A US rule still tells offshore operators to buy a 1984 pamphlet, and the manned test is not a headcount
The short version 33 CFR 149.323 requires an industrial first aid kit sized to the maximum number of persons on […]
September 4, 2026
A medical judgement starts a two hour clock, and 46 CFR 4.06 is the rule almost nobody reads until it is too late
The short version An injury is a serious marine incident only if it needs treatment beyond first aid AND leaves
The US medicine chest law is a statute, it fines the master personally, and it never says what goes in the chest
The short version 46 USC 11102 requires a medicine chest. It sits in the US Code, not in 46 CFR,
The first aid kit in your lifeboat is set by a Swiss standard, and one US rule still points at a subpart that no longer exists
The short version 46 CFR 199.175(b)(10) sets the survival craft first aid kit by ISO 18813:2006(E) paragraph 4.12. Medicinal active