I have been writing a book on “how to cope with a nuclear event”. Not “how to prepare”, but what to do if one happens. Because I start from the assumption that no preparation has been done (except reading the book).
As someone who has studied physics and survival, I felt competent to write on the physics of a nuclear war and survival. But, when it came to medical treatment I felt totally inadequate for the role. However, needs must … which is probably what the section on medical care should be titled.
The section on medical care is now 32 pages long and I have something, which I think is worth saying, on all the main medical categories. I’ve not yet worked out what that means in terms of items I would want to have in my own medical supplies, so it still needs work, but I am getting there.
To give a flavour this is the start of a random section from about half way through:
The primary aims of treatment for trauma are as follows:
1. To stop external bleeding using bandages and reduce internal bleeding with rest
2. To prevent and treat infection
3. To stabilise damaged limbs
4. etc.
Hopefully, it’s all common sense. Now having worked out what “should be done”, I have the task of working out what “can be done” by someone who has not prepared. This may be interesting. Not quite “the idiots guide to brain surgery”, but the reality of a nuclear conflict is that people with no experience of severe injuries will be left to deal with them. And, I am trying to work out what I can possibly say that will make life easier for them.
Let’s put it this way: you can’t do worse than the doctors who advocated the deadly covid jab. Well, statistically, that might be wrong but not morally, they were paid to know how to do it better and to treat people when ill and they ignored the data telling them they were wrong and most didn’t even bother to turn up to work when they said people were ill and needed them.
I don’t think I’ve come up with any magic solution. Because there is very little that can be done for many injuries specific to a nuclear event, so there is no point preparing to treat them. So, what are the priorities?
- Burns
- Infections
- General cleanliness to avoid illnesses found during disasters.
- Plenty of clean water
- Healthy food and shelter
- I assume a good medical box
