Where There Is No Doctor
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- That's a very different problem than OP
You should keep physical books, food, and medication for a SHTF scenario
"Back to Basics", "Where There Is No Doctor" and the Bible are my SHTF books
You won't be coding in a SHTF scenario.
- "Where There Is No Doctor" would be a good place to start. https://hesperian.org/
- I’m already doing this, but:
- All of Wikipedia English
- Download as many LLM models and the latest version of Ollama.app and all its dependencies.
- Make a list of my favorite music artists and torrent every album I can.
- Open my podcast app and download every starred episode (I have a ton of those that I listen to repeatedly).
- Torrent and libgen every tech book I value. Then, grab large collections of fiction EPUBs.
- Download every US Army field manual I can get my hands on, especially the Special Operations Medic manual, which is gold for civilian use in tough times.
- Download every radio frequency list I can for my area of the country.
- Download digital copies of The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emory, Where There Is No Doctor, and Where There Us No Dentist.
I already have paper versions of almost all of these but it’s handy to have easily-reproducible and far more portable digital copies.
- Yes, sometimes, when it’s not convenient to utilize infrastructure where I am.
So far I have become adept at removing and replacing my own crown, including heavily modifying when needed, filling if they aren’t too deep (or temporary fillings if they are deep) and one extraction when I was at sea and had no better choice.
I don’t recommend it if it’s not necessary, but for those who may find themselves in that situation there is a book called “where there is no dentist” that outlines most common procedures and tool use. It’s worth learning if you’re likely to be away from “civilization “. Also “where there is no doctor “ can be a lifesaver.
- If our healthcare system cannot or does not wish to serve us, it is time to take responsibility for our own health.
Good start: https://store.hesperian.org/prod/Where_There_Is_No_Doctor.ht...
- The target audience is different, but this made me think of the book:
Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
It was discussed a little here over year ago at:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19431005
It can be purchased in book form, or the individual chapters can be downloaded as PDFs at:
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