Dehydration. Last summer my group had a terrible experience with this on an eight mile kayak trip. Fortunately we had a nurse with us. Reach out if you want more info.
For trauma shears, I like Xshears. They are about $40, have no fancy features (not even an “oxygen wrench”), but they are incredibly well built, and will cut anything. I know, I cut an EKG lead without feeling any resistance at all. The shears worked great. Me, not so much. 😢. Love the shears, though.
I'll check em out. But at the moment have to many shears...go figure. its what happens when you can't find them. the new ones arrive. then you find the old ones.
I really started watching you because of your wellness Wednesdays. My husband and I are not kayakers (actually we are canoeists in Minnesota), and we took a NOLS wilderness First Aid course 3 years ago for long canoe trips into remote Canada the and the BWCA and even just to have knowledge when we bring our grandchildren to state parks and mountain bike trails. I can’t recommend taking a NOLS wilderness first aid course enough for ANYONE who participates in outdoor adventure is any kind. But we are always eager to learn more and your weekly tips are FANTASTIC! Exactly what we are looking for. We do not have to tune or money to move on to wilderness first responder. Our son (a climbing and backpacking guide) has been a first responder for years and I highly recommend that training to anyone leading or taking groups into the back country. Thank you sooo much for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. We are eating it up!
It's my pleasure. thanks for watching. I will say, I was about to shoot something for a wilderness med Wednesday, but I decided it was important enough to be a Sunday video - even though it directly relates to wilderness med. So keep a watch it. I'll keep the WMW videos running as long as I have topics.
Always good stuff, thanks for doing these. I would love to hear your thoughts on record keeping for vitals checks. What notebooks, paper, pens, lessons learned in wet environments.
Well, keep in mind steri strips and clotting agents do two different things. Steri strips are great and it is what NOLS recommends. Steri Strips close wounds. Clotting agents stop bleeding, which you need to do before you close a wound. 99ish percent of bleeding wounds can be stopped with direct pressure. I have spoken to army medics who swear quick clot is great and I have spoken to army medics who say it isn't any faster than direct pressure. I was given quick clot when it came on the market and it expired before I had a chance to use it. I don't carry it.
If HBP is treated there are no real issues. The reason it goes untreated is most people dont know they have it, because there are no real symptoms unless it is VERY high. Keep in mind, I am not a doctor, as a paramedic I liked to tell people I knew just enough medicine to be dangerous.
I have looked at a few other items that you didn't cover in today's video. One is a wound closure kit like this one "Clozex Emergency Laceration Closures - Repair Wounds Without Stitches" which would be great for those of us that don't know how to do sutures, This is one of the widest ones I found. The problem I have is the cost of getting them over here, for a pack of three the cost posted to the UK would be $140, much much cheaper of there. We do have others. I already have Steri Strips, but these would probably do a better job of keeping the wound closed. The other is a "Hydrocolloid Dressing", which I found after you recommendation for patches that are made of the same stuff they use to hold in Cannulars. I think I will book myself on if I can get the time to do it on that First Aid Course I mentioned previously It is a Level Three Outdoor First Aid Course. over 2 days, It happens to be held at my Club so probably will have some element of Paddling senorio involved. which is perfect. I will speak to my Club Chairman about it as it could be something I can do through the club. Will certain look at you recommendation of adding items to my kit once I have hopefully got an Outdoor First Aid Course under my belt, as it would be all the gear and no idea without meaningful training. I could also have a chat with one of my Friends that is a Volunteer for Mountain Rescue, to see if he can advise me on Courses over here. If the one I have mentioned isn't quite there. I also have a another friend that used to be an Outdoor Instructor, before becoming a Hotel Owner. He has since left the industry and had been working towards his Mountain Leaders Course. He has been a fantastic font of knowledge with regards to being able to read Synoptic Charts and the weather around us. Even trying to teach me to Surf my Double Sit on Top a few years ago. Brilliant video as usual Brett.
Hey Simon, this video is specifically gear. It doesn't include expendables (Things that are single use, or expire) For the record- And I am sure I have said this in a video - no one should do sutures in the back country. Ignore all the ads for backcountry suture kits. Reasons 1) most people aren't trained to do sutures, It takes med students months of practice to get good 2) In hospitals they are doing it in a fairly clean environment, we are not. 3) they are almost certainly giving you IV antibiotics and a sterile wash (that may even have antibiotics in it) 4) They are using Lidocaine to numb the area 5) Any wound that you can't close with steri-strips should be evacuated. 6) with each future you are creating two holes in the skin which increase the chance of infection. 7) You want me coming at you with a needle?! I don't think so. If the clozex things are the ones I am thinking of, they don't work well on wounds that bend or turn.
