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PHARMACY BOX: OSPREY POWERBOAT RESCUE TEAM

        Dr Dawes
        NOTE: Please restrict use to Osprey Personnel.

        If compelling reasons for others. Charge for Any Drug or Inhaler @ £7.50 or 15 Euros/Item.
        Check if recipient has any allergies/drug intolerance BEFORE dispensing/using.
        DIABETIC LOW BLOOD SUGAR

        GLUCOSE GEL

        Give one into mouth to be swallowed; repeat 5 minutes if some improvement; then given food and
        drink.

        PAIN KILLERS
        PARACETAMOL: tabs 500mg take x2 at 4 hour intervals – moderate pain/headache

        DICLOFENAC: tabs 50mg enteric take x1 at 8 hour intervals with food - (NOT if indigestion).
        CO-CODAMOL: tabs 30/500 take x2 at 6 hour intervals - (NOT if also on Paracetamol)

        (Strong painkiller – may cause drowsiness)
        DICLOFENAC suppository 100mgone up-the-bum each 18 hours (not with Diclofenac tabs) good
        for severe pain eg kidney stone coliC – may cause stomach ulcers


        ANTIBIOTICS
        CIPROFLOXACIN tabs 250mg            x1 at 8 hour intervals for 5 days for severe infection.

        PENICILLIN VK Tabs 250mg            x1 at 6 hour interval for tonsillitis – continue 10days.
        DOXYCYCLINE CAPS 100mg              x1 day for sinus/chest infection; x2/week to prevent Weil’s
        disease (flu like illness and jaundice).


        INDIGESTION
        GAVISCON CHEWABLE Tabs              x1 after food or on empty stomach for heartburn/indigestion

        LANZOPRAZOLE Tabs 15mg              x1 daily for serious indigestion


        EYE TROUBLE
        SALINE EYE-WASH AMPOULES to irrigate eye for grit etc

        FUSIDIC ACID EYE 1% Drops for conjunctivitis only; use x1 drop to eye twice each day: CAUTION
        – get medical advice if fails to settle overnight.


        ANTI-DIARRHOEA.

        LOPERAMIDE Tabs 2mg  take x2 - then x1 for each loose poo; maximum 8/day.


        REHYDRATION.
        DIORALYTE SACHETS            add x1 to 200ml clean water; sip at regular intervals (no dose limitation)





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