I completed our offshore medical kit and am super proud of it! In our offshore emergency medicine class, we covered a lot of important topics regarding health and safety at sea. The professors provided us with an example inventory. We also had a good discussion during our class on what we should have onboard. Our…
***I am not a medical professional. Just sharing the research I’ve done regarding our trip. Talk to your doctor!*** Yesterday we went to our PCP to discuss medical concerns for cruising. At our Offshore Emergency Medicine course, it was recommended that we talk to our physicians and get a personalized approach to our medical care…
We have just wrapped up a 3-day course through Med Officer and Wilderness Medical Associates called Emergency Offshore Medicine. The class was phenomenal, and while I’m not going to go over all the details we learned, I hope that a brief overview of the course will convince anyone planning to cruise to take it. Audience…
Any long-term cruising or minor offshore passage is going to involve spending time away from easy access to health care. Even when you are near health care, there’s always going to be a risk factor in getting medical attention – in the States, the damage might be to your bank account, but elsewhere, it might…