@@roastawk I will be looking to do a First Aid Course this year if possible. It is a Level 3 Outdoors First Aid Course. I don’t know how it compares to a Wilderness Medicine Course, as it could just be a similar course under a different name.
@@Simon_W74 just to give you a rough idea, Wilderness First Aid is about 16 hours of class time; Wilderness First Responder is 80; Wilderness EMT is about 200.
@@roastawk The Course I have looked at must be similar to the Basic First Aid course as it is a 16 hour course. That cover the most of our Outdoor Instructors for a qualification that they would need to lead groups. I did notice some of the things that they cover are things that I have not come across before when I did my First Aid training in the Army. Or we did thing slightly differently with Nuclear, Chemical and Biological covering things like Poisoning. I don't recall covering Asthma, as people with Asthma were not able to join the Forces. You could develop it afterward and that was fine. or Diabetes, that wasn't covered. Possibly down to there being much less of it around then compared to now, or it is something that has been added since I did my last FA training which was 26 years ago. I am not sure if we have any equivalents to First Responder or EMT over here outside of our Ambulance Service or Mountain Rescue Service.
@@AdventureOtaku I was sat on my PC trying to get the Celtic Paddle PDF to load. I just happened to see a notification come up as I was about to do a speed test on my WiFi. Perfect alignment of events it would seem.
I haven't figured out what time on Wednesdays to release these videos. Morning (East coast) so people can see them with coffee? or evening, so people can see them post work....
Dehydration. Last summer my group had a terrible experience with this on an eight mile kayak trip. Fortunately we had a nurse with us. Reach out if you want more info.
Can you email me the story? BrettATadventureotaku.com
@@AdventureOtaku I just sent you the story. Hope it went thru.
For trauma shears, I like Xshears. They are about $40, have no fancy features (not even an “oxygen wrench”), but they are incredibly well built, and will cut anything. I know, I cut an EKG lead without feeling any resistance at all. The shears worked great. Me, not so much. 😢. Love the shears, though.
I'll check em out. But at the moment have to many shears...go figure. its what happens when you can't find them. the new ones arrive. then you find the old ones.
@@AdventureOtakuBuy New - Find Old is ALWAYS true for me‼️😆
Cheese weight doesn’t count in your total weight! 😂
Well obviously! I mean if I’m gonna start counting the weight of cheese I might as well be a backpacker.
I really started watching you because of your wellness Wednesdays. My husband and I are not kayakers (actually we are canoeists in Minnesota), and we took a NOLS wilderness First Aid course 3 years ago for long canoe trips into remote Canada the and the BWCA and even just to have knowledge when we bring our grandchildren to state parks and mountain bike trails. I can’t recommend taking a NOLS wilderness first aid course enough for ANYONE who participates in outdoor adventure is any kind. But we are always eager to learn more and your weekly tips are FANTASTIC! Exactly what we are looking for. We do not have to tune or money to move on to wilderness first responder. Our son (a climbing and backpacking guide) has been a first responder for years and I highly recommend that training to anyone leading or taking groups into the back country.
Thank you sooo much for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us. We are eating it up!
It's my pleasure. thanks for watching. I will say, I was about to shoot something for a wilderness med Wednesday, but I decided it was important enough to be a Sunday video - even though it directly relates to wilderness med. So keep a watch it. I'll keep the WMW videos running as long as I have topics.
Always good stuff, thanks for doing these. I would love to hear your thoughts on record keeping for vitals checks. What notebooks, paper, pens, lessons learned in wet environments.
Good suggestion. Thanks!
How about steri strips and a clotting agent? I have them for my hikes and group camping. Haven't had to use them so far.
Well, keep in mind steri strips and clotting agents do two different things. Steri strips are great and it is what NOLS recommends. Steri Strips close wounds. Clotting agents stop bleeding, which you need to do before you close a wound. 99ish percent of bleeding wounds can be stopped with direct pressure. I have spoken to army medics who swear quick clot is great and I have spoken to army medics who say it isn't any faster than direct pressure. I was given quick clot when it came on the market and it expired before I had a chance to use it. I don't carry it.
