Don you said " I would not pretend to practice medicine on the internet--and those who are not fully qualified should not either! For example--Oxygen can be very useful in certain circumstances, but generally I would not put it aboard a passage making small boat, unless there were specific medical conditions which might call for it". I thank you for your knowledge in these matters, just to let you and everyone else know, I was not "practicing medicine on the internet" when I suggested Peter carry oxygen on his boat, the advice I gave was in a personal email to a friend, and was in relation to using oxygen for treatments related to scuba diving. Disclosure, I am a Commercial Dive Supervisor and have over 35 years experience in this field. As I will be travelling on this boat and will be diving from it, I as a diving professional would like to have a supply of oxygen on board, if that's not going to upset to many people. Rick

There is no hoodoo magic to delivering oxygen using a constant flow bottle in conjunction with an oral/nasal mask. As an instructor in the advanced delivery of O2 (and I probably am correct in saying Rick is also trained to teach this) it is something that can be learned faster than CPR. Furthermore used in conjunction with CPR might just save someone's life. Maybe not if you are in the middle of the Atlantic but if you are close enough to land that a SAR aircraft can reach your vessel it just might. And administring O2 is not practicing medicine any more than using an AED is. Rob Z > Don you said " I would not pretend to practice medicine on the > internet--and > those who are not fully qualified should not either! For > example--Oxygen > can be very useful in certain circumstances, but generally I > would not put > it aboard a passage making small boat, unless there were > specific medical > conditions which might call for it". > I thank you for your knowledge in these matters, just to let you and > everyone else know, I was not "practicing medicine on the > internet" when I > suggested Peter carry oxygen on his boat, the advice I gave was > in a > personal email to a friend, and was in relation to using oxygen for > treatments related to scuba diving. Disclosure, I am a > Commercial Dive > Supervisor and have over 35 years experience in this field. As I > will be > travelling on this boat and will be diving from it, I as a diving > professional would like to have a supply of oxygen on board, if > that's not > going to upset to many people. > Rick > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions. > Rob Hickory, dickory dock, three mice ran up a clock The clock struck one..... the other 2 escaped with minor injuries