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An emergency kit, disaster bag, bug-out bag (BOB), [4] [5] [6] also known as a 72-hour kit, [7] GOOD bag (get out of Dodge), [8] [9] personal emergency relocation kit (PERK), go-bag, survival backpack, or quick run bag (QRB) [10] [11] is a portable kit containing items that would help a person to survive for 72 hours [12] during an escape or ...
It is located in Seattle, Washington, and Reno, Nevada, and was founded in 1972 by two former Boeing engineers, who were avid backpackers. Their first product innovation was the self-inflating camping mattress, marketed as Therm-a-Rest. In 2015, Cascade Designs moved 1/5 of its workforce to Reno to take advantage of lower wages. [1]
A bag valve mask can be used without being attached to an oxygen tank to provide "room air" (21% oxygen) to the patient. However, manual resuscitator devices also can be connected to a separate bag reservoir, which can be filled with pure oxygen from a compressed oxygen source, thus increasing the amount of oxygen delivered to the patient to ...
Chrome's popular bag lines, the Mini-Metro and Citizen Messenger Bag, are recognizable by their signature seatbelt buckle release that doubles as a bottle opener. The company started building their bags in a garage in Colorado using salvaged materials like seatbelt buckles and seatbelt webbing, which they continue to use across their entire ...
Mountain Safety Research, or MSR, is a producer of camping, hiking and mountaineering equipment, such as portable stoves, water filters, snowshoes, and tents.While specializing in lightweight and technical equipment, MSR's gear is designed for a wide range of outdoor enthusiasts from novice to expert mountaineers.
(The Center Square) – Seattle’s infamous Third Avenue corridor will see more homeless and drug addiction services available next year as the Downtown Emergency Service Center announced three ...
The modern EMS system in King County began operation in 1970 with 15 paramedics staffing one paramedic unit in Seattle. In 2009, there were 255 paramedics [3] from six paramedic programs staffing 26 paramedic units. [4] [5] The system is a dynamic layered response system. An EMS response to an emergency begins with a telephone call to 9-1-1.
A sleeping bag is an insulated covering for a person, essentially a lightweight quilt that can be closed with a zipper or similar means to form a tube, which functions as lightweight, portable bedding in situations where a person is sleeping outdoors (e.g. when camping, hiking, hill walking or climbing).