https://www.DuskHiker.com/tutorials/lightweight-backpacking-video-series/episode-5-essential-items-first-aid-kit/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.DuskHiker.com/tutorials/lightweight-backpacking-video-series/episode-5-essential-items-first-aid-kit/#comment-1836 Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:25:56 +0000 https://www.DuskHiker.com/uncategorized/episode-5-essential-items-first-aid-kit/#comment-1836 I went to havasupai with some extended family, and my nephew was sick on the ten mile hike out. As being a doctor, I have some prescription pills I keep handy. I had my wife and son put some nausea medication in. It turned out they mistakenly put anti acid in instead, so we stopped by and got some over the counter pills. It worked for an hour, but not that well. With two miles left, his arms went numb and he couldn’t control them because of low electrolytes. I had never seen them before, but in my purchased first aid kit were some electrolyte pills. They helped him get out of the canyon. When packing a first aid kit, pills are great. They weigh close to nothing.

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