7 Medicines to Save Lives During Medical Emergencies on Ships

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. 1. Sorbitrate It was 1035 Hrs SMT and we were to reach Suape, a port in Brazil at around 1700 Hrs SMT. I (Master) was in my cabin when I got a call from 2nd engineer that ETO was found unconscious on the poop deck. He also informed that they have already brought ETO to the hospital. I rushed to the ship's h...