On Saturday we attended a one-day First Aid course at Cruising Association House at Limehouse Basin in London. The course was specifically designed for sailors.
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| CA House, Limehouse |
Well, talk about an eye-opener! This stuff is not for the faint-hearted. At least now we are prepared to deal with assorted 'incidents' that might occur (to us or any passengers who dare to come aboard for a short while) during our 3-4 month long voyage around the UK. As well as advising on what first aid 'supplies' to include, we also learned how to deal with minor ailments such as toothache, fainting and bleeding as well as more serious conditions like sea-sickness, stroke, heart attack, head wound, fracture, shock and man overboard/drowning. Apparently the most common cause of the latter is OFS (open fly syndrome), so men: look out, especially after a few libations! Other more gruesome injuries that might occur were also dealt with, e.g. something delightfully named "de-gloving", the nature of which we will leave to your imagination. Suffice to say that all possible preventative measures will be taken, for that and all other incidents!
CPR technique was obviously practised until we were all fully au fait with it. All advice is also contained in a very useful book which will be on board Follyfin.
So now to make a list to supplement the first aid kit... Boots here we come! And then back to route planning.
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