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Wilderness First Aid 
Medical Concerns   And  Treatments

We have gathered a collection of medical tips dealing with identifying and treating medical conditions that may arise when you are taking part in an activity or when you are in a survival situation. Please read through the various pages to absorb what is contained and then verify the information from a professional medical source. See legal.

The links below will take you to the respective pages. While the techniques may be crude, they may save your life.

There are any number of remedial treatment available in the wilderness and depending on where you are and what ails you, some of the available treatments may rival what can be purchased from a corner drugstore.

We will be covering Herbal Medicines, but this is an extensive subject and so is under development. There are however several simple remedies available in most survival situations

Wild leeks, scallions, onions or garlic contain a sulfur compound (hence the stinging eyes) which have been shown to combat bacteria, when applied to burns, scrapes and other surface wounds. Some burning sensation may occur but then most anything will annoy a fresh wound.

While we are on the subject of sulfur, there is the possibility that you might come across a water spring that smells like eggs. This is sulfur water and can be good to bathe a wound in or just to soak in it after a day on the trail. Mineral baths are primarily sulfur water and have been used for thousands of years to bring relief. If there are deposits of yellow mineral along the spring then this is almost certain to be pure sulfur which can be crushed and applied to a wound and this and the sulfur water can be ingested in limited quantities to help fend of some internal ailments, but the exact science of how much and for which will require additional research on your part. Be careful if you are planning to soak in what appears to be a thermal pool containing hot sulfur water as these are likely to be fed from a source deep in the earth that will burp like a geysers periodically with super heated and deadly water. A hot spring that is flowing tends to be much safer, but be careful regardless and get out if you begin to feel uncomfortable or disoriented, so you don't succumb to HYPERTHERMIA. See our Canyoneering Safety Tips as they apply to Backpackers and Hikers as well.

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