Re: First Aid kit - expiration of items?

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LeeShore <leeshore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On 7 May, 23:19, Ronald Raygun <no.s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Peter HK wrote:
>
>> Suppose someone breaks a leg in the middle of the Irish Sea.  A
"proper"
>> break, with bits of bone poking through the skin.  It'd probably not
>> warrant calling out a helicopter, but it's still a bit beyond a few
>> paracetamols and an elastoplast.
>
>For a compound fracture you need whisky or whiskey, gaffer tape and a
>sail batten.

I was give the self same problem when sitting my VHF exam and asked to 
'..call it..'

I had no second thoughts - it's a 'pan' call for medical evacuation.

I was there when Ronnie Petersen crashed his Lotus.  He was conscious 
and lucid... he died from a bone marrow embolism 12 hours later. We (I 
was with JPTL then) were devastated - he had the best on site 
'specialists' you could ask for, including Sid Watkins, and even they 
called it wrong.

If it's an open (compound) fracture it *has* to be treated as a medical 
emergency. No-one will thank you for getting it wrong, especially your 
insurers and the coroner..

>Personally I'm looking for a CPR kit for single handers.
>

I'd have thought your lungs, a mouthpiece, a pair of compressors ( your 
arms) and an ability to count in seconds would suffice.

Oh - plus a training course. Of course.
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Keith                   replace nospam with ilf0rd