Is First Aid Different in the BackCountry?

Written by Chuck Fitzgerald


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Kits designed for outdoor activities tend to include items related to nature such as weather, insects, animals, plants, water, heat and cold. Do you haverepparttar right kit? Be sure you do and be sure you reviewrepparttar 132997 condition and contents of your first aid kit every time you head out. Not having what you need when you need it is inexcusable.

Gettingrepparttar 132998 right training and havingrepparttar 132999 right gear only helps if you haverepparttar 133000 right attitude. The most important first aid skill you can have inrepparttar 133001 backcountry isrepparttar 133002 same first aid skill you need to have at home, at work or at school. You must have confidence in your abilities when an emergency arises. Confidence comes from knowledge. Knowledge you’ve acquired from training, knowledge you have about your equipment, knowledge about your surroundings and knowledge aboutrepparttar 133003 situation. The more you know,repparttar 133004 more confident you will be. This confidence will allow you to remain calm and act appropriately during tough times and it will help you to enjoyrepparttar 133005 good times while inrepparttar 133006 backcountry.

Use this information and you’ll Get It Right The First Time.

Get Outdoors!

Chuck Fitzgerald is the President of Arizona based BackCountry Toys, an online store providing backcountry specialty gear and educational information for outdoor enthusiasts. Visit www.BackCountryToys.com to receive the free e-newsletter "FreshAir” or call (800) 316-9055.


The protection of a diving wetsuit

Written by Jakob Jelling


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It is also important to have in mind that free diving wetsuits should fitrepparttar diver in order to work well and give himrepparttar 132996 proper thermal protection. If a free diving wetsuit is loose or too tight it would not giverepparttar 132997 protection it should and it could even become a problem since it could be an obstacle torepparttar 132998 diver's movements.

There also are recommendations on how to maintain and store your wetsuit. In order to store it properly while you are not using it, you should hang your wetsuit up avoiding folding it since that could damage it. Besides this, you should make sure to washrepparttar 132999 suit after using it and make sure to wash all salty water off from it.

Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.divepilot.com. Please visit his website to discover the world of diving!


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