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A "climate lite" presentation about the many ways that climate change can make you sick on your vacation and how to avoid and treat them.
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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
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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