I’m glad Amber is included to share family knowledge. She teaches a lot of the things I did with my sons when they were young. She is spot on with her tactics. My kids weren’t scared but able to be aware and logically think through their actions in situations. These lessons are so important for children and as they grow to be more self sufficient. As always, thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU......You don’t have to scare the hell out of your kids. Just be honest and straight with them. Prepare them. Train them. Kids are EXTREMELY resilient
I did get cellulitis in Ranger School. Stopped for a map check. Took a knee on a sweet-gum tree ball (little spikey bastards). Woke the next morning with my knee twice the size of the other. Fortunately, it was last patrol day in Darby. I've had a deep hatred for those trees ever since.
I contracted Cellulitis in the first week of a new job years ago. I was working on a large HVAC unit on a roof that had old granite gravel ballast and the gravel penetrated my knee. That night I began feeling ill, I awoke the next morning with a 104 deg fever. It was very stubborn and antibiotic resistant. Could not get the fever down for days. The Doctor told me that 50 years ago (this was 1995), I would have lost my leg if not my life. Bad stuff! Still have scars where the skin and muscle were damaged.
Yeah. I had 6 or 8 plus a base unit all on the same channel. About a 3 mile non line of site range. It’s actually a pretty cheap Comms alternative. Buy some ni-cads with a charger and your good to go.
Walkie talkie were used before cell phones!🤣🤣. Not that long ago. Are you that young? I used them when my family went to Disney World, my parents always made is check in.
Something included in the trauma training I did was that not all tourniquets work for pediatric patients. Being a father of four with an infant a two year old and a four year old that didn't sit well, so I got some TK4L tourniquets as part of our trauma gear.
We used walkie talkies all the time with our kids in campgrounds, great tool to have. Just be warned you get what you pay for. We had a pair of Cobra radios that cost more but still work to this day and we bought them 18 years ago, use them for job sites now.
For burns we usually would cool down the burn and delicately clean with normal saline in a plastic bottle. You can soak the burn with 4x4 dressing soak in saline or spray the burn by puncturing holes in the saline bottle cap top. This can be followed after “pat” drying with neosporin, if there is no allergy, and or apply a nonstick dressing. If you do not have saline boil water for 5 minutes, cool down, then put in say a Smart water bottle. Change dressing daily. I was an ER nurse for 27 years and just retired. Treatments may have changed but that’s what we did in the ER’s where I worked.
Still solid advice. Worked SAMMC burn ward 10+yrs. stop the burn then keep them warm and dry. Clean and dry. Neosporin for less than 20% due to zinc content, higher risk of allergic reactions. Dontbworry about sticking, When you get to higher level they will get it wet to remove it.
More people should get into Ham radio. I have had my license for over forty years. When cell phones and the internet go down, hand held radios and repeaters will continue to work. Yaesu and Kenwood radios are the best.
I’ve been a ham for 38 years, since I was just a teenager. Not only is it a great hobby, it’s great for emergencies like natural disasters. If you have been thinking about it, jump on board. It’s not as hard as it used to be to get licensed.
@@colecole3352 I've been doing so. No interest in getting my license at the moment. Though I do have my GMRS license. HAM operation would be much easier if classes were more widespread and if they taught what users actually want to learn instead of all the techno mumbo jumbo.
Coming from a retired Scoutmaster, we were heavy with communication with our scouts. You just would never know what could or would happen on a hike or campout. Thank you for the load out info.
Great video! I had a hard time getting my ex-wife on board with things of this manner when we were married. But now that the kids are grown andshe is primarily alone most of the time, she is more open to the idea of being prepared for emergencies! So I am looking into getting her signed up for self defense pistol and rifle courses. I am going to build her an AR 15 pistol that will meet her stature(frame). And a good 9mm to fit her small hands. Of course she has our sons (5) and me that live nearby for secondary backup. Even though we are divorced I feel she is still under my care or whatever you want to call it. unless she gets remarried that is. I make sure her car has stuff she needs in case of an emergency. We still have one son that is 17 that is with her but is starting to fly the coupe so to speak! He has things that keeps him busy. I would suggest to other divorced people to look out for each other if kids are involved. Because we loved that person enough to marry them and have children with. Your(our) children deserve that. Oh and by the way I recommend staying married! Men please don't be selfish and petty. Be a man and stand true to your vows to Love, honor and protect that woman! You didn't make those vows to just her, you made them to God as well! leaving is the cowards way out. Trust me on this, I chose the cowardly way and regret it everyday! I figure if God can forgive me for the stupid vile stuff I did then I can forgive ANYTHING a wife can do. I'll get off my soapbox now! Realistically this survival issue as well.
Well nice and all but also watch some Rational Male and learn some red pill so that you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot by being to virtuous.
Awsome video. Thank you for your service to this great country. Keep up the good content. I learn something new everytime i watch your videos. Thank you again stay alert stay alive
Thank you so much for these videos. I found you by Vigilance Elite’s podcast after buying a hat from him and I’m so glad I did you have such a wide array of knowledge and I greatly appreciate it.
