
Mountaineering is an extremely challenging and ingenious outdoor activity, providing an unforgettable natural experience and physical challenge. However, according to the data statistics of the Fire Department of the Ministry of the Interior, among the 109 mountain accidents in the Republic of China, the top three reasons for seeking help were: 41% lost, 20.4% injured, and 11% sickness. It can be seen that getting lost is one of the biggest reasons for accidents in mountain climbing, and you must be careful. What should I do if I get lost when I climb a mountain? How to save yourself or prevent an accident? Have you checked the hiking equipment inspection form? The following is a collection of relevant information for you.
What should I do if I get lost when I climb a mountain? "Going down" may be fatal. Remember the 6 reasons for the difficulty of climbing mountaineering in 6 years, including the unfamiliarity of the terrain, lost direction, and lost direction. Chen Junyou, the president of the second largest team of the Fire Department of Hsinchu County Government, had been interviewed by media in the past and said, "Remember not to use subconscious judgments to "go down" (go)", which may be a fatal key.Chen Junyou said, "People who were found in the Vaggy Mountains only took more than two days to be found in the valley. They were finally found out that almost no exceptions were in the valley." Many people fell lost and wanted to "go down" to the valley, thinking that they would follow the stream down and return to the "people" safely. However, in fact, they were often blocked by cliffs and cliffs in the end, which blocked the living and increased the difficulty of searching and rescue.
If you unfortunately get lost in the mountainous area, how can you save yourself? Yangmingshan National Park provides the following methods:
6 principles of self-save and life-saving, which have been lost.. It is most taboo to be panicked and wander around. Please calm down first to retain your physical strength.
. After identifying the direction, go back to the original place and re-identify the right path or wait for rescue.
. Pay attention to moisture and wind protection.
. Save food and drink during the holidays. The mobile phone can be changed to a regular phone every hour and 5 minutes to save energy.
. To move the position to avoid rain, fold some small branches, scattered leaves or piles of stones along the road as a record number, and allow search and rescue personnel to follow you.
. If an accident occurs, first find a better location to receive the phone, call 110, 112, 119 or notify experienced friends to report the case. When asking for help, you should clearly inform your walking line, current possible location, altitude, terrain and special landscapes.
How to prevent getting lost while climbing a mountain?It is important to understand the self-rescue method of getting lost in mountaineering, but if you can plan and prepare for progress before climbing, you can truly and effectively prevent the dilemma of getting lost in mountaineering. Yangmingshan National Park lists 6 points to teach you how to prevent mountaineering from getting lost in advance:
Methods to prevent mountaineering from getting lost in advance. During mountaineering, you should always observe the surrounding scenery and terrain, landforms, and footprints left by people in front of you, and pay attention to the notes left by the supervisor or any marks that are enough to guide the correct path.
. When encountering a fork, you should carefully identify and observe, or wait for the team to determine the correct path.
. In the mountains that have not been passed, or the dense forests of grass and arrows, the bamboo forests of arrows should be left along the way so that you can turn back when walking in the wrong way.
. Some easily misunderstood animals, keys, forest roads, wire protection routes, water intake, etc. should be identified.
. It is best to avoid climbing alone or robbing teams.
. Before traveling, if you can buy a turret, electric power-saving LED flashlight or a squeezing (some multifunctional models have functions such as mobile phone charger, radio, flashlight and whistle), (battery-type) mobile phone charger, raincoat, cold clothes, lighter, whistle, wings, GPS and other belts, it can also be safer when you get lost.
What should I do if I get hurt while climbing? 5 Common First Aid Guidelines for Mountaineering Accidents When injured people are injured or suffer injuries, regardless of the serious injury, they must be calm, take first aid measures immediately and ask for support. Usually, if you lose blood for less than 1000CC, you will not be in immediate life danger, so you don’t have to panic when you see bleeding. Generally, external injuries will not be in danger of life as long as appropriate bleeding is appropriate. CliffsIf you fall off the cliff, you should be calm and quick-witted, and you will immediately carry the nearest trees, thatch, rocks and other protrusions to prevent them from falling and waiting for rescue.
DiswarmWhen the body temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius, the human body has entered a state of loss of temperature. Symptoms include: feeling cold, white skin, cold limbs, intense and uncontrollable trembling, and unclear words. Severe people may have a very slow heartbeat and breathe slightly. Even if the breathing and heartbeat stop, it is not believed that the patient is dead and should be treated immediately.
Principle of first aid: take the patient out of a bad low-temperature environment and move it to a warm tent or mountain house. Remove damp and cold clothes and wrap the patient's whole body with warm clothes, sleeping bags, etc. If the patient is clear-headed, he can drink some hot and sweet drinks. If he is unconscious, he can lie down in a resurrection position. If the patient's breathing and heartbeat stops, he/she should develop cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and send him/her to the doctor as soon as possible.
ShockShock symptoms include: feeling weak and dizzy, anxiety, vomiting, white and cold skin, breathing quickly, fighting quickly and weakly, and even coma.
First aid treatment:
(1) Make the patient lie flat, with the head tilted to one side, and the foot part is taller with blankets, wooden boxes and other objects.
(2) Relax the clothes on the laces and chest.
(3) Blanket keeps warm (do not use hot water bags to avoid blood flowing to the skin due to the extension of the skin and blood vessels, causing severe ischemia to occur).
(4) Treatment according to different causes of shock, such as bleeding, hemostasis, fractures and fixation of the affected limb to reduce pain.
(5) When a patient is thirsty, he uses a moistened cotton pad to wipe his lips and do not drink directly.
(6) Check breathing, take one pound every 10 minutes, and send it to medical treatment immediately.
Air treatmentFirst aid:
(1) Keep calm first, sit in the most comfortable position, and maintain a slow and relaxed breathing method.
(2) Ask the patient whether he has taken a body medicine and use a sprain tube extension agent according to the doctor's prescription. If the effect is not good, spray it again after 5 minutes (up to three times). If it does not improve, take the medicine as soon as possible.
(3) can also be taken orally with the medicine, and it will take about 40 minutes to achieve the effect.
(4) Use of oxygen to improve hypoxia.
After reading the hiking equipment checklist, 20 must-have equipmentAlthough we cannot grasp the changing climate and accidents, one more preparation will lead to more safety and security. Taoyuan Mayor Qing Mountaineering Association compiled the "Mountain Climbing Equipment Checklist" to help you view the necessary equipment for leaks, as shown below: