Assessment of “10 essential” preparedness among day-hikers on Mount Monadnock

Nearly 290 million people made recreational visits to United States national parks in 2014, an increase of almost 20 million annual visits from 2004 [1]. When catastrophe occurs in the wilderness, preparedness may help to mitigate morbidity and mortality. Comprehensive wilderness preparedness entails a combination of mental and physical attributes with the appropriate gear, creating the correct set of tools to survive in the wilderness. Appearing in 1974, the “10 essentials” of wilderness survival comprise a gear list that remains a popular guide in wilderness preparedness and a surrogate for overall preparedness from the standpoint of gear [2,3] (Fig.
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research