not your grandfather's camping trip: climate change and health hazards of outdoor recreation

NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S

CAMPING TRIP:

Climate Change and Hazards of the Great Outdoors

Carbon is the building block of life

CHOCOLATE CHOLESTEROL

ALCOHOLSTARCH

EVERYTHING THAT WAS EVER ALIVE HAS CARBON IN IT

Burning releases carbon into the air as carbon

dioxide.

Carbon dioxide traps heat from the sun.

WARMERAverage Temperature Increase per Decade

Since 1970

MORE EXTREME

HAZARDOUS PLANTS

SUPER POISON IVY

bigger badder

Poison Oak Poison Sumac

Poison Ivy Smoke

Prevention OTC Treatment

Rx Prednisone

EXTREME HEAT

SIGNS Sweating Dizziness Headache Muscle cramps Dark urine

HEAT EXHAUSTION

FIRST AID Lie down, elevate

feet Cool fluids Wipe with wet

cloth Fan

HEAT STROKE SIGNS Skin hot, red, dry Confusion Irrationality Rapid pulse and

breathing

FIRST AID CALL 911 All of previous Remove clothing

and sponge with cool water

Ice packs in armpits and groin

PREVENTIONTEMPERATURE > 85 &

TEMP + HUMIDITY > 150 = DANGER

WATER

HAT

AFTERNOON BREAK

FOOD POISONING

TICKS!

LYME DISEASE

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER

ERLICHIOSIS

TICK ATTACHED OVER 36 HOURS?

SYMPTOMSFeverAches and PainsRash

TREATMENTRemove Tick See doctorAntibiotic

PULL STRAIGHT UP

PREVENTION

STAY ON TRAIL CHECK!

SOCKS OVER PANTS

USE REPELLANT

COVER UP, LIGHT COLORSPERMETHRIN

ON CLOTHES

MOSQUITO BORNE INFECTIONS

WEST NILE VIRUS

MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET SICK

Fever

Headache

Spotty Rash

ENCEPHALITIS High Fever Stiff Neck Confusion Seizures Weakness or

paralysisPREVENTIONInsect RepellantNo Standing WaterInside in Early Evening

TREATMENTSupportive care

Yarnell, AZ July 2013

WILDFIRE

CHECK B4 U GO

www.inciweb.org

www.smokeybear.com

DON'T EXERT yourself in smoky conditions.

WATER BORNE DISEASES

BLUE GREEN ALGAEDON'T DRINK OR SWIM

Microcystin is common in lakes

Toxin may be present without visible algae

Not removed by boiling or filtering

Causes: Rash

Diarrhea

Hepatitis

Liver Cancer

AMOEBIC MENINGITIS

KEEP HEAD ABOVE WATER IN WARM LAKES

AND HOT SPRINGS

LEPTOSPIROSIS AVOID SWIMMING and PADDLING

AFTER HEAVY RAIN

VIBRIOCheck for closures

Don't harvest from sun exposed areas

Cook to 145 degrees

Don't eat raw in summer

Shellfish Safety Hotline 1-800-562-5632

TOXIC SHELLFISH

PACIFIC SEA NETTLEPREVENTION

Keep skin covered or apply vaseline

TREATMENT

Rinse with sea water, not fresh

Remove tentacles

Apply paste of baking soda and seawater. When dry scrape off with credit card.

FLASH FLOODS Don't drive across

flooded roads

12-18 inches of water can float and flip a car

If you get stuck, get out of the car and seek higher ground

Don't hike narrow canyons when it looks like rain

Don't camp in dry washes or at edge of streams

In case of rising water climb up, don't try to run.

SAFE RIVER CROSSING

Not over thighs Not too fast (stick) Not narrow spot No tumbling rocks No strainers

downstream Safe exit point

SHOULD YOU DO IT?

CROSSING METHODS

Backpack chest and waist straps undone Shoes on.

HAVE FUN, BE SAFE

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