Same here.  I've had my Vanagon in some *very* isolated places where it
would easily take more than 2 hours to get professional help (yes, even
with cell phones).  2 hours is a kind of rule of thumb for groups I'm
associated with.  If help is further away than that, it's prudent to have
some FA stuff AND the training to go with it.  (Sometimes, even "second"
aid.)

Of course, we all have different requirements & opinions wrt to acceptable
risk.  But a reasonable FA kit and a few evenings/weekends spent learning
how to use it is not a too big an investment, IHMO.

Sorry, I'll back off now.

//Jack

On 27 Sep 2002, at 19:26, kevin obrien wrote:

> I agree...nice if the Ambulance shows up. But I'd
> rather have everything at hand that I could possibly
> use...and then some. I speak from experience.
> Kevin
>
> --- "Terry K." <CTONLINE@webtv.net> wrote:
> > Kevin,
> > To me a first aid kit is just as the name
> > implies-first aid until the
> > perimedic's responds to my 911 call.
> > I ain't no doctor--and I don't think most of us
> > are---
> > So the use of a first aid kit is for immediate
> > attention to a wound, and
> > if it is bad enough---the person in question belongs
> > in the back of an
> > ambulance--not the back of my Vanagon.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> >             ______________
> >            |[  ] [  ] [ ]\
> >            |    |    |    |
> >      ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-|
> >
> > Terry--
> >
> >        "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom"
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > http://community.webtv.net/CTONLINE/TerrysHighOnLife
> >
>
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