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53The Bug Bites of Summer
Spring and summer bring many beautiful flowers and blooms each year. Along with these fragrant blossoms comes stinging insects, bees, and wasps. Bees do not travel solo. Where there is one, there is a colony,...
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69Making an Emergency Stretcher
Most of the time, I'd tell you not to move an injured person. It's too easy to add to the damage that's been done. Wait for the emergency guys to come. The para-medics have the tools and the equipment to...
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57Acute Mountain Sickness
Acute Mountain Sickness Signs andsymptoms: Minor altitude illness includes headache, fatigue, weakness, dizziness, cough, nausea. shortness of breath, decreased appetite, and difficulty sleeping....
1 comment54Major Bleeding: First Aid
General Evaluation Approach all accidents in an orderly, stepwise fashion. Important: Do not move the injured person if there is risk of head or spine injury. 1. Avoid additional injury to the...
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60Navigation for Wilderness Routefinding
Navigation Map. compass, and altimeter navigation is the primary method for wilderness routefinding. Learn to use them and practice often. The compass has two primary functions: identifying your position...
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59Lost in the Wilderness
Lost in the Wilderness Losing your way in the wilderness can be frightening. Sometimes you can check your map and reorient yourself quickly. Other times it may just be a short backtrack to find your...
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60Helicopter Survival Hand Signals
Helicopter Survival Hand Signals Wave arms side to side across body and overhead.............Do not land Stand with back...
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63General Survival Procedures
General Survival Procedures Survival procedures depend on the situation, and no one algorithm can fully address all issues. However, some general principals should always be followed. When an accident...
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56first aid survival kit
First-Aid Kit First-aid kits are highly variable. Like survival kits, first-aid materials depend on how long you will be out in the field, your first-aid skills, the number of people in your party, how...
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77How To Treat Burn Injury / Injuries
People get burn injuries at some point or other in their lives. You can't avoid them, even though you try to. Burns may be minor or major, but most people just don't know what to do if they (or someone else)...
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