Out there in the nature you can come upon many type of injuries here we will teach you how to treat the small injuries, if it’s a major injury we recommend to seek the help of a professional, There are three basic guidelines that you need to know when it comes to outdoor first aid:
· Stay alive - take care of yourself first so you can take care of others
· Stabilized victim - Stop the victim’s injury from doing any more harm, stop the bleeding and remove them out of harm.
· Recovery - start treating the injury with more care and fix it as much as possible.
Before we start treating injuries we will start with preventing them, preventing the injury is the best first aid you can get. The biggest hazard in the outdoor is the weather, or the cold to be more exact.
Make sure you have warm clothes at all time, drink warm liquid any chance you can, start a fire camp to make yourself warmer.
In cold weather you should look for hypothermia symptoms:
· Puffy face
· Red skin
· Confusion
· Faint pulse
· Stiff joints
· Concentrated urine
You should change to dry and warm clothes and cover yourself as much as you can, cover you head first because the head is the organ that lose the most body heat. Stay calm and still drink warm liquid slowly.
Other weather danger is the heat. To prevent heat stroke simply keep yourself hydrated and drink only water (not alcohol or sodas) if you don’t have water avoid eating if possible. When you digest food you lose lots of fluid and try to travel only at night to avoid the sun. id night travel is not possible use sunscreen. You need to be aware of the following Heat stroke symptoms:
· Dizziness
· Headache
· Flush or red skin
· Seizures
· Rapid pulse
· Unconsciousness
If you do suspect you got a heat stroke try to stay in the shade or a cool place, a cool shower is the best (avoid freezing water) and drink water (slowly) and monitor yourself until your vital signs back to normal.