High Blood Pressure (HBD) - Any issues/ concerns for paddlers? Symptoms/ Responses
That should have been HBP... sorry.
Great job by the way!
If HBP is treated there are no real issues. The reason it goes untreated is most people dont know they have it, because there are no real symptoms unless it is VERY high. Keep in mind, I am not a doctor, as a paramedic I liked to tell people I knew just enough medicine to be dangerous.
I have looked at a few other items that you didn't cover in today's video. One is a wound closure kit like this one "Clozex Emergency Laceration Closures - Repair Wounds Without Stitches" which would be great for those of us that don't know how to do sutures, This is one of the widest ones I found. The problem I have is the cost of getting them over here, for a pack of three the cost posted to the UK would be $140, much much cheaper of there. We do have others. I already have Steri Strips, but these would probably do a better job of keeping the wound closed. The other is a "Hydrocolloid Dressing", which I found after you recommendation for patches that are made of the same stuff they use to hold in Cannulars.
I think I will book myself on if I can get the time to do it on that First Aid Course I mentioned previously It is a Level Three Outdoor First Aid Course. over 2 days, It happens to be held at my Club so probably will have some element of Paddling senorio involved. which is perfect. I will speak to my Club Chairman about it as it could be something I can do through the club.
Will certain look at you recommendation of adding items to my kit once I have hopefully got an Outdoor First Aid Course under my belt, as it would be all the gear and no idea without meaningful training.
I could also have a chat with one of my Friends that is a Volunteer for Mountain Rescue, to see if he can advise me on Courses over here. If the one I have mentioned isn't quite there. I also have a another friend that used to be an Outdoor Instructor, before becoming a Hotel Owner. He has since left the industry and had been working towards his Mountain Leaders Course. He has been a fantastic font of knowledge with regards to being able to read Synoptic Charts and the weather around us. Even trying to teach me to Surf my Double Sit on Top a few years ago.
Brilliant video as usual Brett.
Hey Simon, this video is specifically gear. It doesn't include expendables (Things that are single use, or expire)
For the record- And I am sure I have said this in a video - no one should do sutures in the back country. Ignore all the ads for backcountry suture kits. Reasons 1) most people aren't trained to do sutures, It takes med students months of practice to get good 2) In hospitals they are doing it in a fairly clean environment, we are not. 3) they are almost certainly giving you IV antibiotics and a sterile wash (that may even have antibiotics in it) 4) They are using Lidocaine to numb the area 5) Any wound that you can't close with steri-strips should be evacuated. 6) with each future you are creating two holes in the skin which increase the chance of infection. 7) You want me coming at you with a needle?! I don't think so.
If the clozex things are the ones I am thinking of, they don't work well on wounds that bend or turn.
I will second Brett’s recommendation and just add that your $140 would be better invested in training.
@@roastawk I will be looking to do a First Aid Course this year if possible. It is a Level 3 Outdoors First Aid Course. I don’t know how it compares to a Wilderness Medicine Course, as it could just be a similar course under a different name.
@@Simon_W74 just to give you a rough idea, Wilderness First Aid is about 16 hours of class time; Wilderness First Responder is 80; Wilderness EMT is about 200.
@@roastawk The Course I have looked at must be similar to the Basic First Aid course as it is a 16 hour course. That cover the most of our Outdoor Instructors for a qualification that they would need to lead groups. I did notice some of the things that they cover are things that I have not come across before when I did my First Aid training in the Army. Or we did thing slightly differently with Nuclear, Chemical and Biological covering things like Poisoning. I don't recall covering Asthma, as people with Asthma were not able to join the Forces. You could develop it afterward and that was fine. or Diabetes, that wasn't covered. Possibly down to there being much less of it around then compared to now, or it is something that has been added since I did my last FA training which was 26 years ago.
I am not sure if we have any equivalents to First Responder or EMT over here outside of our Ambulance Service or Mountain Rescue Service.
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I think you might have an advantage as you are in the UK!
@@AdventureOtaku I was sat on my PC trying to get the Celtic Paddle PDF to load. I just happened to see a notification come up as I was about to do a speed test on my WiFi. Perfect alignment of events it would seem.
I haven't figured out what time on Wednesdays to release these videos. Morning (East coast) so people can see them with coffee? or evening, so people can see them post work....
@@AdventureOtaku I think when you have released them, I either catch them before or after I have been out to the Canoe Club.