Medical / Safety Information - Snow Leopard Photo Adventure
Medical/Safety Information: We carry and provide a small Medical Box with basic first aid requirements:
First Aid Dressing:
- Bandage rolls (sterile)3-6 inches size
- Sterile Gauze
- Savlon Liquid – for wound washing
- Bedtadine ointment or Soframycin Quit for wound application
- Adhesive Plasters for sealing bandage Pain Killers – for fever, headache, body aches, injuries
- Tab paracetamol (Crocin)
- Tab Diciofencac Na + K+
- Tab Ibuprofen Antispasmodics-
- Tab Dicyclonuine + Tab. Paracetamol Anti Diarrhoreals (IMODIUM)
- Tab LOPERAMIDE HCL
- Tab NORFLOXACIN 400 mg (Tab Norflox)
- ORS (Electral Power)
- Cap/ Tab. Furazolidone (FURAXONE) Anti Cold Anti Allergy
- Cetrizine 10mg
- Tab LORATADINE (Tab Lorfast –D, Lorfast – AM)
- Tab ADVIL
Medical Tips:
1. Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Symptoms: Headache, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anorexia, dizziness, sleep disturbance. Prevention: Ascend an average of 300 to 500 mts a day. Take a rest every 1000 mts ascent or after three days of trekking.
Treatment: Stop further ascent, and descend, preferably on horseback with assistance from the staff. Descend immediately if there are symptoms of pulmonary oedema or cerebral oedema and get medical help. (Cerebral oedema: causes confusion, disorientation, irritation, unsteady feet and hallucination.
Pulmonary oedema: Cough, dry and annoying at first, becomes bubbly and wet with sputum that may be blood stained. However, dry cough is common in high altitudes and is often no because of of Pulmonary oedema.)
Pulmonary oedema: Cough, dry and annoying at first, becomes bubbly and wet with sputum that may be blood stained. However, dry cough is common in high altitudes and is often no because of of Pulmonary oedema.)
2. Diarrhea:
Treatment: Frequent rehydration, take boiled water with a pinch of salt and half spoon sugar frequently, especially every time after you go to the toilet. Ask your staff for plain boiled rice (Dus- thuk) and boiled water with ORS
3. Sprains:
Treatment: Rest the injured part of the body. (Treat as a fracture if there is any doubt that is is not a sprain.) Apply cold compress for 10 to 15 minutes at a time every few hours to prevent swelling. Tie a bandage around the injured part to reduce swelling and keep the injured part elevated above the level of the heart. Seek medical assistance from the staff if the injury worsens or does not improve.
In case of severe injury or sickness – the clients will be first put on a local horse and assisted till the point where the road starts and from there on – they will be driven to the Govt Hospital. From Zinchen it is about 1.5hrs drive to Leh.
In case of severe injury or sickness – the clients will be first put on a local horse and assisted till the point where the road starts and from there on – they will be driven to the Govt Hospital. From Zinchen it is about 1.5hrs drive to Leh.
Camp Type / Movement:
We will provide 02 men DOM or Alpine tents during the trek. Daily we trek about minimum 2-3 hours and and on an average 4-5 hours.