[Paddlewise] First Aid Kits

Just got back from another week-long trip with teens.  I have yet to be
on any trip with the counseling service that runs these trips without
having more than one youth getting sunburn.  Adults often have a tiny bit
more sennse about the sun, but not always a whole lot.  On this trip, to
Cumberland Island in Georgia, two of the adults where sunbathing on the
beach.  But they avoided burning only because it was too windy and cold
to stay very long in the open.

So I would add sunburn as a problem to expect.  Once got a mild case
myself in Greenland when it was quite cool the whole trip.  But on the
water, with 24 hours of direct sunshine, the exposure adds up.  My face
got a bit fried in one morning.

A second problem that pops up on the trips is rashes - poison plants,
reactions to bug bites and such - where a good antihistamine is a really
nice thing to have.

Jim Tibensky
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