With all the activities that take place on camping trips it’s important to be prepared for an accident. The best investment into your camping trip that you can make is an investment into first aid knowledge. Here are a few pointers to get you started.
Hiking is a common camping activity and it presents the camper with the possibility of fractures and sprains. There are two types of fractures, a simple fracture and a compound fracture. You need to be prepared for both on your camping trip. A simple fracture can be identified by swelling, tenderness, pain, loss of mobility, and feeling or hearing a bone crack or snap. If a simple fracture is not treated then it can turn into a more serious compound fracture. Sometimes while camping people feel the need to just brush things off and continue with their hike, continuing while injured will only make things worse, but could lead to permanent damage.
If there is a chance that you fractured a bone you need to stop moving immediately. Your goal is to immobilize the fractured area. If the wounded limb is a finger then tape or tie the finger to an adjacent finger. If the lower arm is fractured then you want to splint...
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