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First aid kits

First aid kits should be designed according to the environment to be encountered, number of travelers, medical training of the party leaders, and distance from advanced medical care. The following lists include items that could be included to deal effectively…

Jet lag

Wilderness medicine and outdoor persons are commonly world travelers. Jet lag is a sleep disorder that results from crossing time zones too rapidly for the human biologic circadian “clock,” which is synchronized to the sun’s cycle of light and darkness,…

Animal attacks

Animal attacks Most animal attacks are from “man’s best friend,” the pet dog. Other animals that will attack humans, given provocation, include the cat, rat, raccoon, tiger, lion, skunk, squirrel, camel, cougar (mountain lion), elephant, bear, alligator, crocodile, bat, wolf,…