First aid kit

Just curious what is the driving force for those that post minimizing the dangers of boating and the need for a well thought out first aid kit? What could possibly be wrong with suggesting that boaters think about the risks and prepare for them? This should be a completely controversy free thread…
 
It's when you went over the top with scalpels, arm splints and mole skin. C'mon man what the hell are you doing out there?
 
scoflaw said:
It's when you went over the top with scalpels, arm splints and mole skin. C'mon man what the hell are you doing out there?
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Hear ye, hear ye! scoflaw has been appointed, by authority vested in himself to declare what CSR members are all to carry in their first aid kit. Anything above his declarations will be thrown overboard.

Have you never had the pleasure of getting away from everyone? Spending a week off the grid on a nearly deserted lake in the sparsely populated country? Launch in early spring or late fall when the recreation folks are all gone, anchored an hour or more from the launch which itself is an hour from town. Out there it’s on you if an accident occurs. I love my big boat and just don’t have the energy to do that boat camping anymore, but I miss that quiet out there…
 
MonacoMike said:
Just curious what is the driving force for those that post minimizing the dangers of boating and the need for a well thought out first aid kit? What could possibly be wrong with suggesting that boaters think about the risks and prepare for them? This should be a completely controversy free thread…
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I'd be shocked to learn that you have the courage to get in a car - statistically the most risky thing most people ever do, Mike.
 
Besides the usual first aid kit, we carry this
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MonacoMike said:
As colonel Jessup said, “you can’t handle the truth”…
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That was fiction, Mike. This is fact:
As of 2020, insurance industry actuaries determined that over a 20 year period, driving a boat is many times safer than driving a car. In fact, boat operators have proven to be 30 times less likely to die in a boating accident than vehicle drivers are to die in a crash. In recent years, boating has actually become even safer.
 
Ohhhhh man…… the great first-aid kit thread from years ago!! This one’s off to much the same trajectory as the old one went on. Make some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the ride!!
 
Juliery said:
That was fiction, Mike. This is fact:
As of 2020, insurance industry actuaries determined that over a 20 year period, driving a boat is many times safer than driving a car. In fact, boat operators have proven to be 30 times less likely to die in a boating accident than vehicle drivers are to die in a crash. In recent years, boating has actually become even safer.
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That is not what the discussion is about. It is about first aid kits and being prepared.
 
tc410 said:
Ohhhhh man…… the great first-aid kit thread from years ago!! This one’s off to much the same trajectory as the old one went on. Make some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the ride!!
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I've spent some time being afraid a jealous husband might find out. But never been worried about boating - even miles offshore on the North Pacific!
 
tc410 said:
Ohhhhh man…… the great first-aid kit thread from years ago!! This one’s off to much the same trajectory as the old one went on. Make some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the ride!!
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That people like you want to ruin a thread about safety and preparation say a lot about the kind of person you really are…
 
MonacoMike said:
That is not what the discussion is about. It is about first aid kits and being prepared.
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Oh, and not the exaggerated risks of accident and injury that you first depicted? What are your risk mitigation practices for driving, Mike?
 
MonacoMike said:
That people like you want to ruin a thread about safety and preparation say a lot about the kind of person you really are…
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LOL!!! You obviously got an A+ in high school drama class!!
 
scoflaw said:
It's when you went over the top with scalpels, arm splints and mole skin. C'mon man what the hell are you doing out there?
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Shoot, I guess I need to pull the SAM splints out of the first aid kits that I have on the boat and in my car. Can I still keep it in the kit I take backpacking?
The Bill Collector said:
Besides the usual first aid kit, we carry this
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A couple years ago one of our dock neighbors had a heart attack on the dock and died. Just got up from a chair after having a cocktail with the neighbors and dropped. A nurse who happened to be down the dock at the pump out responded to the commotion and started CPR, but he didn't survive.

I've thought about adding an AED.to our boat as well. When we cruise there are times where we are a couple hours from medical care and I am middle age and overweight where heart attack becomes a more significant risk. I haven't pulled the trigger yet but my wife and I have talked about the potential value.
 
yobub said:
A couple years ago one of our dock neighbors had a heart attack on the dock and died. Just got up from a chair after having a cocktail with the neighbors and dropped. A nurse who happened to be down the dock at the pump out responded to the commotion and started CPR, but he didn't survive.
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What a sad story. Have been thinking on an AED myself.
 
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