Kelyn wrote: ↑04 Oct 2021, 00:29
If, and I stress the "if,' the prepper (with no or little medical training) takes the time to read and familiarize themselves with the procedures in the book prior to an emergency, then yes, (then and only then) do I think the book could be helpful to them. I worked in the ER in the army, so I am familiar with some of the procedures discussed. I agree with you that they take knowledge and training to do correctly. If the prepper were trying to read the book 'right then' when someone has been injured or is ill, it might take so long that the person in danger could well die. This is truly a 'preparation' (as in prepper) guide, not something that can be snatched up and used in an emergency.
I agree with you that the stress here is really on preparing in advance. Reading through the book and trying to get in some (even simulated) experience, before having to deal with a medical emergency completely on one's own, is ideal. Especially if that person has zero training. Something may be better than having nothing in this situation (I would definitely think it useful to pick up and carry this book in a no-grid world if I found it laying around), but I'm not sure that applies here. After reading the book it seems a lot of these circumstances require quick, decisive actions that wouldn't be possible to achieve while referencing a book. Based on my own reading, through the inexperienced eyes of the average joe, and the comments I've read so far, this book seems to hold all the information one would need to get by in most situations. Even a layman could understand and use this book to their own benefit. Again, as long as they took the time to study it beforehand.