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Have you faced any medical emergency on board during your career on board ?
Medical emergencies at sea is the most dreadful thing to imagine. We ain’t no doctors. But we are put into these situations where we need to act like a doctor.
But when we are in these situations, one thing is clear. Seconds save life. Everything need to be early. We need to act fast to save a life.
Ease of communication these days have made the radio medical advise easily accessible. But ship’s crew still need knowledge to quickly act on the instructions of radio medical advise.
In this post, I will discuss about 7 life saving medicines on board. It would include some of my personal experiences where in I faced some of the medical emergencies on board as Master of the ship.
I thought it will be worth sharing these experiences.
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About Capt Rajeev Jassal
Capt. Rajeev Jassal has sailed for over 24 years mainly on crude oil, product and chemical tankers. He holds MBA in shipping & Logistics degree from London. He has done extensive research on quantitatively measuring Safety culture onboard and safety climate ashore which he believes is the most important element for safer shipping.
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