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How do we handle Medical Emergencies?
We do face medical emergencies as People live on ships
The people have asked other related questions too
Like what happens when someone dies in the middle of the sea ..
How do we handle that body?
& another question is ..
Who deals with all the illnesses on board?
Now about these 2 questions .. i..e death at sea ..
& who is medical officer on board ..
as we don't have a Doctor
I have made Separate videos on both of these topics.
Both will be linked in the end Screen Cards of this video
Now coming back to the first Question ..
How to handle medical Emergencies on board?
Because definitely saving a human life is very important to us
The people on ship leave their families behind ..
To earn for his family ..
Nobody wants him to go through something that could be fatal
We don't want that
We do sometimes face Medical Emergencies on ships
People do become sick and sometimes this sickness can be severe.
However, I'd like to mention a couple of things before discussing this matter further.
Usually people don't fall Sick on board
& that's why we don't have a proper Doctor
& here I am talking about Cargo ships, Containers, LNG's ...
I'm not talking about Passenger Ships or Naval ships
There is a Doctor on Passenger & Naval ships
owing to number of people on board them
Onboard Gen Cargo Ships, container vessels, Oil Tankers
LNG Vessels - There are 20 - 30 People
There isn't any doctor for them
because over the period of centuries it was determined that seafarers don't fall sick
They don't catch common cold, flu or cough incidentally ..
It doesn't happen like that
because, if we talk of common sickness, then 2 things play a very important role
One are Viruses, Other are Bacteria
The atmosphere of a ship is so nice and the air at Sea is so pure ..
that even if a virus is contacted, it dies out after it's natural life span
of 3,5,7,9,11 days (or so)
so if we're in the middle of the sea & if there hasn't been a crew change or port of call in past days ..
99.99% of the times no one falls sick
We keep our ship neat and clean
Because all of know the real importance of stying healthy
We don't want to fall sick, we want to be efficient & healthy workers
We want to be efficient & healthy Workers
We keep the Ship so clean that even if a virus is contracted ..
it's unable to survive.
so Viruses simply .. Can't Flourish on Ship
You guys also ask if WE face any health issues due to life at sea ..
Let me make it very clear
that living at sea doesn't raise any health complications.
Instead, the atmosphere at sea is THE HEALTHIEST atmospheres
That you may get on Earth.
If you wish to live in the healthiest atmosphere on earth, Go to Sea ..
There is no chance of getting infected by Viruses
There are no animals on board ..
You stay very well & very healthy.
When the people tell you that atmosphere at sea is unhealthy ..
.. that people suffer hair fall at sea ..
All of that is False
You remain very energetic and you remain very Healthy at sea
Now the other source of disease are Bacteria.
We try our level best to not give a chance
(to Bateria) for Surviving, thriving and replicating itself
We maintain our air conditioning systems well ...
We keep our galley Rooms clean ..
We keep our provision stores very tidy ..
We use efficient Germ Killers to kill (harmful) bacteria.
Newly received stores are cleaned before storing
We thoroughly clean the rooms of visitors before ..
assigning the same rooms to anyone else ..
So that the new occupant stays healthy & well
In short it is very rare to get a viral or bacterial disease on ship.
I would once again like to repeat one thing ..
That we don't even get Common Cold on ship ..
Unless there is a Crew Change and someone brings that virus along ..
Or we call a port and visitors bring them along .
Of course then the carriers transmit those diseases ..
Otherwise even if the ship is at sea for 40/60 days ..
I stay "Tension Free" .. I know no one can fall sick ..
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Another thing is, due to this nice neat & clean atmosphere,
Your immunity decreases over the period of 4-6 months on board.
Even my colleagues from India and Philippines say the same thing
the first the that happens when we come back home is ..
we all fall sick for some days ..
This things happens every single time
We do catch fever, cold , cough etc ...
because the immunity levels are way way low ..
Now let's talk about Emergencies ..
Usually there are two kinds of emergencies on board
First are medical emergencies.
