounds and can be used as a gargle for tooth abscess)
- Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar (Yeast infection, stomach upset and more)
- Ibuprofen (Fever reducer & helps to control inflammation)
- Aspirin
- Children?s Fever Reducer
- Tylenol (Fever reducer)
- Benadryl (Treatment for nausea, insomnia, allergy)
- Penlight Flashlight (To check for sore throat & pupil dilation with head trauma)
- Surgical Tape
- Feminine Pads (Can also be used as economical bandaging for larger wounds)
- Mucinex (Helps reduce upper respiratory infection & the chance of pneumonia)
- Triple Antibiotic Ointment (Helps to control infection of wounds)
- Hydrocortisone Cream (For treatment of rashes, poison oak and poison ivy, etc.)
- Butt Paste (Treatment for chafing)
- Non-latex Examination Gloves (Helps to avoid cross-contamination)
- Instant Cold Packs (Used for relief of sprains)
- Thermometer?Both Adult and Children
- Ace Wraps
Some may choose to stop at Just The Basics list, but if you can afford it on down the road and have the necessary medical training, the following, more in-depth list, is a step up from Just The Basics. As you will see, the list is extensive and listed in no particular order. Note: Items already listed in The Just The Basics list were not included in this, more advanced list. This is by no means a complete list. Do your research.
Level 2 Medical List:
- N-95 Respirator (Helps protect against disease borne illness)
- CPR Mask (Avoids cross-contamination when administering CPR: available at the Red Cross)
- Saline Solution (Used to irrigate wounds?SHORT shelf life)
- Extra Contacts Lenses
- Contact Solution
- Extra Glasses
- Carmex/Lip Balm
- Ear Plugs
- Eye Solution (For treatment of Pink Eye)
- Eye Wash (To rid the eye of foreign debris)
- Quikclot (Helps control bleeding)
- Ankle Brace?Lace-up is recommended
- Knee Brace
- Air Cast
- Crutches (Look to 2nd Hand Stores & Thrift Stores to save $)
- Finger Splints
- Emergency Blanket
- Sunscreen
- Dermoplast (Topical pain reliever )
- Mosquito repellant
- Aloe Gel (Treats minor burn pain)
- Anti fungal Ointment
- Goldbond
- Vagicare (For feminine itch & skin irritation)
- Epsom Salts (Helps in the treatment of sprains)
- Duct Tape (Can be used to remove warts & to adhere large bandages in a pinch)
- Condoms
- or Pregnancy Tests
- Rolled Gauze
- Tongue Depressors
- Splinter Removal Kit
- Baby Powder (Can be used to alleviate chafing as well)
- Diaper Rash Ointment
- Petroleum Jelly (Also used to seal wounds & used as a moisturizer)
- Lotion (To treat dry skin)
- Tea Tree Oil (Natural method to treat bug bites)
- Calamine Lotion (Treats itching, bug bites, poison oak, poison Ivy, etc. )
- Potassium Iodide (For pre-treatment of exposure to radiated iodine particles: Beware of allergies to Iodine before treatment & use with pregnant women and small children! It coats the thyroid to avoid cancer long after radiation exposure)
- Kerlix Gauze Bandage Rolls (Absorbent and will hold sterile bandages in place)
- Sutures (For deeper, larger cuts and wounds, administered by those medically trained)
- Mole Foam (Helps to avoid blisters when hiking long distances)
- Cohesive Bandages
- Sterile Swabs
- Basic Face Mask
- Dental Probe
- Dental Mirror
- Sterile Swabs
- Steri Strips (Used for deep, smaller cuts that do not require stitches)
- Elastic Gauze Bandages 6-inch X 4-inch
- Clove Oil (Home remedy: Helps relieve toothache)
- Dental Wax
- Dental Floss
- Floss Threader
- Cool Downz (Neck cooler)
- Pepto Bismol Chewable Tablets (Used for stomach upset and diarrhea)
- Zantac (Antacid for stomach ache)
- Ginger (Home remedy for stomach ache)
- Dramamine (Used for the treatment of nausea)
- New Skin (Used for cuts)
- Halls Menthol Cough Drops
- Vicks VapoRub
- Nasal Spray
- Saline Nasal Spray
- AZO Yeast (For treatment of yeast infections)
- AZO Standard (For treatment of urinary tract infection)
- Castor Oil (Used as a laxative BUT adverse effects are reported for pregnant and breastfeeding women and small children)
- Acidophilus (For help with digestion)
- Imodium (For the treatment of diarrhea)
- Anti-Diarrhea Meds, Misc.
Supplements:
- Vitamins
- Magnesium
- Fish Oil
- Vitamin B-12
- Melatonin (For sleep)
- Vitamin D-3
For those with extensive medical training, some move on to advanced prepping for wounds, surgery, and setting broken bones?which may or may not include the following:
- Surgery Gloves (These are individually pkgd and one step up from surgical gloves)
- Surgical Kit
- Stethoscope
- Blood Pressure Cuff
- Bandage Scissors
- Explorers/Outfitters Dental kit (much more extensive, but can be costly)
- Explorers/Outfitters Medical Kit (Can be expensive $250 ? $500. Buy only when contents are listed and supplier is recommended)
- Lap Sponges (Used for surgery)
- Kelly Forceps
- LMA Mask (Used for blocked airway)
- Ambu Bag (Resuscitator/used to assist breathing: Comes in Infant, Child & Adult sizes)
- Olsen Hegar Needle Holder/scissor combination forceps
- Pulse Oximeter (Measures oxygen saturation in the blood)
- Fetal Doppler Monitor (To listen to fetal heart-tones during birth)
- Central Venous Catheter Kit (Used to administer IV fluids)
- Ringers Lactate
- Arm & Leg Splints
- Orthopedic Casting Tape (Used to set broken bones)
As with nearly everything involved with prepping, the wisest approach with regards to what you will add to your personal medical supply stash is by considering your specific needs and your expertise.
(David?s note: As a former ski patroller / backpacking guide who worked as an OEC [Wilderness EMT], I?ve got a few inexpensive, high leverage items to add in:
Superglue
Snakebite kit
Duct tape
Dental floss
Epi pen [for severe allergic reactions]
Tampons [can cause toxic shock if you stick them in impalement wounds and S U C K to remove and clean in a hospital setting, but they are good for packing wounds in the mouth, placing focused pressure on a wound that you?re wrapping, for buying a few extra seconds to pick your location with severe diarrhea, and for their intended purpose.]
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Keep in mind that, in areas with Good Samaritan laws, you are generally only covered up to the level of care that you?ve been formally trained.? If you perform medical/trauma care above your level of certification, you are opening yourself up to civil and/or criminal action.? It is your responsibility to research the laws where you live and/or travel and decide your own course of action based on your comfort level.
In any case, I suggest that you initially only buy items that you know how to use and focus on training to learn how to treat more and more medical and trauma issues. You?ll find that as you learn more about your body and how it works, you appreciate your body more and become more in-tune with it. This is another case where time that you spend learning medical and trauma skills will benefit you regardless of whether you ever have to use them in a life or death situation
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So having looked over the long list, where do you stand with your prep goods? Do you feel you have what it takes to survive for six months or a year and are you feeling the push to get ready as soon as possible? Please comment below!
God Bless and Stay Safe,
David Morris and Survival Diva
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