Ocean Challenge Live!
Medical Preparation for Ship & Crew
Spring 2003
Great American II has three expert doctors from Tufts-New England Medical Center advising Rich, Rich, John, and Pierre. They will be available by satellite communications should the GAII crew need medical advice at sea. Dr. Barnewolt conducted a special seminar for the crew on topics in emergency medicine, such as wound stitching, splinting, burn treatment, & CPR.
Chief Ass't Professor |
Director Ass't Professor |
Director, Cardiomyocite Biology
Laboratory Professor of Medicine |
First Aid Kit: Great American II carries an excellent first aid kit called the Trans-Ocean Kit.
Ship's Medical Kit: Prescription list was developed by our team of advisors:
- Meclizine for seasickness/vertigo
- Transderm scopalaine for seasickness
- Augmentin for skin/oral/dental/urinary infections
- Cipro for GI/GU infections
- Azithromycin for respiratory infections and sinus/ear
- Prednisone for allergy/asthma
- Zantac for ulcers
- Silvadene cream for burns
- Erithromycin is an eye antibiotic
- Tobromycin for eye/ear drops
- Lidocaine solution is a local anaesthetic
This list of Rich's asthma prescriptions has been added to the ship's supply.
- Advair
- Singulair
- Uniphyll
- Serevent
- Flovent
- Flonase
- Albuterol
Dr. Brien Barnewolt
Ronald P. Ruffing, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Tom Force