Yes, it surely would, but there were other considerations. There were a number of bystanders, and the further problem that our person had to negotiate a long flight of stairs (158 steps +/-), and use a ladder to board a boat to leave the island, so inserting (discreetly) wet cloth seemed a better option. Of course, if her condition had worsened, we would have taken more drastic measures, called for a helo, etc., but thankfully that was not necessary... To say nothing of the fact that we had no bed sheets handy.

Incidentally, this incident reinforced my belief in slways having a bandanna, preferably red, handy. Two months go, I drew one from my pocket to use as a wrap to hold an eye dressing in place. On tis recent occasion, it worked well as a cooling wrap - also headband, signal flag, handkerchief, etc,,....