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How should I organize these. . . ?

I take all the Emergency guide sections out of Parents Magazine and have them on a clip board next to my first aid kit. I am starting to collect a lot of guides and I want to be able to run to it and know just were to look when I need information. here are the headings for each page. Can you help me put them into categories that will be easier to locate when needed.

Sports Safety

Head Injuries

Emergency Room Prep

CPR for Children

Electric Shock

The Great Outdoors

Preparing for a Disaster

Strangulation and Suffocation

Eye Emergencies

Medicine Handbook for Moms

First Aid for Burns and Scalds

Cold Weather Safety

Holiday Safety

Maybe 2 or 3 different sections to file them under.
Thanks for you help!

Public Comments

1. How about these:
Safety
Medical Assistance
Other

2. I'd do the following thing:

3 color tag category

GREEN for most common and non-critical issues: insect bite, minor burns and cuts

YELLOW for serious injury but not life threatenning - things you can call for help oe even can wait until you get to minor emergency center and let the professionals handle

RED - life threatening or condition that needs immediate attention lest it becomes worst or will have permanent effect.

For RED one, take the articles and reduce them to simple instructions ( short actionable phrases) that any family member can understand so that they can act upon them when required.

Last - relax.

3. Think logically.

You don't have time to read a guide for CPR, choking, poisoning, etc. These should just be reminders, ideally pictograms, to refresh your memory.

Others are absolutely unnecessary on a First-Aid clipboard- prevention, safety, and articles for problems not found in the average home can be safely filed away somewhere else.

Lets face it, most of the rest is common sense! A decent First Aid manual or booklet will work just fine for you.

Take a good class, read the articles, be prepared... but also relax! Excess worry won't help anyone.