+xDear All,
Thanks for your comments and suggestions. I have had no reply from praxes and decided to continue with the International Centre for Emergency Medicine. They offered me a monthly deal (100 Pounds) for the length of time needed which seems reasonable.
I'll keep you informed on the quality of the contact, although I do hope that we won't need them.
It would indeed be good to have an OCC recommendation, or collective deal, with one company. The web pages of the organisations I looked at are rather thin on real information, in particular for our community.
Thierry
Hi Thierry,
I suspect you have this covered, but for other readers, I would wish to strongly suggest that those wandering widely by boat have at least one person, preferably every person and especially if a husband-and-wife team, trained in emergency wilderness medicine training. (see other streams in the Forum for a discussion in this area)
Outside consultation and coaching may be a life saver, but if the care-giver is not familiar with basic evaluative, diagnostic and treatment procedures: appropriate intervention and treatment may be severely slowed down or compromised.
My best, Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy
Ps. On a broader, but related, theme: I feel that there is too much emphasis on having “gear” for emergencies: an expensive and extensive medical kit which was bought, stowed carefully on board, but never opened or practiced with. Or, all the latest crew-over-board gear, but never doing drills.