The Ultimate First-Aid Manual: Stay or Go? - Backpacker

The Ultimate First-Aid Manual: Stay or Go?

Use this chart to determine if you can finish your trip–or should hightail it to the ER.

Author:: Buck Tilton
Publish date:: Nov 18, 2009

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The Ultimate First-Aid Manual

Wilderness Medicine Institute cofounder Buck Tilton boils down a lifetime's worth of experience into 62 tips

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