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CERT TIP: Coaches Wristband

CERT TIP: Coaches Wristband

When we got to the section covering triage, I fully expected that I would forget what I had learned. I rather quickly came up with a solution. I remembered seeing football quarterbacks having a wrist band that showed vital information on their arm. I looked for this device and quickly found them for sale.

Problem Getting News That Matters To Me

Problem Getting News That Matters To Me

My wife and I were in San Luis Obispo June 23 on vacation.  That evening our room lights dimmed, a brown out.  A while later we lost power.  My wife looked out the window and reported not seeing any lights.  After finding two LED  flashlights I pulled out my hand held ham radio and turned to one of the local repeaters.  (146.670 MHz).  It took a while but within, I would guess fifteen minutes, we got a pretty clear picture…

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