Holiday safety is an issue that burns brightest from late November to mid-January, when families gather, parties are scheduled and travel spikes. Take some basic precautions to ensure your family remains safe and injury-free throughout the season. Here are some tips to help keep you safe from the National Safety Council and other sources I’ve…
I love the summer and I love being active out in the heat. Fortunately, I’ve always been able to deal with heat well, unlike others I served with in the Army who fell out of different activities and wound up heat injury casualties. (Which means medics and combat lifesavers, like me, would have to give…
If you want to go out and enjoy life safely, like I encourage, you will most likely end up dealing with crowds. And even if your enjoyment is heading to the mountains were there are few people, you will still most likely be dealing with crowds at times because that’s just a part of life…
If you want to know how to ensure you don’t become a victim, it isimportant to understand why people become victims in the first place.Because most of us grew up in societies that have a respect for thelaw and other people’s existence and human rights, we have prettyclear convictions of what is right and wrong.…
When you are walking down a street on a sunny day and see a vehicle upside down in the middle of the street, one has to wonder what the driver was doing that resulted in them being upside down. While I didn’t see the accident occur, and I don’t know for 100%, I’d be willing…
Tooth injuries can be extremely painful, and take a long time to treat. For this reason, all injuries to the teeth should be checked by a dentist or hospital dental department as soon as possible. One of the most serious things that can happen is for the injury to impair breathing. With any trauma to…
Holiday safety is an issue that burns brightest from late November to mid-January, when families gather, parties are scheduled and travel spikes. Take some basic precautions to ensure your family remains safe and injury-free throughout the season. Here are some tips to help keep you safe from the National Safety Council and other sources I’ve…
Watching the eclipse safely is important for the health of your eyes. The Solar Eclipse will occur next Monday, August 21, and I’m looking forward to watching it with my family. If you are going to watch it too, be sure that you have the proper protection for your eyes. Remember, You should never look directly…
Practice safe habits today, it may be too late tomorrow. Too many times we know something is a good idea, and that we should do it, but we put it off until it is too late. This is often true when it comes to my advice to practice safe habits. We know we should. After…
I am always saying in my live programs, “Get your head out of your apps.” People have to quit being so distracted by their phones and devices that they are oblivious to everything else around them. I don’t preach being hyper-vigilant at all times. People can’t stay at that state of awareness. But we must…