Medical and Safety

Resources for planning for offshore

Prevention and preparedness are best ways to avoid injury and stay safe during any offshore experience. These resources are to help in that process. The more crewman trained via Safety at Sea, CPR/First Aid, and more is always the best way to prepare.

To help train as many people as possible, there will be an enhanced Offshore Medical Seminar, with CPR/First Aid/AED training

on Sunday, March 15th, during the Cruising Club of America

Safety at Sea Course at Roger Williams University.

For more info, and to register, please select the CCA course link below:

OFFSHORE MEDICAL SEMINAR: SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2020

Medical Information

The Fleet Surgeon has created this document to assist with planning for offshore passages, and includes valuable information on: Reference books to have aboard, Medical equipment, and Medicines

MEMO FOR OFFSHORE

Seasickness

“Perhaps no malady to which mankind is subject is productive of so much real suffering with so low a percentage of mortality, as the peculiar affliction known as seasickness.” (Scientific American, 1912).

In reviewing the 2012 Newport to Bermuda Race medical reports, there were 54 cases of self-reported seasickness on board vessels. I suspect, however, that the number of reported cases of seasickness significantly underestimates the actual incidence of this illness that may present in a full range of stages ranging from slight queasiness to severe nausea and vomiting. Anecdotally, I suspect that mild cases were not formally logged and some of the cases occurred without any thought toward preventative measures.

All crew should read more from Jeffrey S. Wisch, M.D.

Seasickness Overview

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