Steve wrote:

Of the non 1st Aid stuff I recommend is skin care products (sun screen, lip
balm), sea sick patches (requires a prescription). I like to have a large
bottle of hydrogen peroxide and betadyne scrub to clean up wounds and the
surrounding area. Some really good burn ointment (your cruising doctor can
recommend this and a burn treatment procedure).

I liked the suggestion I saw for *four* "First Aid" kits - ISTR Libby
Purvis in _Yachting Monthly_:

(1) Consumables - seasickness tabs, sunscreen, lip balmband-aids etc -
stuff that you expect to be used at least once a week.

(2) Tool - serious bandages, sutures, dental kit, eyewash, etc.

(3) Drugs - basically anything more specialised than asprin, including
any IV stuff.

(4) Serious stuff - anything beyond chapter 1 of:
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-se...ga-dqs_st_shs_
seafarer_information-medical/mcga-dqs_st_shs_ships_capt_medical_guide.ht
m

rgds, Alan
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