The crew on the trail in
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park, TN

 

Fundamentals of Backpacking

This section is under construction. The Table of Contents below will show you what will be here sometime in the near future. Once this section is complete please feel free to access and print these pages as often as you like. If you have additional trial first aid which you have used over the years, please send your ideas to me at crew65@memphisgeology.org and I will consider adding them (along with a note acknowledging who submitted them) to this website.

Table of Contents

1 Common Trail Emergencies

2 Poison Plants and Water

3 Poisonous Bites

4 Wounds

5 Choking

6 Respiratory Emergencies

7 Circulatory Emergencies

8 Bone and Muscle Injuries

9 Emergency Transport

10 First Aid Kits