If your children are at public schools or ANY area away from you on a regular basis in a known place....have a escape/evasion plan and rendezvous /rally point away from that location . We use super reflective bright self clipping trail markers that I can track them w/ if they have had to vary from protocol. Initial direction was to be marked at treeline to give compass point....then I could find them . We had a middle school. ..that was in a "pinch point" locality...the protocol was to travel AWAY from main roads to a large culvert under a highway and egress to a safe zone for me to pick them up on a enduro moto that could overcome traffic issues. . We had an emergency there once..what a nightmare to get into that location to retrieve our children ... surrounded on three sides by large four lane highways. Literally one road in/out. Assess you situation, have a primary, alt, contingency.
A bit late on this vid but as for tourniquet use on kids and smaller framed people. The CAT tourniquet, due to their smaller size, doesn't stop bleeds as well as on typically larger US combat personnel, so the RATS is a great one in those scenarios. Great vid cheers
In my experience raising five kids, and now eight grandkids (and counting!), my wife and I have ALWAYS followed the "Curiosity-Killed-the-Cat" theory. In that, curious kids will naturally gravitate to stuff that you repeatedly say to them NOT TO TOUCH. It's the whole "taboo" thing. So our practice has been to take them out shooting, expose them to firearms, talk to them at the appropriate age level about the power of these tools, and of course, how dangerous they can be if misused. Since they were little, perhaps starting around 4-5 yrs, we teach them that they can always handle any SAFE firearm (unloaded, ok'd by Dad or Mom) anytime, as much as they want. All they have to do is ASK. So far, because we've made firearms almost commonplace, sort of taken the "mystique" out of the equation, we've NEVER had any incidents or accidents whatsoever. When you create that "taboo" or "mystique" surrounding an item, curious kids will want to see what all the fuss is about-the first chance they get-when YOU AREN'T HOME. My Dad had a German P-38 that he lectured me to no end to NEVER, EVER TOUCH!!! So what does a curious 13 yr old do the first chance he gets when Mom and Dad aren't home??? Yup, reaches up to the top shelf of the closet and pulls down that ol' P-38!!! All my adult kids own and shoot guns, and have gotten their spouses "converted" and are teaching their kids the same. It warms my heart watching our 5 and 6-year olds grandkids-with help from the adults-shoot an AR, M1 Carbine, etc., AND LOVING IT!
This is the reason my mom blew her cigarette smoke in my face when I was young and why dad let me drink myself into a stupor as a kid. Grew up hating cigarettes and never wanted to smoke them, and never had any desire to get drunk again. While most of my old school friends now are struggling with quitting smoking and going out getting blackout drunk every weekend I don't have that problem. They removed the 'cool factor' and mystery from those things early in life.
Mike i know you are a tough guy, smile once in awhile smile man lighten up brother. I am glad tou are doing things like this. My wife and i and our children that is what we do.
Mike, there are some other devices out there that you can look at for alternate comms. The Garmin InReach / InReach Mini use Iridium satellites to send text messages with your lat/long attached to any cell phone or email address. It also supports live tracking. There’s also an SOS button that alerts a monitored emergency operations center. An InReach can be attacked to a pack and will get a message out even when sat phone coverage may be sketchy. GoTenna Mesh and Beartooth are small little radio devices you can use to send text or voice (beartooth only) messages between ppl. They are mesh, so it will relay from one to another to every device in a group. So if you leave one at base camp, it can extend range to devices that split in multiple directions. They can also attach location info.
I use an inreach mini. Pretty nice device, essentially used only in case of emergency and just sends text or SOS, but it can get weather too. It also lets some other devices like a Garmin Fenix watch to automatically send an SOS if you become incapacitated. Need a phone to do some things, but an inreach, a cell phone, and a solar charger will do ya.
Just my two cents on the burn portion. In the PRE HOSPITAL setting, a DRY sterile dressing is recommended for any major burns because at that point our biggest threat is heat loss, rather than infection. If you place a wet dressing on someone who lost their ability to thermoregulate, you're doing more harm than good. Once you get to the hospital, they will place burn creams on since they can more easily keep the patient warm.
God bless my brother. I just subscribed to your channel and found that your information on preparedness was really helpful. I presently live in NYC and have lived here all my life and have experience many blackouts , civil unrest , terrorism , pandemics and other forms of disasters. Have you or do you plan to run a series of videos on Urban preparedness ? . Thank you for all you do to keep people informed and safe . GOD bless you and all those that care for .
I've been watching dozens of your videos and purchased a few items from your store , All of your advice on being prepared and self defense is great and all makes sense. The one thing you have to be to be prepared and have proper training on the level you describe you must be financially privileged we all can't afford 2000 pistols or 3000 dollar AR 15's. This all works great if you have the cash.
Agree. There's got to be some advice for those who don't have 10 grand to invest in preps. And 10K is still low budget if you follow a lot of these channels.
Bargain basement still works, it's the thinking and planning that is the most important aspect of being prepared. Covid taught and caught a lot of smart people off guard, lot's of work arounds for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, you don't have to spend $$$ on a weapon, or weapons, the AR platform looks sexy but has it's drawbacks, think scout rifle concept, also a shotgun, you can use these for game and self defense plus they don't draw as much attention as evil black rifles, lol. Start thinking of multiple uses for your gear, hunting, camping, bugging out. They did a cast where they had ten minutes and fifty dollars to shop at Walmart before bugging out, watch that, good ideas.
I really like this series of videos and Amber is a great resource for you guys to reach a broader audience more effectively. The CAT tourniquets don’t work very well on children and I recommend carrying a couple rats tourniquets as well for those that have children.
pretty sure this is a myth unless you're talking about babies. Im sure mike and or amber have used cats on chidden. I imagine she would bring this up if she had known problems with kids. But as far as I have read, cats are fine on most kids. But yes, other TQs that have different methods are great to have in your kit.
