It will be different if you're going on afternoon cruises or if you're
crossing the Pacific. The knowledge you'll need will also vary.

What type of boating do you envisage?

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"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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I recently took a CPR & First Aid course. Made me think more about a
medical
kit for the boat. I had a pretty cheap one on the other boat that I was
going to use on this one. But it's pretty bad. I see West sells some, but
knowing boating stores that's probably the last place to buy it. I'm
thinking I might be just as well off to buy individual supplies to suite
my
(expected) needs.

Anyone have comments on where best to buy, what is most important, or
maybe
what is important but often overlooked??

Gary

"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
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It will be different if you're going on afternoon cruises or if you're
crossing the Pacific. The knowledge you'll need will also vary.

What type of boating do you envisage?


This is a 22' runabout. Regular use would be on lakes, at antique boat
shows, cruising up or down the Hudson river or in Boston Harbor fairly near
the islands or main-land. Possibly I might be further out in the harbor on
occasion. Could also sleep for a night on an island while moored nearby. ~~
So just basics for daily stuff and, as Claims pointed out, the emergency
first-use stuff for a more "catistrophic" event. For anything really
serious I'd 99% chance be in Cell-Phone or VHF range and proximity to land,
coast-guard, other boats, etc.

Any more thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

Gary Warner wrote:

"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
...

It will be different if you're going on afternoon cruises or if you're
crossing the Pacific. The knowledge you'll need will also vary.

What type of boating do you envisage?



This is a 22' runabout. Regular use would be on lakes, at antique boat
shows, cruising up or down the Hudson river or in Boston Harbor fairly near
the islands or main-land. Possibly I might be further out in the harbor on
occasion. Could also sleep for a night on an island while moored nearby. ~~
So just basics for daily stuff and, as Claims pointed out, the emergency
first-use stuff for a more "catistrophic" event. For anything really
serious I'd 99% chance be in Cell-Phone or VHF range and proximity to land,
coast-guard, other boats, etc.

Any more thoughts or suggestions are welcome.




I often take a doctor with me...she's well-equipped, in many ways.

Belong to a yacht club, power squadron, fishing club, or other org?

Test the interest in putting together a bunch of first-aid kits at once.

It's borderline shameful what they get for a
first aid kit. Probably about $12 (retail) worth of actual supplies in a
typical $50
set up, and even less when you buy bandaids, guaze, ointments, aspirin and
compresses in any sort of volume at all.

Plastic box, instruction book, and all: you should be able to put together
quite a few kits for the BIGBOX price of a single unit.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gary Warner wrote:

"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
...

It will be different if you're going on afternoon cruises or if you're
crossing the Pacific. The knowledge you'll need will also vary.

What type of boating do you envisage?



This is a 22' runabout. Regular use would be on lakes, at antique boat
shows, cruising up or down the Hudson river or in Boston Harbor fairly
near
the islands or main-land. Possibly I might be further out in the harbor
on
occasion. Could also sleep for a night on an island while moored nearby.
~~
So just basics for daily stuff and, as Claims pointed out, the emergency
first-use stuff for a more "catistrophic" event. For anything really
serious I'd 99% chance be in Cell-Phone or VHF range and proximity to
land,
coast-guard, other boats, etc.

Any more thoughts or suggestions are welcome.




I often take a doctor with me...she's well-equipped, in many ways.


"Well-equipped"? Does she have "outdoor plumbing"?

NOYB wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gary Warner wrote:


"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
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It will be different if you're going on afternoon cruises or if you're
crossing the Pacific. The knowledge you'll need will also vary.

What type of boating do you envisage?



This is a 22' runabout. Regular use would be on lakes, at antique boat
shows, cruising up or down the Hudson river or in Boston Harbor fairly

near

the islands or main-land. Possibly I might be further out in the harbor

on

occasion. Could also sleep for a night on an island while moored nearby.

~~

So just basics for daily stuff and, as Claims pointed out, the emergency
first-use stuff for a more "catistrophic" event. For anything really
serious I'd 99% chance be in Cell-Phone or VHF range and proximity to

land,

coast-guard, other boats, etc.

Any more thoughts or suggestions are welcome.




I often take a doctor with me...she's well-equipped, in many ways.



"Well-equipped"? Does she have "outdoor plumbing"?




Naw...which is why when I was shopping for a fishing boat, I ended up
with a Parker with a cabin and a flush toilet instead of the center
consoles that were higher on my list.

She has removed the occasional treble hook from my palm, my upper leg
and...well, no need to go there...

Gary,

There are whole books about medical care while at sea (which I haven't
read - only "articles") - so it's a big topic, and there aren't any "right"
answers. I've put together a kit for myself with lots of bandages, gauze
rolls, tensor, antiseptic soap and ointment, acetaminophen, antihistamine
.... and rarely used any of it. One boating guest of mine did break her
leg(!), and I applied a tensor bandage whilst transporting her back to land.
I don't think it affected her prognosis! (She did well.)

What could kill you quickly? A bad allergic reaction would require
adrenaline, and probably more of us should carry a kit for adrenaline
injection. They outdate and have to be maintained, so you know how that
would go for most of us...

Also, a concept which is gaining in popularity is that of automatic
defribillators. Expensive, but I suspect they will become more commonplace,
like anti-lock brakes and airbags in cars. If your heart sputters out on the
water, then you ain't making it without a defibrillator right there. (I
don't have one, and know no boater who carries one.)

You can get to the stage where you carry a small ICU with you and have taken
courses about medical emergencies at sea. There was some physician in the
U.S. who went around giving lectures for boaters on the topic. Long distance
boaters, for example, often need to know a little dentistry.

Where to draw the line is a matter of some debate.

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"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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This is a 22' runabout. Regular use would be on lakes, at antique boat
shows, cruising up or down the Hudson river or in Boston Harbor fairly
near
the islands or main-land. Possibly I might be further out in the harbor
on
occasion. Could also sleep for a night on an island while moored nearby.
~~
So just basics for daily stuff and, as Claims pointed out, the emergency
first-use stuff for a more "catistrophic" event. For anything really
serious I'd 99% chance be in Cell-Phone or VHF range and proximity to
land,
coast-guard, other boats, etc.

Any more thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

always include something for burns