INJURY TYPE
% ALL INJURIES
Athletic 49.9%
Soft tissue: burns/blisters/stings/wound 30.8
Head w/o LOC
3.8
Fracture 3.6
Dislocation 3.3
Dental 3.2
Non-freezing cold injury
2.3
Frostbite 1.3
Snow blindness
0.3
ILLNESS TYPE
% ALL ILLNESSES
N/V/D 26.4
Respiratory Infection
16.6
Illness infection
11.1
Gender-related: testicular/vaginal
7.7
Abdominal pain
6.8
Other 6.4
UTI 6.2
Acute mountain sickness
4.5
Allergy 3.0
Asthma 1.9
Dehydration 1.9
Tick Fever
1.5
Hypothermia 1.5
Cardiac 1.3
Below, I am going to place a few suggestions with regards to personal
and expedition medical kits. This could be further broken down into a trek kit,
climb kit, etc. These can be manipulated to be a crewmembers kit, plus the ships
medical kit or wherever you are headed.
For small and local trips, one may only need a few supplies and cell
phone/car keys.
Personal Medical Kits
·
Should be carried by each individual. It should include medicines that
THEY need, plus spares.
1)
Analgesics: non-narcotic & anti-inflammatory.
2)
Minor wound care, including blister care.
