Basic first aid for your outdoor holiday

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If you're planning an outdoor holiday and hiking is on the list of activities, can be a good idea to update on some basic first aid. Three of the most important skills of first aid hikers can learn are CPR, the Heimlich maneuver and treatment of fractures.

Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is used to return someone to normal breathing. CPR training is much better, but in the meantime, here are some tips that can help if you experience an emergency situation, whileHiking.

First, call 911 or immediately to the local emergency team, if you can. Scream out loud to a specialist or doctor who may be on a path near or apartment. If necessary, especially if the person takes on a bluish color, there are a few things and checked.

Examine how the problem occurred. If swimming in cold water, can easily catch fire. A good atmosphere will not suffice in these situations. Well, if she went underWater and left the country, try on his stomach, and remove the water from the short, modest compression on the membrane below the chest just above his stomach.

Put them on your back, your nose and breathe into his mouth, while for any expansion breast. Then stop and tend to the contours of the body, leaving the water in the body. Repeat this process with two breaths of two seconds. If this fails, try the heart massage firmly downwardsjust above the diaphragm, along the breastbone.

Secondly, it uses the Heimlich maneuver to foreign bodies, such as food, from air to eliminate the effect of respiration. It does not affect the person's chest to guide this means that the object lodge deeper in the neck.

Rather, they get up, move behind you and grasp his wrist with your other hand so that the bone is at the base of the thumb against his body. Make a quick, firm step towards the inside against the membrane observedto expel the object. You may need to be repeated several times, but be sure to press against the diaphragm and not just the chest.

Finally, it can cause fractures ranging from a simple walk to break a painful, complicated fracture. The fracture is a more serious compound fracture where the bone protruding from the skin, leaving the additional risk of infection. Apply a sterile gauze to cover the wound. Splint is used to keep the leg straight and immobilized, if it is a rightStick or cane. Save the limb with medical tape or a screw thin, if not exist.

Not groped to straighten the fracture, and be careful not to completely shut off the flow of blood to avoid the leg to gangrene.

If granted, that in all these situations, you want to get professional help as soon as possible. Accommodation in the vicinity is a good starting point, if any. But never more to roam and instead opt for a golfing holiday in La Manga, Spain

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