Outdoor Skills - First Aid

What to look for:

• Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, or pain in center of chest that lasts more than a few minutes or comes and goes
• Pain spreading to the shoulders, neck or arms
• Light-headedness, fainting, sweating, nausea, or shortness of breath

What to do:

• Help victim get comfortable-usually sittng up, with back support, padding under the knees
• Loosen any tight clothing and be calm and reassuring
• Give nitroglycerin if the victim has any