One big thing we practice in regard to firearms and kids. Let them handle all the guns. In a CONTROLLED environment under your supervision, so they are comfortable with it, respect it, and understand the safeties and dangers. They get their curiosity out and have less temptation to play with them when you aren't there. Of course following and practicing all of the safety rules. Trigger discipline, muzzle control, etc. Rewards and reprimands. I love these videos of educating the masses.
In basic training training I got a staph and strep infection in my arm. From having to wear a watch and do push-ups wore a break in the skin on my wrist. Then we do army crawls in the GA dirt. Nurse at the hospital said people get infections from the dirt all the time.
Great info! I have most of those items in my kits, but I do need to update and upgrade a few items , especially the "Vehicle Trama Response Kit", SAM Splint and more burn kit items!
Great content mike and amber,my boys are grown now but when we were hiking and exploring the great southwest I stuck to em like glue.really good info for families,after all the deployments you men have done yer still serving we the people THANKS from a slick sleeve PVT .AIRBORNE.
I go back and forth in my head about how much is too much. I am a gun person, I am a self-defense, prepared person. But the delivery driver in the driveway and all the kids coming running in makes me consider something I have been battling personally...where is the line of proper preparedness vs. paranoia and OCD? I am not being critical, I am asking the question genuinely b/c I do not want to go off the deep end MYSELF as I believe MOST of us in this preparedness community have SOME type of OCD-type personality. How do we not let it go too far is the ultimate question? How do we balance the actual risk we are preparing for vs. the mental effort necessary to even worry about said risk?
Good point. It's easy to go overboard in this day and age. Just think about when we were kids and the freedom we had. It's not THAT dangerous in the US.
We don't have to worry about this in Ireland as much but it is certainly a thought on my mind when my daughter was born , again walkies for the kids will be in the first lesson they are thought when they come to that age. Coms are so powerful if people have been trained. Great video loads to think about here. "Lack of contact from mom" my daughter is 7 months now and already I can see mannerisms in here where separation from mom or dad could be quite traumatic for her so well done amber, practical and considered advice. Thank you
We had our kids on hand helds 20 years ago. We had a base station in the house. (5 kids). If we traveled, or went to a park, the older 3 had radios. We were kind of unique back then. Later we noted channel crowding as more and more families began using the FRS radios. Eventually cell phones took over. Hand held Hams are still the thing. But they are all grown and live by their phones. LOL.
I would like to agree with Dawson Reeder’s comments below and add to them. A DRY sterile dressing is the treatment of choice for burns of 5% BSA (body surface area) or more, or anything more than superficial. Even then, the first thing is to remove the heat source and “stop the burn”. To determine BSA the Palm of the PATIENT’S hand is 1%, not including fingers. Hypothermia is the enemy as much as infection. Don’t worry about dry sterile dressings sticking to the wound. Tertiary care will debride the wound using sterile saline in the BCU/BTU.
Mike- one of the things I love about having Amber with you is that she is confident repeating things you say that may more military in terminology , in terms that lay people may understand. You two seem to really work well together- good stuff.
@@pimpovic2 hahahahah more like exfil from McDs at 3am drunk after fighting with the drive thru lady for fucking up 2 mcdoubles no mustard. Then having to drive home drunk and pist and try not to get a DUI
The loadouts vary depending on the mission. Where to even begin with this? I think the other commenters have it down though. Start with a 3am McDonalds loadout and build from there.
We might have missed it - or maybe you address in another video - but being sure you have quality, accurate terrain and road maps is pretty high up there on the loadout list, especially assuming you'll be heading 'away from people'. From our position in Central Texas, if we go, we head West, which is a whole lot of empty and rough terrain. Having a good map can save your bacon - can usually be found at any book store and online.
We have codes amongst our family. It's known by all. The wife alerted me once on what some may call a false alarm but I think of it real time training. As did one of my sons that heard what turned out to be the cat tapping on the glass while scratching fleas laying against the window at 3 a.m.
Really nice family preps vid,,..,Great you taking the kids needs into account too...LOL..Nice recovery at 10:13-10:18..ya almost "went there" on the "KY in the pocket" thing...the grin, slight stutter, and compensating hand gestures says it all....I always enjoy the vids...especially with you and your new co-host segments.
Most severe burns you want to stay away from applying a wet dressing until they reach a level of controlled care because this could lead to hypothermia. If a patient has burned through multiple layers of their skin, hypothermia is fairly common.
Mike I love your FS Fanny pack. Can you talk about how to install the chest rig harness? My family would love to see how you configure your load out for different situations.
Wet vs dry bandaging for burns depends on the amount of body surface area that is burned! You do not want to cause shivering by placing wet bandaging on a patient with a large BSA burned.
When I was kid camping with the church RA's, I got burnt by some coffee that spilled on my stomach. The older guy with us said he had "heard" that you could put butter on a burn and that would help. It does not. The doctor said it was basically cooking that spot.
