Let's say, you're riding in a group,... and someone takes a tumble...
... and here, especially,... in southern Arizona,... but also in many places...
In the heat of summer,... no one would want to lay on scorching hot asphalt, with injuries, waiting for help,...
But, you are not supposed to move an injured person... and where would you put them anyway?...

Is there some material that could be carried, that would insulate an injured rider from the hot ground, that would not require a trunk to tote?...
Do space blankets insulate against heat, as well as cold?...

I can't imagine the pain of laying on that hot summer pavement, broken,... waiting for aid...

Any ideas?.... ...

Whiskey and a .45
Realistically a space blanket, perhaps a poncho (could be dual use), small tarp, how about one of those 6" when folded but unfolds like a baton umbrella?


--Steve

ultra collapsible survival blanket, they are usually pretty good at insulating and they fold up real small. Another idea is news paper. You can carry a good bit of newspaper in a saddlebag and it insulates great, why do you think so many homeless use it as a blanket.

I have seen asphalt on the apron of a race track get to 138 degrees
Source(s):
Race engineer using an infrared gun at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2008

   3 years ago


Gonna need more than a quart..IDK at what temperature damage is done, BUt I think 120 would have to be injurious after a while,

As a first aid attendant I've gotta say DON'T MOVE THEM! Even to get something under them! You're talking about some light burns on whatever skin is exposed. This is in comparison to life in a wheel chair because your well meaning buddy tried to make you more comfortable.

Water, even a little bit of it, cools things dramatically. Pour that around them and create shade for them. If you have someone with you who is capable of proper emergency techniques, you can wet the blacktop then put a blanket of some type down before they are repositioned onto it. Most people who have not been trained to do these rolls will do far more damage to their wounded patient trying to perform them than the hot tarmac ever will.

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greenmonster wrote on 05/18/12 at 13:29:23:

+1

I may be wrong...
I just did a test,... it's around 100' today, and the pavement in front of my house is hot, but, tolerable...
When I can remember,... I'm going to find some black tarmac and see how hot that is... try the water test, too...

106' Monday... be a lovely day for a lay on black tarmac... ...
Sacrifice for science...  ...

I'm thinking I'll add a space blanket to my kit for shade,... and, I always do carry water...

Thanks for the brainstorming and advice, guys... ...