Survival skills #7 – First aid

April 2011

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April 2011

The gel found at the base of flax contains natural antiseptic properties
You’ve taken a fall and you’re badly injured. You’ve got no way of summoning help and worse still, you left your first aid kit at home. Luckily medicine man Henry Worsp is on hand to offer advice Splint a limb Sticks make great splints as do bedrolls, pack frames and walking poles. You need to […]

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