We use walker talkie with our kids on a daily basis. We have 7 acres that everyone is wondering on at all times. We have bears, coyotes, who knows what or who else around. I love I can check in and my kids can check in with me. Plus we have 2 awesome family Belgium Malinois that patrol our property🙂
Great point on issue of cellulitis...it's an ISSUE. Former W-EMT.....my first aid has LOTS of tools ... literally. Vasoline is great for isolation of burns/ozzers. Improvise overcome
I appreciate you guys using my truck on this video. I just wished the guy/group who took the shot helped getting her off her lid. I am pretty sure it was the Jeeps and Yotas that took the shot, I could be wrong. They were MORE than capable to help out but decided not to. On the bright side, thanks for saving the flag though.
petroleum jelly Vaseline Neosporin work for burns. the main thing is to change the gauze as often as you possibly can like 3 times a day. otherwise the skin will heal over the gauze and then removing it will rip skin off and going backwards in healing. the best to use for awhile is silversulfide or silvadine but it can cause the skin to turn black or darken. source my doctors and nurses from my severe 1st and 2nd degree burns on face arms leg and body.
CAT tourniquets are good for a limb circumference down to 3.5”. That’s good for most kids down to a very young age, esp legs. However, the pressure required to occlude an artery in a child is a LOT less than an adult. So for young kids, a pressure bandage or ACE wrap, wrapped tightly, will often do the job very well.
Great content. Only one correction...at 1m 16sec she says, "when things go south..." That's actually a GOOD thing. Going north is not. So just change it to "when things go north..." LMAO
I have been taking preparedness seriously for the last 8 years. I carry tools, emergency gear, a ruck sack, a med kit, water, instant food packs and a weapon system in my car every day. I showed this video to my girlfriend and now she will do the same. Thanks Mike. Keep the great content coming.
You forgot butchery kit ... LMAO. My kids always ask "why" ....why do you have a case of MREs in my E350....why why why. ...I do carry butchery, become known by regional country folks as guy to call for the downed cow...etc, done 4 in 3 years that had to be put down in the pasture and on farm butchered. Calls come no matter where I am. Good thing it a BIG van.
Chris Laws- things like the tools and some emergency equipment are heavy and will stay in the truck if I have to abandon it, but the other stuff is grouped by necessity and packed in modular components. I have my absolute necessities (field knife, flashlight, tourniquet, Israeli bandage, gloves, life raft food, life straw, fire starters, poncho, cash) in a fanny pack that will stay with me even if I ditch the bigger bag. I also have doubles of items in different bags for this reason.
I don’t know if that stuff is kept secure or it’s just loose in the back but make sure it’s secure so if you get in a crash it doesn’t turn into a flying projectile my buddy pulled up to a crash and a couple had a pair a loose cross country skis and it decapitated one of them I’m not sure what happened to the other but something as simple as a walkie talkie can be turned into projectile my brother killed a cow with a rock the size of an 8 ball and a small flying object will do it to their are lots of options to secure stuff one thing I do is I take a small action packer and put my get extrication equipment in it and swag off road has what they call a Baja bin and it Secures the action packer via latches and pins also ARB makes some awesome stuff draws bumper off road stuff etc really awesome company just make sure you secure it but make it easily accessible edit also just think how fast is 35 40 miles an hour that’s fast crazy fast and when that jack or that radio or that shovel goes airborne it going to hurt
I really believe you found a gem in Amber. Love her stuff for families. Thank you both!!
I’m glad Amber is included to share family knowledge. She teaches a lot of the things I did with my sons when they were young. She is spot on with her tactics. My kids weren’t scared but able to be aware and logically think through their actions in situations. These lessons are so important for children and as they grow to be more self sufficient. As always, thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU......You don’t have to scare the hell out of your kids. Just be honest and straight with them. Prepare them. Train them. Kids are EXTREMELY resilient
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Yes, love the collaboration between women and men in this gun video. We need more gals to stand up for our 2A rights. Go girl!!! 💕
Great idea!!! More women!
I did get cellulitis in Ranger School. Stopped for a map check. Took a knee on a sweet-gum tree ball (little spikey bastards). Woke the next morning with my knee twice the size of the other. Fortunately, it was last patrol day in Darby. I've had a deep hatred for those trees ever since.
I contracted Cellulitis in the first week of a new job years ago. I was working on a large HVAC unit on a roof that had old granite gravel ballast and the gravel penetrated my knee. That night I began feeling ill, I awoke the next morning with a 104 deg fever. It was very stubborn and antibiotic resistant. Could not get the fever down for days. The Doctor told me that 50 years ago (this was 1995), I would have lost my leg if not my life. Bad stuff! Still have scars where the skin and muscle were damaged.
This woman is a rock star!!
I appreciate the family preparedness info. The I literally never thought about walkies for the kids.
Same here
Yeah. I had 6 or 8 plus a base unit all on the same channel. About a 3 mile non line of site range. It’s actually a pretty cheap Comms alternative. Buy some ni-cads with a charger and your good to go.
Even the Anna and Elsa walkie talkies work on FRS ch1. My granddaughters love it
Walkie talkie were used before cell phones!🤣🤣. Not that long ago. Are you that young? I used them when my family went to Disney World, my parents always made is check in.
My kids have been wanting walkie talkies since they could talk. As they are awesome fun!
Thank you Amber and Mike!
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Thanks for the shoutout! Also, those Inmarsats provide roll-over minutes, which is nice as you can bank up comms.
I love you, Mike Glover and yes my hubby knows. 😘 thank you for all your education. Amber is amazing 👏
Another great episode. As a grandparent, I want to integrate this with my grandkids and adult children.
