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Old 10-10-06, 10:37 AM
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Geraldo
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In 20 years as a paramedic, I used a tourniquet once, and that was on a guy with an arm entrapped in machinery.

Roody's advice is best-call for help. Heat and orthopedic injuries, as well as individual specific health problems will be most common, so a basic first aid course will teach you all you really need to know.

When my wife and I rode on a heavily used park trail, we carried a little bit of gear, but the only thing that cannot be improvised is a pocket mask for rescue breathing during CPR.
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