I paddle and fish in southwest florida and have had unfortunate instances when I have been barbed by our local saltwater catfish. The pain is such that it becomes really difficult to paddle for at least 30 minutes or more depending on where you have been injured on hand or arm. I had read that applying hot compresses to the wound area would help neutralize the poison but the thought of heading to shore and boiling water in mosquito infested mangrove islands did not seem like a good solution. At a local sports store I found instant hand warmers for people playing in colder climes than FL but it promised to heat up quite a bit so I bought a 3 pak. Used it not too long ago as one of my paddling friends not used to fishing in our waters got barbed. I gave her the hand warmer and she activated it by squeezing the plastic much like the instant cold compresses (I also keep in first aid kit) and applied to wound. She felt relief soon after it got really hot and was able to resume paddling and fishing within 15 minutes without the painful stabbing pain. <*)))< *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 11:51:51 PDT
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