Legend. That’s a great attitude for a grandparent to have 👍🏼
Something included in the trauma training I did was that not all tourniquets work for pediatric patients. Being a father of four with an infant a two year old and a four year old that didn't sit well, so I got some TK4L tourniquets as part of our trauma gear.
Swat-t good for kids too
EVERYBODY hatin on the RAT
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We used walkie talkies all the time with our kids in campgrounds, great tool to have. Just be warned you get what you pay for. We had a pair of Cobra radios that cost more but still work to this day and we bought them 18 years ago, use them for job sites now.
For burns we usually would cool down the burn and delicately clean with normal saline in a plastic bottle. You can soak the burn with 4x4 dressing soak in saline or spray the burn by puncturing holes in the saline bottle cap top. This can be followed after “pat” drying with neosporin, if there is no allergy, and or apply a nonstick dressing. If you do not have saline boil water for 5 minutes, cool down, then put in say a Smart water bottle. Change dressing daily. I was an ER nurse for 27 years and just retired. Treatments may have changed but that’s what we did in the ER’s where I worked.
Still solid advice. Worked SAMMC burn ward 10+yrs. stop the burn then keep them warm and dry. Clean and dry. Neosporin for less than 20% due to zinc content, higher risk of allergic reactions. Dontbworry about sticking, When you get to higher level they will get it wet to remove it.
More people should get into Ham radio. I have had my license for over forty years. When cell phones and the internet go down, hand held radios and repeaters will continue to work. Yaesu and Kenwood radios are the best.
That's all fine and well, but the gatekeeping that still exists around the HAM scene is a HUGE barrier of entry for the younger generations.
@@sd5458 im 20 and have been in it since i was 18
I’ve been a ham for 38 years, since I was just a teenager. Not only is it a great hobby, it’s great for emergencies like natural disasters. If you have been thinking about it, jump on board. It’s not as hard as it used to be to get licensed.
@@sd5458 You can still learn and get equipment. If shit goes down then fuck gate keeping.
@@colecole3352 I've been doing so. No interest in getting my license at the moment. Though I do have my GMRS license. HAM operation would be much easier if classes were more widespread and if they taught what users actually want to learn instead of all the techno mumbo jumbo.
Coming from a retired Scoutmaster, we were heavy with communication with our scouts.
You just would never know what could or would happen on a hike or campout.
Thank you for the load out info.
Great video! I had a hard time getting my ex-wife on board with things of this manner when we were married. But now that the kids are grown andshe is primarily alone most of the time, she is more open to the idea of being prepared for emergencies! So I am looking into getting her signed up for self defense pistol and rifle courses. I am going to build her an AR 15 pistol that will meet her stature(frame). And a good 9mm to fit her small hands. Of course she has our sons (5) and me that live nearby for secondary backup. Even though we are divorced I feel she is still under my care or whatever you want to call it. unless she gets remarried that is. I make sure her car has stuff she needs in case of an emergency. We still have one son that is 17 that is with her but is starting to fly the coupe so to speak! He has things that keeps him busy. I would suggest to other divorced people to look out for each other if kids are involved. Because we loved that person enough to marry them and have children with. Your(our) children deserve that. Oh and by the way I recommend staying married! Men please don't be selfish and petty. Be a man and stand true to your vows to Love, honor and protect that woman! You didn't make those vows to just her, you made them to God as well! leaving is the cowards way out. Trust me on this, I chose the cowardly way and regret it everyday! I figure if God can forgive me for the stupid vile stuff I did then I can forgive ANYTHING a wife can do. I'll get off my soapbox now! Realistically this survival issue as well.
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Well nice and all but also watch some Rational Male and learn some red pill so that you don't end up shooting yourself in the foot by being to virtuous.
I rely on my 3rd gen 4runner. They're the best 4runners and I trust my and my family's lives in it
Awsome video. Thank you for your service to this great country. Keep up the good content. I learn something new everytime i watch your videos. Thank you again stay alert stay alive
Thank you so much for these videos. I found you by Vigilance Elite’s podcast after buying a hat from him and I’m so glad I did you have such a wide array of knowledge and I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks Mike and Amber...always more informed, and thereby, better prepared, with every video!
If your children are at public schools or ANY area away from you on a regular basis in a known place....have a escape/evasion plan and rendezvous /rally point away from that location . We use super reflective bright self clipping trail markers that I can track them w/ if they have had to vary from protocol. Initial direction was to be marked at treeline to give compass point....then I could find them . We had a middle school. ..that was in a "pinch point" locality...the protocol was to travel AWAY from main roads to a large culvert under a highway and egress to a safe zone for me to pick them up on a enduro moto that could overcome traffic issues. . We had an emergency there once..what a nightmare to get into that location to retrieve our children ... surrounded on three sides by large four lane highways. Literally one road in/out. Assess you situation, have a primary, alt, contingency.
A bit late on this vid but as for tourniquet use on kids and smaller framed people.
