good post oldmtngoat. there is nothing wrong with taking charge of your care.having worked in a hospital i saw lot of guys--it was a Vets hospital--come in doing the same thing. i think it's part of the pain/trauma response...for the rest of us it's a good wake-up call on how fast and how bad it can be..think about the same thing hours/days away from help..not much in a pocket size kit would be much help unless its filled with pain meds and the PLB is beeping away..