From: Don Richards [mailto:don_richards@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:39 PM To: passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com Subject: Passagemaking challenges Hi Peter (et al.), I notice that Ken's kit has some of the components from the Adventure Medical Kit 3000 I suggested to you as a good starting point in the USA. I also agree with Rick that Oxygen is a good idea but you need a trained person to advise on administering it (ie flow control etc). If you are prepared to go that far you could also consider a small Entonox (Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen mixed 50/50) cylinder for pain relief which is also a great asset for shock control - less risk than pure oxygen and it is also less of a complication to give as compared to the morphine I recommended before. Just on my earlier morphine recommendation I can relate our entry into Thailand when I declared it on their customs form. The officer took one look and then got some white-out - he wasn't interested in the complication of declared narcotics on board. Did leave me wondering about their very strict laws and the death penalty for the duration of our visit. Cheers, Don mv Kekada SH54#33 (under construction)