Each person must keep safety concerns in mind, be as careful as possible, and look out for others. Accidents are more common when one is cold or tired, two conditions which are difficult to avoid when working in Antarctica. However, in the event that an accident does occur, we also must be prepared to deal with it. Fortunately we have an experienced Emergency Medical Technician with us, Kjetil Bakkland. We have a wide array of medicines and medical equipment with us, but hope to never need any of them. Kjetil has made it clear that he'd rather never take out any of it, but if need be, he is prepared to set a broken arm or pull a tooth. In the event that Kjetil is the one to be injured, several of us have first-aid and first-responder training.

- Tom

Image: Kjetil and Lou practice using our portable EKG machine on Einar. As in so many areas, the best way to deal with problems is to prevent them before they occur!