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Planning outdoor activities? Don’t forget your first-aid kit By Eli Francovich, The Spokesman-Review
Published: May 25, 2021, 6:02am
Share: A basic backpacking first-aid kit should have some trauma care gear. And you should know how to use it, experts say. (Molly Quinn/The Spokesman-Review)
SPOKANE With spring well-established and summer outdoor adventures fast approaching, it’s time to consider your first-aid kit.
What’s in it? What’s not? What should be? Do you have one?
To some extent experts differ on the particulars, but there is one thing everyone can agree on: Consider the activity.
“What are the common and then worst-case scenario problems that happen with those activities? Then build or buy a kit that addresses both those issues,” said Jason Luthy, the founder of Sandpoint, Idaho-based Longleaf Wilderness Medicine.
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