First Aid Course

personally, I find the opposite to be true. I found this forum to be very welcoming and helpful.

Me, too. (Whooops, broke an old message board rule )

Anyway, kudos to the OP who managed a frightening event with success and that getting through another may require better preparation, just as VF outlined.

First thing I will do when I set down in Thailand semi-permanently this autumn is to line up info on the nearest and best hospitals for emergencies, how to get there, go through registration and find out who to see. That will actually require visiting the places for research purposes, long before I really need to go there, and ask around -- which I've already done in a small part of Bangkok and I do need to do more. Just makes sense.

Nice to hear someone appreciated my input.