Day Hike First Aid Tips Video

It's important to be prepared for everything on your day hike. Learn first aid tips for hiking in this free hiking video.

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Steve Curtis has been involved in outdoor activities his entire life beginning with his upbringing in rural Tennessee.

You're going to want to take basic first aid when your go on your day hike. There are a lot of different ways you can go depending on your personal medical history, your medical needs as it were. You want to make sure that you have just what you?re going to need for you hike. It never hurts to over prepare. The first and foremost thing that you want to do is foot care because if you do start to get a blister you going to want to make sure that you have Mull skin. Mull skin is something that you will just cut out. As soon as you start to feel that heat that is established or that is common with a blister. Your foot will start to burn. Usually it?s going to be in the heel or the ball of the foot. Those are the two most common places to get a blister. Soon as you start to feel that heat there, stop immediately, take your shoes and socks off, cut out a piece of Mull skin, and put it on there and then re sock, re shoe and you should be o.k. These basic kits here are just general first aid kits with band aids, cut and analgesics, aspirin, decongestants, those sorts of things. Depending on how long you?re going to be out, how many people you're going to be hiking with that are going to be using each of these first aid kits. So, you can pick that basically depending on the hike you are going to be taken. Another thing to consider is cold care. If you're going in a place, if you're going to Colorado in the winter it's going to be cold. These are chemical packs that you break up and stick in your pocket and they heat up so you can actually put your hands in your pocket. You can put them in your shoes and that way you stay warm.

Day Hike First Aid Tips Video

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