Outdoor Emergency Care

Outdoor emergency care is when people who work or play outside, like hikers, campers, and skiers, learn how to help someone who gets hurt or sick while they're outside.

Let's say you're hiking with your family and your brother falls and hurts his ankle. If you know outdoor emergency care, you'll know what to do to help him. For example, you might know how to make a splint for his ankle to keep it from moving too much. You might also know how to use a bandage to help stop any bleeding.

Knowing outdoor emergency care is important because when you're outside, you might be far away from a hospital or a doctor. So you need to know how to help yourself or someone else until help arrives. This could mean calling for help on a phone or radio or using a signaling device like flare or whistle.

People who learn outdoor emergency care take classes to learn things like how to recognize signs of someone who is sick or injured, how to do CPR if someone's heart stops, and how to give medications like an EpiPen for an allergic reaction.

In summary, outdoor emergency care is a set of skills and knowledge that help people stay safe and be prepared to respond to emergencies when they are out in nature.