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Kathmandu
- Lhasa - EBC Tour
Duration: 14 nights / 15 days
Price starts from $ 1590 per person
Best
season: May, June, July, August, September |
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Working Hours for Nepal Trailblazer Trekking and Tour Company |
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9:00 - 18:00 |
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Everest
base camp trekking with your company was a good
selection. Your professionalism and hos-pitality
was highly appreciated by our members.
Mooil kim
Washington, DC
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What is High Altitude Sickness?
A mixture (syndrome) of problems like headache, Nausea,
shortness of breathe, tiredness encountered at high
altitude i.e. above 8000ft.
Cause / Factor of Altitude
Sickness:
A/ Less Oxygen
B/ Low Pressure i.e. Barometric Pressure
C/ Rapid Ascent
D/ Possibly Dehydration
E/ Hypothermia
Type of Altitude Sickness:
A/ AMS: - Acute mountain Sickness
B/ HAPE: - High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
C/ HACE: - High Altitude Cerebral Edema
Symptoms of Altitude Sickness:
A/ Acute Mountain Sickness - AMS
B/ High Altitude Pulmonary
Edema (water in the Lung) - HAPE
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Increasing
shortness of breath at rest
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Severe cough-
Dry /Productive
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Very tired
– Unusual fatigue while walking
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High pulse
rate i.e. 110
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Blueness
of face, lip, finger nails – that means inability
to transport Oxygen into the blood
It can happen
after 2 nights of arrival in the altitude.
C/ High Altitude Cerebral Edema (water in the Head)
- HACE
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Severe symptoms
of Altitude Sickness
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Severe Headache
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Vomiting
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Walking
like a drunk (Ataxia)
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Mental confusion/Altered
mental status
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Irritable
– Does not want to be bothered by other people.
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Unconsciousness
or Coma.
Test: Tandem
walking test, Hell to toe step. Fall off from the line.
DECISION MAKING:
Find out the problem i.e. at altitude assume all problems
are altitude sickness unless proven otherwise. If
it is altitude problem with mild symptoms, stay at
the same Altitude until the symptoms gone. E.g. Take
an Aspirin, try to go up but listen to your body.
If symptoms are worsening, go down.
PREVENTION:
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Acclimatization
– after 1000m. Ascent, stay one more night
for acclimatization.
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Do not make
RAPID ASCENT; don’t go to fast too high.
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No alcohol,
sleeping pills and smoking.
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Drink more
fluid 3-4 liter a day clean water – boiled
or treated/tea/coffee/soup/juice etc.
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Do not carry
heavy packs, 10-12 k.g is ok.
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Climb higher
sleep lower.
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Over 3000m,
300m. ascent a day.
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Do not travel
alone.
TREATMENT:
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DESCENT
is the best medicine; do not wait for the Helicopter
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Medicine
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Oxygen
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Diamox –
for AMS- 125 Mg. Before dinner – for sleeping
problem if feeling Suffocated.
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Nafedipine
for HAPE.
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Steroids/Dexamethasone
for HACE.
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Hyperbaric
Bag – Gammow Bag
GOLDEN
RULES:
Awareness of ALTITUDE ILLNESS.
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If you have
mild symptoms, do not go higher, Take Aspirin.
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If you have
worsening symptoms, GO DOWN.
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Do not leave
your team member behind unattended either trekker
or porter.
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Equipments:
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First Aid Medical Kit
Equipments:
- Sphygmomanometer
(Blood pressure Instrument)
- Syringes (20 ml, 10 ml)
- Hot water bottle
- Pen and writing pad
- Stethoscope
- Thermometer
- Matchbox
- Splints
- Scissors
- Tongue blades
- Pen light
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cervical collar
Bandage and Dressings:
- Sterile gauge pads (large
and small)
- Band aids
- Triangular Bandages
- Elastic Bandages (3, 4 and
6 inches)
- Adhesive Tapes
- Eye pads
- Cotton roll (large and small)
- Q-tips
- Safety pins
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Medications
For pain:
- Paracetamol (500mgs tablet
and 125 mgs in 5 ml syrup)
- Aspirin (300mgs tablet)
For Allergy:
- Avil (25 mgs tablet)
- Benadryl Syrup
- Trexyl – (60mgs
tablet, 30 mgs in 5 ml syrup)
For Infections:
Eye: Neosporin Ophthalmic
Cream
Throat and Lung: Amoxicillin
(125mg per 5 ml syrup, 250 mgs and 500 mgs tablets)
For Abdomen:
- Metronidazole(200mgs, 400mgs
tablets)
- Tinidazole (500 mgs tablets)
- Antacid
- Oral Rehydration powder
- Loperamide (2 mgs tablets)
For open wounds:
- Cloxacillion and Cephalexin(125
mgs in 5 ml 250 mgs and 500 mgs tablets)
- For urinary infections
- Narfloxacin (200 mgs, 400
mgs tablets)
Disinfectants:
- Betadine (Solution and cream)
- Miconazole Cream (for fungal
infection)
- Silver sulphadiazine(for
burn injury)
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