• A fellow hiker who knows how to treat these injuries and prevent it from getting infected isa big factor to the group.

• It may happen or occur from making a fire, cooking, boiling, hot casserole or using primitive tools.

• Long hours of skin exposure from the sun may lead to sunburns even though more minor.

• From sprain, strain into more serious injury like fracture may happen during trekking in the wild. It could be your wrist, elbow or shoulder but injury in your lower extremities like knees and ankle has a major impact in your ability to continue or finish your adventure in the wilderness.

• These injuries may occur from prolonged use and fatigue. Injury in your lower extremities like knees and ankle will likely happen when trekking uneven terrain or a slippery slope.

If the patient still has the ability to move the affected area and can put weight on it, just support the injured part using tape or bandage.

If the victim is having a hard time or cannot move the injured joint and feels pain when putting their weight on it, the joint is considered unusable immediate treatment is necessary.

Remember that a usable injury can become unusable injury if not treated properly or if the victim decided to continue the climb.

These are frequently experience by many hikers due to a long trek in the mountain and a possibility of cutting your trip in the mountain if not handled well.

It may start from thick skin forming in your palm or feet when rubbed it begins to separate from softer skin beneath.

These are formed inside the warm and sweaty boots of a hiker.

If it does not occur in your feet will not affect your hiking trip in the wilderness.

Water supports crucial brain function, keeps joints lubricated, and heals muscle and normal function of digestive system.

Same with blisters, it is not an emergency case but need to be attended quickly if symptoms are present because it will create and put yourself or the group in trouble.

• Take note that even in cold area an individual can still experience this; 

• but it is most common in hot area and may lead to heat stroke.

Some of the symptoms of severe dehydration are dry lips and thirst. Mild dehydration is accompanied by fatigue, restlessness, soreness in the joints and inability to make a right decision because the brain is beginning to malfunction.

• It is the body's response to a sudden drop in blood pressure, in order to prioritize blood flow to the brain and other vital organs.

• It is a common response to major trauma or bleeding, or it could also be an issue with the heart not pumping enough, or blood vessels dilating and not maintaining high enough pressure.