Jared and I have read a lot of books on sailing, blogs about sailing, and hit up our yacht club members and our race crew on The Soggy Dollar (our Erickson 9ll). There are so many stories out there of incidents occurring while on passage, far away from land and immediate medical help. While we will have the ability to make contact with our doctors back on land, we feel we need to do a bit more preparation in this area. OK, a lot more!There are so many variables out at sea, that we feel we need to do all we can to be prepared for the worst. This morning, we finally began the search for EMT level medical training. This includes refreshing the basics to moderate procedures such as stitching up a wound or administering fluids via an IV. Our medical kit is going to be huge.
Volunteering for a local Search and Rescue provided some experience, however, this was back when we lived in the Motherlode region and it has been a few years... We both are signing up for the Wilderness First Responder training to take this summer. The kids will all take a basic first aid course. The school district I teach for provides training over the summer in the areas of basic first aid and CPR. Those courses will also go on our summer list.
~Stef
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