I was actually trying to reinforce the fact that there is no substitute for knowledge. Unless you have a hospital with all the supplies, staff and the ability – there is no way to plan for every contingency. However if you have a more then basic knowledge and are able to adapt and improvise for various situations, the odds of surviving are dramatically increased. Homeopathic may not have proven much better then a placebo – but doing something has been proven much more effective then doing nothing. If a person is dying and a prayer is said and that person believes that it will make them better, then by its very nature it was better then not saying a prayer.

I have had the opportunity to be an EMT and an RN in very rural America. Am I an expert? No – not even close. But I would bet that most of the experts would agree that any and all knowledge accumulated would probably be of more benefit the all of the stock piles of supplies and not know what to do with it.

In this scenario, I would have to say the intention was very good, but was destined to fail when following up with or in unison with further learning then just the basics of first aid and CPR.

I am not trying to be a nay sayer or act like an elitist but before I added my comment about casting material, I should have stopped at learn more… and for that I apologize.