Topic
Every Extreme Sports Adventures article tagged first aid — 5 pieces across 2 sections.
Risk & Rescue
The dangerous head injuries are not always the ones that look bad at the time. Some deteriorate over hours, which is why observation matters as much as the initial assessment.
Risk & Rescue
Sometimes waiting is right and sometimes it is not. If you have to move someone, doing it badly can cause more damage than the original injury.
Surf & Ocean
A shallow scrape from a reef behaves nothing like the same scrape from a pavement. Warm water, organic material and a wound that stays wet is a bad combination.
Risk & Rescue
The dangerous stage arrives before anyone is dramatically cold, and its main symptom is that the affected person stops being able to assess themselves.
Risk & Rescue
Most commercial kits are optimised for looking comprehensive on a shelf. A useful field kit is smaller, weirder, and organised around the injuries that actually happen.
