Thnaks for the reality check! I guess I was guilty of "over analyzing." <br><br>With regards to the weekend warrior on scout trips. I am not authorized to administer any medication other than non-asperin for pain releif. And that's with the express written authorization from the parent on each trip's permission slip. So any additional meds I carry would be for myself only.<br><br>Most outings are near enough to civilization that we're usually only hiurs away from help. That would usually be over-night at worse. However, there are times when that could be prolonged if we were to get lost and/or use poor judgement and travel away from where we're expected.<br><br>Some of our outings would put us several days away from care, such as te Boundary Waters trip. This would be the type of trip where I'd be most concerned if something went terribly wrong. I have heard stories of paddlers who misuses a hatchet and hacked their legs instead of fire wood. Or one adult leader who went into shock after using an undluted DEET insect replelent. So even the layman may be faced with a prolonged emegency situation where propping up the feet and keep warm until help arrives is not sufficient. This type of scenario is not covered in Red Cros Training, at least it asn't many years ago when I took it. (That statement alone should send up a flag that I need to retake the course )