Let's say there was a person that already had a disease
he was either not aware of it
or he was just hiding it in order to work on board
someone might have a chronic heart issue
or chronic kidney issue, a liver issue
and he might have not disclosed it at all
sometimes these undisclosed diseases
in order to work on board
these can lead to emergencies
and yes we have faced emergencies
the guys hadn't declared the diseases and
once they became serious they knew that they have to disclose it now
and then second officer came running straight to me
telling me that Capt.
so-and-so person is having anxiety, someone is having a heart problem
and so on and so forth
we have two things to deal with such kind of emergencies
First of all we have medical chest
and we have all required medicines or
at least the ones that are required to save someone's life
or commonly known as life-saving drugs
Person can remain alive until the next port of call after taking these drugs
and upon the next port of call we usually disembark the person
then we have books and publications
We have ship captain's medical guide
After consulting these books
along with the symptoms of the patient we can find out what wrong with him
and after successful diagnosis we also obtain his medical history
in order to treat him well and keep him alive on board
we also consult CIRM that is a nonprofitable organisation
They are in ROME
and they provide you medical advice over telephone
that is completely free of cost
Our company has assigned their own doctors as well
and we have their contact details too
in case of any medical emergency we call them and we consult them
and of course we take advice from 2/3 sources
and after discussing the patient's case with all the doctors
we start administering medication
usually, 99% of the times of we are able to avoid the worse
but one percent of the time it so happens that
the person lets us know about his condition at the very last moment
and then in that case we might end up losing his life
so that also happens
but 99% of the times when we are able to save someone's life
it is a priority to arrive quickly at next port
& send him to the doctor.
Sometimes the medical evacuation is also conducted.
If we are far from the port and the helicopter can reach there
then the medical evacuation is done by helicopter.
If we are close to the port and the boat can come
then the medical evacuation is done by the boat.
and if we are at the berth or SBM
then of course it is easy to send a patient to the doctor
Second kind of emergencies involve accidents
in case of accidents the things can be very complicated or
very simple
we are faced both of the situations
when the situation was not complicated
then obviously we consulted the CIRM doctor
or company doctor or any other doctor that we knew
and administered the medicine.
& many times the person recovered within a week
in complicated cases where the person broke any of his vital limbs
we give first aid to the patient
we took medical advice from CRM from the company doctor
we kept administering him all the medicine
and we made the best of our effort to disembark this patient at the nearest port
Because we didn't want to allow the bone settle in the wrong way
so if you ask me how big of a deal it is to not have a doctor on board
I don't think it's that big of a deal
and in my view that things are handled very nicely and swiftly on board ships
however, although we do have life-saving drugs on board,
I cannot claim that you can give him 99% relief
we simply cannot give him that much of relief while on board ship
but I can say one thing very safely
as we have all the required drugs on board ship
and the training is provided to us (to save a life)
and we can also consult the doctors
and we can also send the photos of patient on the email
we are able to save someone's life given all of these things
and one more thing I'd like to mention is
that in my 6/7 years career as a Master
I have faced such kind of emergencies rarely,,, very rarely
emergencies are not very frequent
and in any case we advise all the crew to
declare any medical condition upon boarding the ship
so that we know your condition better
and we can assign the jobs to you accordingly
if you are afraid of heights, tell us.
If you're afraid to go in the deep, tell us.
Because of you don't want you to panic while you're working
and we don't want the crew to be involved in an accident
that becomes a headache for everyone
at the same time we keep our safety gear in pristine condition
checklists are filled up properly,
and people are trained to perform the tasks safely.
And we always tell one thing to everyone..
Never compromise on your life, never compromise on safety
we know that everyone has family back at his home
we also know that 99% of the times that people do not come on ship happily
they come to earn bread-and-butter for the family
they come for a better future for the kids
and if something goes wrong with this person then what will his family do?
The purpose of his arrival on board ship is dead
we do not want anyone to lose their life
and that too unnecessarily ...
And this is the first lesson that we give to any newcomer on board a ship
we teach him how to work safely
and how to work responsibly
we also teach him how to remain safe in
any kind of emergency situation on board a ship
and how to keep his fellow member safe
if you want to know how we deal with a dead body on board ship,
then that video will be linked here
if you want to know who deals with medical matters on board,
then that video will be linked here
until the next video take very good care of yourself
keep me in your prayers
with tons of love for my Orange Shots family and to be Orange Shots family
this is me Zahid Nisar
and you are watching Orange Shots
until the next video,
Allah Hafiz