The CAT tourniquet, due to their smaller size, doesn't stop bleeds as well as on typically larger US combat personnel, so the RATS is a great one in those scenarios. Great vid cheers
In my experience raising five kids, and now eight grandkids (and counting!), my wife and I have ALWAYS followed the "Curiosity-Killed-the-Cat" theory. In that, curious kids will naturally gravitate to stuff that you repeatedly say to them NOT TO TOUCH. It's the whole "taboo" thing. So our practice has been to take them out shooting, expose them to firearms, talk to them at the appropriate age level about the power of these tools, and of course, how dangerous they can be if misused. Since they were little, perhaps starting around 4-5 yrs, we teach them that they can always handle any SAFE firearm (unloaded, ok'd by Dad or Mom) anytime, as much as they want. All they have to do is ASK. So far, because we've made firearms almost commonplace, sort of taken the "mystique" out of the equation, we've NEVER had any incidents or accidents whatsoever. When you create that "taboo" or "mystique" surrounding an item, curious kids will want to see what all the fuss is about-the first chance they get-when YOU AREN'T HOME. My Dad had a German P-38 that he lectured me to no end to NEVER, EVER TOUCH!!! So what does a curious 13 yr old do the first chance he gets when Mom and Dad aren't home??? Yup, reaches up to the top shelf of the closet and pulls down that ol' P-38!!! All my adult kids own and shoot guns, and have gotten their spouses "converted" and are teaching their kids the same. It warms my heart watching our 5 and 6-year olds grandkids-with help from the adults-shoot an AR, M1 Carbine, etc., AND LOVING IT!
This is the reason my mom blew her cigarette smoke in my face when I was young and why dad let me drink myself into a stupor as a kid. Grew up hating cigarettes and never wanted to smoke them, and never had any desire to get drunk again. While most of my old school friends now are struggling with quitting smoking and going out getting blackout drunk every weekend I don't have that problem. They removed the 'cool factor' and mystery from those things early in life.
Mr. Glover lays it out so even a smooth brain can understand it. 😊💪🏻
I Really like his video with the two Korean guys a few days ago. 😎
Love it Mike. Watching your videos in the hospital with covid. Love your content . Appreciate all your service
Great video that really brings home the need for preparedness for ALL!!!
always quality content, no nonsense - just the way it should be served. Thank you
Mike i know you are a tough guy, smile once in awhile smile man lighten up brother. I am glad tou are doing things like this. My wife and i and our children that is what we do.
Mike, there are some other devices out there that you can look at for alternate comms.
The Garmin InReach / InReach Mini use Iridium satellites to send text messages with your lat/long attached to any cell phone or email address. It also supports live tracking. There’s also an SOS button that alerts a monitored emergency operations center. An InReach can be attacked to a pack and will get a message out even when sat phone coverage may be sketchy.
GoTenna Mesh and Beartooth are small little radio devices you can use to send text or voice (beartooth only) messages between ppl. They are mesh, so it will relay from one to another to every device in a group. So if you leave one at base camp, it can extend range to devices that split in multiple directions. They can also attach location info.
I use an inreach mini. Pretty nice device, essentially used only in case of emergency and just sends text or SOS, but it can get weather too. It also lets some other devices like a Garmin Fenix watch to automatically send an SOS if you become incapacitated. Need a phone to do some things, but an inreach, a cell phone, and a solar charger will do ya.
Just my two cents on the burn portion. In the PRE HOSPITAL setting, a DRY sterile dressing is recommended for any major burns because at that point our biggest threat is heat loss, rather than infection. If you place a wet dressing on someone who lost their ability to thermoregulate, you're doing more harm than good. Once you get to the hospital, they will place burn creams on since they can more easily keep the patient warm.
Excellent information thank you Amber & Mike
You can use just regular Bacitracin on a burn dressing. It's cheap and you can get it at Walmart, Target, etc...
Even during the talk Mike uses the rear wheel for coverage
SWAT-Ts work well for smaller limbs of children. Can also double as a pressure bandage. Thanks for the insight.
God bless my brother. I just subscribed to your channel and found that your information on preparedness was really helpful. I presently live in NYC and have lived here all my life and have experience many blackouts , civil unrest , terrorism , pandemics and other forms of disasters. Have you or do you plan to run a series of videos on Urban preparedness ? . Thank you for all you do to keep people informed and safe . GOD bless you and all those that care for .
Thank You Amber and Mike
You are my favorite prepper channel! And I’m on a ton of them!
I've been watching dozens of your videos and purchased a few items from your store , All of your advice on being prepared and self defense is great and all makes sense. The one thing you have to be to be prepared and have proper training on the level you describe you must be financially privileged we all can't afford 2000 pistols or 3000 dollar AR 15's. This all works great if you have the cash.
Agree. There's got to be some advice for those who don't have 10 grand to invest in preps. And 10K is still low budget if you follow a lot of these channels.
Bargain basement still works, it's the thinking and planning that is the most important aspect of being prepared. Covid taught and caught a lot of smart people off guard, lot's of work arounds for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, you don't have to spend $$$ on a weapon, or weapons, the AR platform looks sexy but has it's drawbacks, think scout rifle concept, also a shotgun, you can use these for game and self defense plus they don't draw as much attention as evil black rifles, lol. Start thinking of multiple uses for your gear, hunting, camping, bugging out. They did a cast where they had ten minutes and fifty dollars to shop at Walmart before bugging out, watch that, good ideas.
I really like this series of videos and Amber is a great resource for you guys to reach a broader audience more effectively. The CAT tourniquets don’t work very well on children and I recommend carrying a couple rats tourniquets as well for those that have children.
pretty sure this is a myth unless you're talking about babies. Im sure mike and or amber have used cats on chidden. I imagine she would bring this up if she had known problems with kids. But as far as I have read, cats are fine on most kids. But yes, other TQs that have different methods are great to have in your kit.
