Yup, this all makes sense to me.

I highly recommend a Wilderness First Aid course - look on nols.edu for one in your area. Well worth the weekend commitment, and you will understand the sense of these treatment methods better. There is also a whole lot more about patient treatment in wilderness settings that you need to know to keep people alive and kickin. And Wilderness First Aid translates pretty well to other scenarios where medical assistance in the form of hospitals and ERs are not available, such as during isolating disaters like earthquakes.