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Heart Attacks While Boating
NOYB wrote:
Every boater who travels more than a couple of dozen miles from shore should
consider carrying an Automatic External Defibrillator. They're available
OTC from Sams club for under $1500...and are absolutely fool-proof to use.
wrote:
As well as a bomb shelter, radiation suits, a couple of quarts of blood
of the same type as each person on board, a staffed hospital room,
helicopter for EVAC operations, complete antivenom kit, and the list
goes on.....how careful and prepared do you want to be?
Well, that depends on how large your vessel is, how many
people you take aboard, and how long you expect to be away
from "civilization" (those of us who know where & what it
is, to begin with).
For a 36' cruising boat, an anti-venom kit & an auto
defibrillator, an inflatable splint, injector pens loaded
with several types of emergency meds, are not at all
excessive IMHO.
Some people in this newsgroup have boats big enough for a
helo deck, but I personally don't. Should I be snide about it?
DSK
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