What Am I Missing? - (Trip Gear/PSK)

Hi Mckrob, thanks for the advice those are some good suggestions. I'm just trying to figure you your use of the syringe. Are you saying that you ask the foreign health care providers to use your syringe as opposed to one of theirs as a way of mitigating accidental disease transmission or poor sterilization practices? That is a great idea. You indicated you have used it before, so are the hospitals ammenable to that type of suggestion or do you provide some kind of instructions with the syringe by your physician?

It looks like I'm going out in the field tomorrow and will be sampling one of the Palms. I'll try to get some shots off!
 
If you are in the desert do not count on a solar still, they are nearly a myth.

Carry water then add water and dont forget water everything else is secondary. The UAE have good health care, dirty syringes is not an issue.

Skam
 
kgd said:
Hi Mckrob, thanks for the advice those are some good suggestions. I'm just trying to figure you your use of the syringe. Are you saying that you ask the foreign health care providers to use your syringe as opposed to one of theirs as a way of mitigating accidental disease transmission or poor sterilization practices? That is a great idea. You indicated you have used it before, so are the hospitals ammenable to that type of suggestion or do you provide some kind of instructions with the syringe by your physician?

It looks like I'm going out in the field tomorrow and will be sampling one of the Palms. I'll try to get some shots off!
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That's exactly right. I've not had any problem presenting my syringe kit to hospital staff. The first time was for a yellow fever vaccination in Peru, I had just seen a news story in Peru about expired needles and meds being repackaged after having reached their expiry dates and sold on the black market back to hospitals and clinics. The second time was actually in Canada at a remote exploration camp in the Artic, one of the guys on my crew had fallen extemely ill and thought he was having a relapse of malaria. The consulting doctor (on a phone 1000km away) asked if we could send a blood sample out for testing, the only syringes we had were in my kit. I have presented my syringe kit on other occasions, but the nurse or doctor has convinced me that their needles were indeed OK so mine were not needed.

I am sure Skammer is right, dirty/tainted syringes is probably a non-issue in the UAE, but if you are planning to do more field work and travel to other countries, it is a good idea to build up a kit that with only minimal modification from job to job, will work for you world-wide.
 
Yeah Skammer true enough water is the main key here. Although it doesn't seem so at the moment. Having the 4th day of straight rain everything is presently being flooded. Our power went out for 2 h today - kudos to the person who reminded me to pack a headlamp!

I'll keep the syringe kit in mind for Guatamala which will be next year! Actually given the work I do I can easily justify having them.
 
Kgd, you must be a good luck rain charm for the folks over there in Dubai! you step off the plane and it starts raining.....and keeps raining for 4 days! Take some pics of yourself and martin out doing stuff! Where's Martin from and does he live in Dubai? Enjoy the beautiful waters and markets.
 
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