SAFETY AND FIRST SAFETY AND FIRST AID IN THE LAB AND AID IN THE LAB AND

FIELDFIELD

STAY WITH YOUR STAY WITH YOUR GROUP!GROUP!

Canoe Syncline, Big Bend National Park, Texas

DRINK LOTS OF WATER!DRINK LOTS OF WATER!

Fore-Reef Facies, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, New Mexico

NO DANGEROUS NO DANGEROUS CLIMBS!CLIMBS!

Geology Trail, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

WEAR APPROPRIATE WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING!CLOTHING!

Volcanic Necks in Chisos Tuff, Big Bend National Park, Texas

Winter Clothing Layers

PREVENT SUNBURN!PREVENT SUNBURN!Castile Formation (Permian), southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico

Paluxy Formation (Cretaceous), Stephenville, Texas

BE CAREFUL USING BE CAREFUL USING EQUIPMENT!EQUIPMENT!

MURRY’S # 1 (AND ONLY MURRY’S # 1 (AND ONLY RULE)!RULE)!

““HURRY CASES”HURRY CASES”

STOPPED BREATHING

NO HEARTBEAT

SEVERE BLEEDING

INTERNAL POISONING

FIRST AID FOR SEVERE FIRST AID FOR SEVERE BLEEDINGBLEEDING

SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF SHOCKOF SHOCK

FIRST AID FOR MINOR FIRST AID FOR MINOR CUTSCUTS

FIRST AID FOR FIRST AID FOR NOSEBLEEDNOSEBLEED

FIRST AID FOR FOOT FIRST AID FOR FOOT BLISTERSBLISTERS

Moleskin “Doughnut”

FIRST AID FOR SPRAINED FIRST AID FOR SPRAINED ANKLEANKLE

FIRST AID FOR BITESFIRST AID FOR BITES

Tick Removal

POISON OAK / IVYPOISON OAK / IVY

HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKEHEAT STROKE

HYPOTHERMIAHYPOTHERMIA