Everyone has his favorite travel method. Cycling around the island, hiking, mountain climbing, and wild camping are all common outdoor activities. These activities are safe if everyone is well prepared. But accidents are unexpected. In addition to buying travel insurance to protect yourself, to minimize accidental injuries, you must learn all kinds of first aid methods for accidents that may occur in outdoor travel.
1. Cramps
A cramp causing There are several reasons for this, but the most common is that the muscle cramps when the muscle suddenly goes from a resting state into a vigorous activity state because the warm-up exercise is not done well before the vigorous exercise. Whether you have a cramp while cycling or walking, you should stop the activity immediately, find a safe place to sit and rest, massage the cramped area, and do some light stretching exercises to quickly relieve the pain.
2. Heatstroke
There are different degrees of heatstroke, and there are appropriate coping methods for different degrees of heatstroke. Symptoms of mild heatstroke usually include dizziness and general malaise. At this time, the patient should be quickly moved to a cool and ventilated place, and the patient should drink water to replenish water. People with moderate heatstroke experience fatigue, retching, and a rise in body temperature. At this time, the patient should be quickly moved to a cool and ventilated place and the patient’s clothes should be lowered to help him wipe alcohol on his body for physical cooling. A patient with severe heatstroke may become confused and have weak breathing and should be taken to the hospital immediately.
3. Fell from the bike
Falls from the bike are a common accident on cycling trips, often due to Braking suddenly, the whole person was thrown out of the car, causing injuries to the face such as the jaw and teeth, as well as the limbs. In this case, you should immediately help the injured person to stop the bleeding, and then go to the hospital for further examination to see if there is any fracture.
4. Falls and sprains
Falls and sprains are common accidents when hiking. You can go to see a doctor with the help or support of your companions. But if the injury is more serious, such as falling off a cliff and breaking a bone. In this case, unless the site environment is extremely bad and may further endanger the injured person, avoid moving the injured person or attempting to transport the injured person, as this may aggravate the injury or even kill the injured person.
If it is only you and the injured person at the time of the accident, you should immediately provide primary care to the injured person. If the injured person can no longer walk, and you do not have enough physical strength to carry the injured person and seek help, you must leave the injured person in place and go to seek help by yourself. The injured are desperate to try to go down the mountain by themselves to regenerate the accident or make it difficult for rescuers to find it.
