"REAL DANGERS IN A CRISIS"

The simple truth in the dangers of a crisis are not the food and water you have stored . not the weapons or tactics it is disease and infections , that kill us , a simple thing as a scratch can get infected and bam you're out of the game , an infection can take you out no matter how big and tough you think you are. Those little cuts can lead to your death , so always clean them and apply what meds are needed , do not just ignore them , our immune system is easy to compromise , from a little scrape to a hardly noticeable cut can lead you into a nightmare of pain and weakness to death   I had a friend who got a tiny cut on his hand he ignored it as most of us would we were in the bush so he didnt bother to clean it well , being in the bush it is not always easy to keep as clean as normal . After a few days his hand was as large as a base ball glove and painful , so bad he could not stand it we rushed him to a ER , another few hours and he could have lost his hand or died. 

 

 Stress and trauma is in the mix as well . It is not a movie and just the stress can double one over in pain as the body reacts to the stress of the trauma of the situation , you will never see the hero  in a movie have a reaction that is real as life. our body can handle just so much stress no matter how tough and manly one is. this reaction can take you out of the game and bench you. Sometimes it can happen very fast or can pop up a month later . I have been there and Im no weakling . yet. .Getting sick from the flu can take you out as well . down for days at a time we have all had the flu and it weakens you as you know , now try that in a crisis when you have to act and cannot even get up our will  power will take us just so far.Having some meds might take off the edge  but only up to a point. , Childhood diseases can take us out also , I got the mumps when I was 36 talk about pain . you just never know what is lurking . And in in a crisis the stress lowers our immune system, a bad cold can be a knockout punch . If you have kids they can suffer the same as you .maybe worse . 

 Keeping clean as you can is a plus,  sanitation in all things  is a must to be looked after . An infected tooth can knock one out of anything,  coming it seems from nowhere, first it drains the body and wears you out and then perhaps the pain hits... For me I have been lucky up until now have never had a toothache or and infection  connected to my teeth but I know many who have had this problem and just as an observer it aint fun... If you are a  diabetic that is its own special set of problems and steps have to be taken to keep it at bay if  possible. Some folks are borderline diabetics  and  are not aware of it but can hit you at any time . I am not a doctor but through observation and reading one gets the idea of what can be lurking . Diabetics need a strict diet  and must eat at controlled times , in a crisis this might not be an option . 

Death of a loved one can be a devastating blow and can take you out for a while as one spins into depression  which is hard to fight with no fight left . Compounded by the loss and you were helpless to do a thing to save them, hard enough in a normal life much less in a crisis. We tend to blame ourselves in cases like this and that is  just in a normal lifestyle much less in a stressful situation that is out of our control. I really have no answer to this deal at all. 

 A broken bone leaves one with needing help all the time for the most part . If it is an arm or a leg it is must to get it set in a proper manner, not many know how to do that . No Xrays just guess work, the pain for the victim can be overpowering.and leaves them useless for any help in the crisis pain centers on themselves and is terrible for those who are helpless to fix the problem. An advanced first aid course might cover this for you. Has to be taken  well ahead of time , like now. First aid courses  are not hard and in many places are next to free , one should update if they have not taken a course in sometime as methods change. A broken finger can leave you out of the game as wel no need for a big break to take you out. 

 I really hope in our lifetimes we never see a crisis that is a major deal but looking around the world at the man made chaos and throw in the weather extremes and in some places earthquakes , twisters , floods and so on , we are all in the path of some crisis waiting to happen. We can only try our best to prepare ourselves . I truly hope we are ready as can be, by being aware of  some of the dangers that lurk in the shadows we can be surprised and still be able to handle most of the problems. This little article  by no means covers everything, that would take a book but at least it might serve to give some a heads up. 

 by Dude McLean