One big thing we practice in regard to firearms and kids. Let them handle all the guns. In a CONTROLLED environment under your supervision, so they are comfortable with it, respect it, and understand the safeties and dangers. They get their curiosity out and have less temptation to play with them when you aren't there. Of course following and practicing all of the safety rules. Trigger discipline, muzzle control, etc. Rewards and reprimands.
I love these videos of educating the masses.
In basic training training I got a staph and strep infection in my arm. From having to wear a watch and do push-ups wore a break in the skin on my wrist. Then we do army crawls in the GA dirt. Nurse at the hospital said people get infections from the dirt all the time.
Great info! I have most of those items in my kits, but I do need to update and upgrade a few items , especially the "Vehicle Trama Response Kit", SAM Splint and more burn kit items!
Such great advice from such a good team of people .
Great content mike and amber,my boys are grown now but when we were hiking and exploring the great southwest I stuck to em like glue.really good info for families,after all the deployments you men have done yer still serving we the people THANKS from a slick sleeve PVT .AIRBORNE.
Love this episode good info and clear communication, love it
Hygiene is also a mental plus. If your brain isn't working even the best of the best equipment will not work. Great content!!!
I go back and forth in my head about how much is too much. I am a gun person, I am a self-defense, prepared person. But the delivery driver in the driveway and all the kids coming running in makes me consider something I have been battling personally...where is the line of proper preparedness vs. paranoia and OCD?
I am not being critical, I am asking the question genuinely b/c I do not want to go off the deep end MYSELF as I believe MOST of us in this preparedness community have SOME type of OCD-type personality.
How do we not let it go too far is the ultimate question? How do we balance the actual risk we are preparing for vs. the mental effort necessary to even worry about said risk?
Good point. It's easy to go overboard in this day and age. Just think about when we were kids and the freedom we had. It's not THAT dangerous in the US.
More, More, More, Amber!
We don't have to worry about this in Ireland as much but it is certainly a thought on my mind when my daughter was born , again walkies for the kids will be in the first lesson they are thought when they come to that age. Coms are so powerful if people have been trained. Great video loads to think about here. "Lack of contact from mom" my daughter is 7 months now and already I can see mannerisms in here where separation from mom or dad could be quite traumatic for her so well done amber, practical and considered advice. Thank you
Excellent video guys. Thank you for the wealth of info. 👍🏼👊🏻
Hey TH-cam… u need a LOVE BUTTON!
Great job & gear. Thank U.
Land Cruiser love u!
Thank you Ma'am and thanks Mike.
Great family stuff. This is also great no matter what the age of your kids are.
We had our kids on hand helds 20 years ago. We had a base station in the house. (5 kids). If we traveled, or went to a park, the older 3 had radios. We were kind of unique back then. Later we noted channel crowding as more and more families began using the FRS radios. Eventually cell phones took over. Hand held Hams are still the thing. But they are all grown and live by their phones. LOL.
I would like to agree with Dawson Reeder’s comments below and add to them. A DRY sterile dressing is the treatment of choice for burns of 5% BSA (body surface area) or more, or anything more than superficial. Even then, the first thing is to remove the heat source and “stop the burn”. To determine BSA the Palm of the PATIENT’S hand is 1%, not including fingers. Hypothermia is the enemy as much as infection. Don’t worry about dry sterile dressings sticking to the wound. Tertiary care will debride the wound using sterile saline in the BCU/BTU.
Mike- one of the things I love about having Amber with you is that she is confident repeating things you say that may more military in terminology , in terms that lay people may understand. You two seem to really work well together- good stuff.
I like how u say camping... 👍 i like the typical family scenario of camping
Mike, good stuff. Trying to up my game in preparedness, and this is some good info. DOL brother.
Great information thanks to you both.
Mike & Amber together now? Go Mike!
She's beautiful!
I got that feeling, just from the way she looks at him haha
That’s one khul jacket mike….love my endestruktables…
Wow and literally first 🥇! Wish for video about special forces/special operations forces loadouts.
Training before gear my friend, and when you get the gear train with it, brother
Why because your'e going to infill from a helo at 03:30, at your local nuclear facility?
This is far more practical.
@@pimpovic2 hahahahah more like exfil from McDs at 3am drunk after fighting with the drive thru lady for fucking up 2 mcdoubles no mustard. Then having to drive home drunk and pist and try not to get a DUI
The loadouts vary depending on the mission. Where to even begin with this? I think the other commenters have it down though. Start with a 3am McDonalds loadout and build from there.
Useful stuff. Always learn something new👍
We might have missed it - or maybe you address in another video - but being sure you have quality, accurate terrain and road maps is pretty high up there on the loadout list, especially assuming you'll be heading 'away from people'. From our position in Central Texas, if we go, we head West, which is a whole lot of empty and rough terrain. Having a good map can save your bacon - can usually be found at any book store and online.
We have codes amongst our family. It's known by all. The wife alerted me once on what some may call a false alarm but I think of it real time training.
As did one of my sons that heard what turned out to be the cat tapping on the glass while scratching fleas laying against the window at 3 a.m.
Really nice family preps vid,,..,Great you taking the kids needs into account too...LOL..Nice recovery at 10:13-10:18..ya almost "went there" on the "KY in the pocket" thing...the grin, slight stutter, and compensating hand gestures says it all....I always enjoy the vids...especially with you and your new co-host segments.
