You should have at least 2 pair of latex gloves for dealing with injured people to help prevent blood borne pathogens form passing between you and the patient.
You should also have a couple pairs of heavy work/garden gloves to keep your hands from being cut up or injured while going into an area heavy with debris.
For the Winter time find a pair or two of THINSULATE gloves. These are usually lined with a thin highly insulated soft fabric and have a leather like outer shell. These are great for moderate tempertures or if it is raining or snowing.
Once you have your thinsulate gloves find another pair of gloves that also have the leather like material (to shed water) that will fit over the top of the thinsulates.
If you have 2 pair of this set up, your fingers will never get cold.
You layer your gloves-this method worked well for WWII bomber pilots at 20,000+ feet where they had no heaters.
Afraid you can't key the push to talk switch? Use an external speaker microphone with a large PTT button.
Keeping warm is more important-you can always take a glove off for a couple of mintes to make that call.
Keep focused on what is important!
1- YOU
2- Your team and team members
3- Your mission/assignment
