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First Aid Training
[WWW]Appalachian Mountain Club - Delaware Valley Chapter Wilderness First Aid
[WWW]Red Cross Training

First Aid Information
[WWW]Trail Health
[WWW]18 Cool Medical Tricks of the Body
[WWW]Emergency Travel Medicine: 5 Useful Remedies from Easily Found Ingredients
[WWW]Spider and Bug Bite Treatment - Self Help Guide

First Aid Misinformation
[WWW]10 First Aid Myths and Mistakes

First Aid Tools
[WWW]Medical Duct Tape
[WWW]Was Super Glue invented to seal battle wounds in Vietnam? As a result, in 1998 the FDA approved 2-octyl cyanoacrylate for use in closing wounds and surgical incisions, and in 2001 approved it for use as a "barrier against common bacterial microbes including certain staphylococci, pseudomonads, and Escherichia coli" (reference 2). This latest incarnation was marketed under the name Traumaseal as well as the more popular Dermabond.

Hypothermia
[WWW]HYPOTHERMIA What is it and how does it affect your outdoor performance

Heat Exhaustion
[WWW]Heat exhaustion: First aid

Hyponatremia vs. Dehydration
[WWW]Too Much Water or Not Enough?
[WWW]Signs and Symptoms of Dehydration

Constipation
[WWW]Overcoming Constipation
[WWW]Hemorrhoid Causes

Pain & Inflammation
[WWW]Inflammation on Wikipedia
[WWW]How to Avoid Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
[WWW]Healthy Knees: 10 Tips to Prevent Pain
[WWW]Our secret recovery weapon This device is obviously impractical for use by hikers in the field but clumsy technologies like this have a way of improving understanding of a problem and evolving into simple techniques.
[WWW]New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis Technically, pain is a patient's conscious realization of discomfort. Before that can happen, however, information must be carried along nerve cell pathways from say an injured knee to the pain processing centers in dorsal horns of the spinal cord, a process called nociception. The current study provides strong evidence that two-way, nociceptive "crosstalk" may first enable joint arthritis to transmit inflammation into the spinal cord and brain, and then to spread through the central nervous system (CNS) from one joint to another.

Giardia
[WWW]Giardia
[WWW]Flagyl (FLAJ-ill) Frequently Asked Questions Yeast infections may worsen while taking Flagyl.
[WWW]Yeast and the Weight Connection

Athlete's Foot
[WWW]Athlete's foot

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