Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article ,
katy wrote:
SUZY wrote:
Hi Sailors,

What is in your first aid kit on your sailboat?

SB
35s5
NY

2 kinds of antibiotic cream
an assortment and variety of gauze and telfa bandages
band-aids
hydrogen peroxide
aloe vera gel
ACE bandages
a few straws (never know when you're going to have to do that
emergency trach)
aspirin, tylenol, ibuprogen, and some prescription painkillers
an EPI pen
an assortment of needles and fishing line ( works great on stitching
up horses, too)
matches

I hope you have the proper medical training to do a tracheotomy, since if
you don't and you attempt it, there is a very good probability you'll
be sued back to the stone age.


Oh Jon,

A trake (as us nurses call it) is easy as pie, tilt your neck back,
feel your windpipe? it has ridges like a vaccume clearner hose, right
under your adams apple, use your finger and make sure you feel no
viens, plunge cut a 1/2" slit between the rings into the pipe, a straw
is a bit small for a full grown man I use a cardboard tampax tube, just
remember to remove the tampax first..Thhee hehe. Stick your finger in
the slit to expand it, then insert the tube, rinse with vodka ect, and
tape up.

Rob chokes all the time. I could do it blindfolded.

SB
35s5
NY


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