Bring medicine. Specifically, bring emergency medicine and tools.
First, what kind of medicine should I bring on a one-day hike?
During a one-day hike, medicine for heat stroke, puncture or sprain is the most important thing to carry. Because the one-day walking distance is short and the activity area is closer to the city, it is convenient to obtain professional medical services, so there is no need to carry too many drugs and equipment.
1. Heatstroke - Heatstroke is an acute heat-induced disease mainly manifested by disorders of the central nervous system or cardiovascular system, caused by heat balance or water-salt metabolism disorders in a high temperature and high humidity environment.
The prevention and treatment of heat stroke is very important, because it is very common, every mountain friend may experience it, and it is not easy to detect: many times you think it is due to lack of physical strength, but it is actually mild heat stroke.
Effervescent tablets, ten drops of water, and ice packs - after heat stroke, replenishing electrolytes, relieving dizziness, and cooling down in time are very effective methods. When you experience mild heatstroke, go to a cool place to rest immediately to replenish fluids and electrolytes to prevent further symptoms.
If you're doing strenuous hiking in hot weather, you can also bring an ice pack in your medicine bag for severe heatstroke.
2. Thorn - often walking in the mountains, how can you not be stabbed. In the hot spring and summer, many mountain friends are walking in short-sleeved shorts, but this time is when the vegetation is the most lush, and the phenomenon of "thorn" is easy to occur. In addition, waste from frequent human activities, such as glass slag, also increases the risk of puncture injuries.
Alcohol tablets and tweezers - Carry these two tools in your medical bag to effectively deal with puncture: the alcohol tablet sterilizes, and the tweezers can help you remove the "barb". Heating and sterilizing sewing needles with a lighter may be a "traditional" solution, but in fact, this will only expand the area of the wound and cause unexpected infections due to incomplete disinfection.
3. Sprains - Sprains often occur while hiking. For example, an ankle sprain after slipping on a loose rocky slope. While it's not as instantly incapacitating as a broken bone, even a minor sprain can be enough to stumble around and the pain will continue to intensify.
Ice packs and first aid bandages—Cold compresses and pressure are effective treatments after a sprain. After a sprain, it is not necessary to apply drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and vigorously rub the affected area, but to follow the principles of rest, cold compress, pressure and elevation of the affected limb (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation, RICE).
Therefore, ice packs should be prepared (if it is really inconvenient to carry, you can also use ice-cold stream water instead) and elastic bandages to assist physical therapy. At the same time, drugs such as Voltaren that help reduce inflammatory reactions are also necessary drugs to deal with such injuries.
Carrying an ice pack on foot on a single day, ten drops of water, etc. is enough to deal with it. However, as the environment will be more complicated for camping or long-distance hiking, the risk of injury has also increased. So, in the preparation stage for such activities, how to match the medical bag?
Second, what medicine should I bring for camping and long-distance hiking?
Diarrhea and blisters are common problems encountered in camping or long-distance hiking. Prepare appropriate medicines and equipment to relieve pain and avoid the risk of worsening symptoms.
1. Blisters - I believe that all mountain friends who have experienced long-term hiking have encountered the problem of blisters on the soles of their feet. That piercing pain came with every step. When camping at night, you finally feel relieved, but as the pressure on your feet is removed, the blisters re-spread, and you can imagine the sourness when you pick up the bag the next morning.
Needles, antiseptics, and bandages - puncturing, disinfecting, and bandaging are the most effective ways to treat blisters. The "water" in the blisters is the tissue cell fluid exuding from the local tissue on the foot after long-term severe friction after walking for a long time. Once foamed, these fluid buildups take a considerable amount of time to be reabsorbed by body tissues. In order not to interfere with subsequent actions, it is necessary to manually drain the effusion.
2. Diarrhea - When walking in the mountains, diarrhea is likely to occur. In fact, there is a risk of diarrhea everywhere in the mountains. The seemingly clear mountain springs may have been contaminated by the feces left by the animals who came to drink water. With the increase of human activities, the camp environment on some outdoor routes is also deteriorating. Various human remnants have become a paradise for germs to multiply. To make matters worse, when we are outdoors, we tend to lower our own hygiene standards, such as washing our hands frequently, which is often no longer realistic.
