Outdoor Medicine

Physiology and pharmacology of the hiking first-aid set

Well-known, that the majority of tourists does not understand at all medicines. Hundreds difficult to pronounce names, pages of indications, contra-indications, dosages - unless all is real it to learn(teach)? Not so really, but it also is not so necessary. In fact in any decent first-aid set there is a list where all it is written. And what is necessary? It is necessary to know even in general, than one groups of preparations differ from others, on as as they operate(work) with what should be tactics of their application. And missing concrete information always can be found in the summary to a medicine, in the literature, on the Internet.

In this lecture we shall try to be torn through thorns of pharmacology to understanding of principles of application of medicines. In a way!  

The individual hiking first-aid set

The individual first-aid set should be at each participant of a hike. To store(keep) in a readily available place.  

Medical contra-indications

At such illnesses and symptoms it is forbidden to go to mountains:

1. Any diseases in sharp or podostroj stages.
2. The mental diseases complicating contact to the person.
3. Malignant new growths at a painful syndrome