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Category: Medical Emergencies and Incidents

Medical Emergencies and Incidents describes the times we’ve had to respond to injuries or illnesses. Our first-aid kit has been essential, as well as cool heads and steady hands.

Paul in a hospital bed in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, receiving oxygen therapy
12/13/202302/02/2026 Lorraine Escher

Shallow water blackout while freediving: what happened to our son, Paul

09/16/202304/01/2026 Lorraine Escher

Family ER at Sea: A fish hook to the face in Munda, Solomon Islands

10/17/201606/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Paul’s Eye and the Power of Facebook — How News of an Allergic Reaction Reached Six Countries Before Mom and Dad

Luperon Long Reads Building a Hurricane Moorring with input an design review by Bruce Van Sant
08/03/201606/22/2026 Lorraine Escher

Luperón Long Reads — Designing and Building a Mooring for Our 50-foot Catamaran

06/24/201606/19/2026 Lorraine Escher

Kindness Ashore: A Fisherman in Luperón

05/27/201605/10/2026 Lorraine Escher

Overcoming seasickness and ditching Dramamine

04/09/201606/16/2026 Lorraine Escher

George Town Dock Drama

Rope burn injury due to sail handling
01/21/201501/30/2026 Lorraine Escher

It’s just a flesh wound: when sail handling goes wrong

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