Montmorillonite powder, rehydration - Montmorillonite powder or other diarrhea medicines are essential items for long-distance hiking. Many severe diarrhea caused by bacterial infection can easily dehydrate a person, thereby losing the ability to move on. Therefore, for diarrhea symptoms, the symptomatic measures are antibacterial and rehydration.
After going through one hiking route after another, more and more mountain friends set their sights on higher altitudes. The risks faced by high altitudes have also increased significantly. In order to cope with the risks of high altitude climbing, what adjustments do we need to make when preparing outdoor medical kits?
The third, high-altitude mountaineering medical kit
When mountaineering at high altitudes, climbers are located in the cold area above the 5000-meter snow line, and it is difficult to obtain medical services, and the two threats of high temperature and hypothermia will strike at any time, so when you go to high altitude mountaineering, your medical bag It is necessary to prepare medicines and materials for high reaction and hypothermia rescue.
1. High reaction - During high-altitude mountaineering, the human body is exposed to a low-pressure and low-oxygen environment, which is prone to nausea, headache, dyspnea and other high-reaction symptoms, which interfere with the climbing process of climbers. In severe cases, it will develop into pulmonary edema and cerebral edema. , endangering the lives of climbers.
Acetazolamide, multivitamins, nifedipine, and low dexamethasone—professional medical services are lacking in high-altitude climbing, and climbers need to carry medications in their medical kits to relieve altitude sickness. Most of the drugs for relieving high reaction are prescription drugs and have side effects. They need to be taken according to individual physical conditions under the guidance of a pharmacist.
In addition, some over-the-counter drugs, such as aspirin, fenbid and other analgesics, have a good effect on relieving headaches caused by high reaction, and can correspondingly improve the quality of sleep in high-altitude camps; Rhodiola can increase blood flow, Improve hypoxia and improve hyperreactivity.
In addition to high altitude, another thorny problem that needs to be faced when climbing at high altitudes is hypothermia.
2. Loss of temperature - During high-altitude climbing, low temperature, strong wind, rain and snow and other weather will take away the heat in the climber's body, resulting in a decrease in the climber's core body temperature, indifference, violent tremors, and uncoordinated movements. If not rescued in time, the increased hypothermia will gradually cause the patient to lose consciousness and be in a dangerous situation.
Emergency rescue blankets and thermal clothing - hypothermia occurs at high altitudes. If a life-saving blanket is carried in the medical bag, it is of great significance for hypothermia rescue. The life-saving blanket can isolate the skin from contact with the cold air, and the metal components contained in it can reflect the thermal radiation of the body, lock the loss of body heat to the maximum extent, and avoid the aggravation of hypothermia.
Not only are there risks at high altitudes, but there are also many risks associated with long-term and high-intensity trail running. What kind of trail running medical kit should be available for such activities?
Fourth, medical kit for trail running
In cross-country running events, long running distances, violent terrain fluctuations, and changing weather conditions test the participants' bodies. In the event, there will be embarrassing situations of nipple abrasion, and in recent years, there have been accidents involving sudden heart disease and sudden death of players. Preventing these conditions requires Shanyou to prepare in advance in the medical kit.
1. Breast chafing - Breast chafing is an embarrassing but common sports injury during long-distance trail running events. With the vibration of stepping or swinging the arm, the fabric of the top will constantly rub against the nipple, and over time, the delicate skin of the nipple will be rubbed or even dripped with blood.
Bring a Band-Aid or Nipple Pads - To prevent double nipple chafing during trail running, just carry a Band-Aid or Nipple Patch in your medical bag and put it on your nipple before the race.
2. Suxiao Jiuxin Pills - To deal with sudden heart discomfort in trail running, participants are required to prepare Suxiao Jiuxin Pills in their medical kits. Cross-country running distances are long and stride frequency changes greatly, and the heart function of participants will gradually reach a critical value. This critical value is the maximum heart rate of a person. Generally speaking, subtracting age from 220 is the maximum heart rate that the human body can withstand. Once it is maintained for a long time during exercise, or even exceeds this value, fainting or sudden death may occur.
JINYE has a variety of first aid kit equipment, including medical dressings, Band-Aids, life-saving blankets, and disinfectant wipes. Escort your outdoor sports.
If you just blindly load a medical bag, the result after a few traces is that the medical bag is discarded. Experienced mountain friends will still "individualize" the increase or decrease of the drugs and equipment they carry according to the route they travel. Please determine what medicines you will bring according to the route.
