Why does this happen..??

As a Paramedic for a rural county with a large portion of National Forest we see our share of accidents and illness take place with the visiting public.

I am still confused as to how so called Hunters who claim to be "all knowing' in the wilderness ways find themselves in harms way without any equipment besides a gun and a knife.

Recently we had an event where a hunter was injured by an ax, NO FIRST AID KIT, No directions, No land marks.. nothing.. only information was in the woods in the area of "xxxx road", now the problem here is that "xxxx" road is a long road surrounded by 1000 acres of hardwood national forest with no road signs.

Over the next few post we will cover some key points about preparing a safe and functional outdoors event and the things needed to make sure your equipped to handle most emergencies that may occur.