For burns silver sulfadiazine ointment and tegaderm or other hydrogel burn dressings are a must to keep on hand
Most severe burns you want to stay away from applying a wet dressing until they reach a level of controlled care because this could lead to hypothermia. If a patient has burned through multiple layers of their skin, hypothermia is fairly common.
Mike I love your FS Fanny pack. Can you talk about how to install the chest rig harness? My family would love to see how you configure your load out for different situations.
Wet vs dry bandaging for burns depends on the amount of body surface area that is burned! You do not want to cause shivering by placing wet bandaging on a patient with a large BSA burned.
When I was kid camping with the church RA's, I got burnt by some coffee that spilled on my stomach. The older guy with us said he had "heard" that you could put butter on a burn and that would help. It does not. The doctor said it was basically cooking that spot.
Great video. I love learning about redundancy.
We use walker talkie with our kids on a daily basis. We have 7 acres that everyone is wondering on at all times. We have bears, coyotes, who knows what or who else around. I love I can check in and my kids can check in with me. Plus we have 2 awesome family Belgium Malinois that patrol our property🙂
Love you mike keep it up!
10:10 he literally said he put KY in her pocket....lmao 😂
Great point on issue of cellulitis...it's an ISSUE. Former W-EMT.....my first aid has LOTS of tools ... literally. Vasoline is great for isolation of burns/ozzers. Improvise overcome
I appreciate you guys using my truck on this video. I just wished the guy/group who took the shot helped getting her off her lid. I am pretty sure it was the Jeeps and Yotas that took the shot, I could be wrong. They were MORE than capable to help out but decided not to. On the bright side, thanks for saving the flag though.
Just here for Amber. ; ) Lol. Mikes pretty cool too.
Great video thank you for all you guys do 👍🏻🦅🇺🇸
Great segment.
I'm a fan of that jacket!!
petroleum jelly Vaseline Neosporin work for burns. the main thing is to change the gauze as often as you possibly can like 3 times a day. otherwise the skin will heal over the gauze and then removing it will rip skin off and going backwards in healing. the best to use for awhile is silversulfide or silvadine but it can cause the skin to turn black or darken. source my doctors and nurses from my severe 1st and 2nd degree burns on face arms leg and body.
Great information and Amber is wow
Thanks guys.. keep it coming
Love the 300 Blackout bro! Ill grab my 10.5 first to head out….. loaded with Barnes tac tx and lehigh cc its a BEAST! Thanks for info!
Hey Mike, great video, quick question? Where is the proper placement for a truck gun? With or without children involved. Thanks 😊
CAT tourniquets are good for a limb circumference down to 3.5”. That’s good for most kids down to a very young age, esp legs.
However, the pressure required to occlude an artery in a child is a LOT less than an adult. So for young kids, a pressure bandage or ACE wrap, wrapped tightly, will often do the job very well.
Thank you for this video!
Thank You
Good stuff. I recommend listing the names of equipment u mention. Eg inmarsat and tk4l ...
As always. Great content.
Outstanding
I liked the part where they talked about KY.
Great stuff brother!!!
Great content. Only one correction...at 1m 16sec she says, "when things go south..." That's actually a GOOD thing.
Going north is not.
So just change it to "when things go north..."
LMAO
I have been taking preparedness seriously for the last 8 years. I carry tools, emergency gear, a ruck sack, a med kit, water, instant food packs and a weapon system in my car every day. I showed this video to my girlfriend and now she will do the same. Thanks Mike. Keep the great content coming.
You forgot butchery kit ... LMAO. My kids always ask "why" ....why do you have a case of MREs in my E350....why why why. ...I do carry butchery, become known by regional country folks as guy to call for the downed cow...etc, done 4 in 3 years that had to be put down in the pasture and on farm butchered. Calls come no matter where I am. Good thing it a BIG van.
I have an edc pack but carrying two bags in my vehicle everyday seems cumbersome. What bag do you use for your rucksack?
Chris Laws- things like the tools and some emergency equipment are heavy and will stay in the truck if I have to abandon it, but the other stuff is grouped by necessity and packed in modular components. I have my absolute necessities (field knife, flashlight, tourniquet, Israeli bandage, gloves, life raft food, life straw, fire starters, poncho, cash) in a fanny pack that will stay with me even if I ditch the bigger bag. I also have doubles of items in different bags for this reason.
@@black87FXR do you have an IG?
I don’t know if that stuff is kept secure or it’s just loose in the back but make sure it’s secure so if you get in a crash it doesn’t turn into a flying projectile my buddy pulled up to a crash and a couple had a pair a loose cross country skis and it decapitated one of them I’m not sure what happened to the other but something as simple as a walkie talkie can be turned into projectile my brother killed a cow with a rock the size of an 8 ball and a small flying object will do it to their are lots of options to secure stuff one thing I do is I take a small action packer and put my get extrication equipment in it and swag off road has what they call a Baja bin and it Secures the action packer via latches and pins also ARB makes some awesome stuff draws bumper off road stuff etc really awesome company just make sure you secure it but make it easily accessible edit also just think how fast is 35 40 miles an hour that’s fast crazy fast and when that jack or that radio or that shovel goes airborne it going to hurt
Mum loves Amber.
I have foldable neck collars to immobilize in case of a neck injury. They fold really thin and would rather affordable.