Arminius
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- Oct 30, 2019
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- Boat Info
- Bowrider 200 Select, 2003
- Engines
- 5.0L MPI, 260 hp w/Alpha 1 Drive
Sole likely use in the unforeseeable but distant future is to keep blood off your boat and in the victim. Should contain band-aids, gauze pads, rolled Ace bandage, clean wash cloth double sealed in a baggie and stainless steel Swiss Army knife (with tweezers). I've had a few lacerations this year and the problem presented is getting on with the job without dripping all over place. Various first aid courses have emphasized examining the victim for bleeding wounds which are to be addressed with gauze pads and pressure. Everything that can dry up, spoil, rust, or rot will have done so by the time you open the kit again. In "Master and Commander", Dr. Maturin used a hole saw to relieve the cerebral pressure caused by a depressed skull fracture but that was aboard a really slow sailing boat while you have a motor, a radio, and a planing hull so you can unload the unfortunate trauma victim and go back to having fun. Call the Coast Guard if it is a dive accident so the diver can be quickly transported to a hyperbaric chamber. But mainly, have lots of bandaids and clean up the blood before it dries. No iodine as it is bound to be spilled and stains worse than blood.