"DSK" wrote in message
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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
I'd only qualify the above in that the age and condition of your passengers
should be taken into consideration when choosing (economics again) what to
take with you on trips. As most of this group is 50 or over I think the
defib unit is a good idea, but I'm a fair weather day boater so I can't
justify it.