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 Listed below are some links that will provide you with useful information about the varied and multiple uses of precision point tweezers such as Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper(TM), notably their ability to properly extricate the embedded remains of ticks that cause Lyme Disease. Also includes links to websites that offer first aid and survival kits for outdoor lifestyle individuals and organizations.
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Wilderness Medical Systems is pleased to offer emergency wilderness medical kits. The outdoor survival equipment in these first aid kits is a must to survive in the wilderness. Include a wilderness first aid kit on your next adventure, whether it be for one day or months, it could save your life.
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This is one suggested method of tick removal. Care must be taken not to squeeze the body of the tick, as this may force infectious fluid back into the skin.
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Recommended First Aid Kit to have available while kayaking includes an Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper Tweezer.
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Tick's mouthparts have reverse harpoon-like barbs, designed to penetrate and attach to skin. Ticks secrete a cement-like substance that helps them adhere firmly to the host. If you find that you or your pet has been bitten by a tick, it is important to remove it properly.
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The Wilderness Medical Society's website recommends that Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper is an essential part of the surgical supplies needed for a good medical kit, "for foreign-body removal". See page 4 of the PDF document.
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Visit the National Wood Carvers Association website and learn abot the benefits of association membership.
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