This is a guest blog post by Catherine Kelleher
We are delighted to guest post about the importance of First Aid on “Tommy’s Outdoors”
Here in Ireland many of us enjoy outdoor activities from walking, hiking or biking to camping to adventure sports.
There is so much that our beautiful countryside here in Ireland offers. Getting away from it all is only a short drive away for most of us.
However many outdoor lovers do not consider being prepared in advance for an accident or an injury that could very easily occur whilst enjoying outdoor pursuits?
Us humans nowadays have busy lives – so much to do and so little time, so we don’t always prepare the way we should when it comes to factoring in first aid as a precaution in outdoor pursuits.
Whilst first aid is not a glamorous consideration it is an important one.
Accidents simply happen in life from minor to serious and in split seconds.
There is no point in adopting the attitude that “it won’t happen to me”.
Injuries can occur in a wide variety of ways in the great outdoors, and in split seconds.
Slip and fall/trip accidents are commonplace leading to injury ranging from minor to severe (fractures and broken bones and head injuries).
- Muscle strains
- Ankle sprains
- Bad cuts and scrapes
- Bad cuts-bleeding
- Bad sunburn in the summer
- or Hypothermia in the winter
Remember in the Irish Outdoors:
- You are not exactly near a doctor or a hospital!
- You may have no phone signal!
- help can take a while to arrive
Prevention & Preparedness Matters
Planning properly for your outdoor adventures can minimize risks that are always involved with any outdoor activity. Although you can never really be 100-percent prepared for every potential situation that could happen, you can greatly reduce the risk of minor injuries turning into serious ones by having a first aid kit to help you treat an injury or sickness until help arrives or until you can get back to civilisation.
Aside from dealing with cuts, scrapes, blisters, muscle sprains and other minor injuries, a first aid kit helps to help keep an injuries stable until medical help becomes available.
First aid products help by preventing a situation getting worse until you can get proper medical assistance.
When medical assistance isn’t available, it’s especially important to know how to treat an injury. One simple blog post cannot teach you all of this but check this resource out online and download the PDF: because it’s a wealth of information
Wilderness and Remote First Aid – American Red Cross
How We Can Help
On our Website at Shop First Aid Products, we offer a variety of First Aid Kits and a wide variety of First Aid Products.
We have been operating in the first aid and hygiene sector in Ireland for over 20 years as a wholly owned and run Irish Company.
At https://shopfirstaidproducts.com you can purchase a variety of first aid kits. Incentives for shopping online with us include: No VAT on online orders, and free delivery when you spend €80 or more.
If you have any questions we can be reached on 026-42512
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