NOLS Wilderness First Aid Instructor breaks down the Ryan and Sophie burn video

[@RyanSophieSailing]

First off: WAHOO!! We had so much fun watching this video, and we learned a lot from it. Thanks for making it!! We agree with you on ALL points (but then again, how could we not? You’re the instructor, we’re mere students ;)) Regarding the watermaker, we’ve had trouble running it at sea (we probably need to modify our through hull), which is why we had water supplies restrictions. Lucky we keep ice packs in this tiny little box of a freezer. Ryan’s sister is a nurse, and our go-to person when we’re in trouble. If she doesn’t have the knowledge, she redirects us to the right person. In this case, we just wanted to confirm the level of emergency of the burn, and consequently made the decision to not reroute the boat. Thanks again for making this video, and for your work as a NOLS instructor! Sophie and Ryan (PS: burn is fine now, but will take a little time to heal :)) (PS2: we WILL be renewing our WFA, and considering the WFR. Ryan’s dream is to take the EMT. I think he should do it :))

[@anothercar]

Most water makers do not like being used while underway. They dont like air bubbles and while moving its hard not to draw in bubbles on most smaller boats (thru hulls for water makers love being around two meters below the waterline and in a position towards the outside aft portion of the boat in a space not affected by keels disruption)

[@stefanbusuttil]

Thanks for the video and for all the information you placed in. It is highly appreciated. Thanks to this incident, hundreds of people will now know what to do in such a situation. Thank you Sophie, but please don't do it again :-) Stay safe!!!

[@FnAVanLife]

Awesome video! Love the edit

[@AdventureOtaku]

Thanks! and thanks for subscribing!

[@robertadamsmetaldetecting6324]

Great video. Found it because of Ryan and Sophie! They are one of my favs. New sub here. How do I find your style class in S.W. Florida?

[@AdventureOtaku]

Thanks for stopping by Robert. go to www.nols.edu and click the link for wilderness medicine. You will find classes all over the world. The class I teach (and the one Ryan and Sophie took is the 2 day Wilderness First Aid (WFA) class.

[@piedmontpiper]

I really enjoyed this dissection, Brett. I'm looking forward to attending your WFA class in November!!

[@AdventureOtaku]

we need to make this happen already.

[@atschris]

I think most people fail to realise how long you need to keep cooling the burn. After my wife burnt her face with hot fat, she spent forty minutes under the cold shower head. You don’t have that luxury on a boat.

[@AdventureOtaku]

Totally agree about how long it takes to cool a burn. And regarding the water availability on their boat, that is my inexperience with that kind of boat. Excellent points. Thanks.