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Last updated April 2026
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- Marine animal injury statistics 2026: stingrays, jellyfish, venomous fish and seafood poisoning by the numbers
- Rope burn: how to treat it, when it is deeper than it looks, and the line injuries behind it
- Lionfish sting: pain timeline, hot water treatment and the infection risk most guides skip
- Swimmer’s ear: symptoms, the drops that work and how divers and crews prevent it
- Chilblains (pernio): symptoms, treatment that works and how winter crews prevent them
- Sea urchin sting: spine removal, vinegar soaks and when a buried spine needs a doctor
- Jellyfish sting treatment: what the 2025 evidence review actually supports
- Frostbite treatment: the 2024 guideline steps, frostbite stages and the 24-hour clock
- Sea lice (seabather’s eruption): what causes the rash, treatment and how to stop repeat stings
- Stingray sting: first aid, hot water evidence and when a barb is an emergency
- Catfish sting: first aid, infection risk and why delay is the real danger
- Scombroid poisoning: symptoms, treatment and the cold chain that prevents it
- Dry drowning and secondary drowning: what is real, the 4 to 6 hour window and what to do at sea
- Degloving injury: what it is, how it happens on deck and the first aid that saves tissue
- Trench foot at sea: immersion foot, sea boot foot and how crews prevent and treat it
- Ciguatera poisoning: symptoms, treatment and the crew outbreaks that started with one barracuda
- Man overboard: the survival data, the cold water clock and the medical care after recovery
- Hydrogen sulfide poisoning on ships and fishing vessels: the levels, the cases and a crew plan
- Fish handler’s disease: erysipeloid and the other fish-handling infections crews should know
- Norovirus on ships: the outbreak data, what US law requires, and a six-step plan
- Seasickness medication for ship crew: what works, the doses, and the watchkeeping risk
- Back pain at sea: why it tops the radio doctor’s list and how to stock and plan for it
- Seafarer mental health: what the 2025 and 2026 studies say, and a plan operators can use
- Heat stroke at sea: engine rooms, crew changes and a cooling plan that works aboard
- Malaria prevention for ship crews: the data, the drug timing and the chest
- The medicines ships actually use: 11,698 prescriptions and what they mean for your chest
- The most common injuries on ships: 13 years of data, by body part and department
- Ear, nose and throat problems at sea: what 751 radio medical cases show
- Medical emergencies at sea, by the numbers
- Naloxone on vessels: why 92% of fishing boats are not ready for an overdose
- Expired medicines on ships: the 12-month rule, disposal routes and a calendar that works
- Seafarers and prescription medication: the US rules at the gangway
- What the Coast Guard dockside exam checks in your medical kit
- STCW medical first aid vs medical care: who on board needs which
- The ten drills a US fishing vessel must run every month
- What kills US commercial fishermen, and what the numbers change
- Cold water immersion: what keeps a fisherman alive
- Does a commercial vessel need an AED? The rules and the numbers
- Yellow fever certificates for ship crew: the IHR rule that names every seafarer
- The medical entries US law requires in the logbook
- When a ship must carry a doctor
- Oxygen is the one item in the chest that answers to two regulators, and most fleets satisfy only one
- A prescription cannot stock a ship’s medicine chest, and the regulation says so in one sentence
- The random testing rate is not in the regulation, and 46 CFR 16.230(k) can stop your master working
- Three US medical rules reach your foreign flag vessel, and your flag state compliance answers none of them
- A sharps container is plastic, so it can never go over the side
- 46 CFR 197.314 requires a medical kit approved by a physician, and never says which physician
- What kills seafarers: the data, cause by cause
- The medicine chest statute excepts Canadian ports, so it misses the lakes, and the duty that does reach you costs a hundred times more
- Move the same chemical from an oceangoing barge to an inland one and the antidote requirement disappears
- Your MIS report is due 15 March, your consortium cannot own it, and you almost certainly do not have the EAP
- The US tank vessel rulebook has one medical requirement, and it is a room with a bathtub
- Offshore supply vessel medical requirements, and the rule that is not in Subchapter L
- A US rule still tells offshore operators to buy a 1984 pamphlet, and the manned test is not a headcount
- 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 US medicine chest law is a statute, it fines the master personally, and it never says what goes in the chest
- Six of the eight safety equipment sections are medical, and two of them are separate duties
- A US regulation makes the IMO antidote guide binding, and then says two words about the first aid kit
- One sentence governs medical care on a vessel full of teenagers
- The rule is named for scientific personnel and then counts only the crew
- The FDA regulates your vessel’s drinking water, and it plumbs your medical space
- Fever alone is not a reportable illness, and the vessel list is not the aircraft list
- Uninspected vessel first aid requirements, and why the rules you will be shown do not apply
- Outbreak reporting clocks for US vessels
- Ship sanitation certificates and the US exception
- 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
- Small passenger vessel medical requirements, and the ISO standard at the end of the chain
- Ship hospital space requirements, and the twelve person threshold that decides them
- MODU medical requirements, and why the international rules you will be shown mostly do not reach you
- What counts as professional medical treatment beyond first aid, and why it is not in 46 CFR
- DEA asked how to fix the vessel controlled substance rules, then the effort was withdrawn
- Death on board a vessel, and the four United States obligations the search results leave out
- Crew medical records on a United States vessel, and the access right nobody has read
- When to evacuate or disembark a seafarer, and who actually decides
- Towing vessel medical requirements under Subchapter M, and the section search results keep missing
- What a port state inspector actually opens in your medicine chest
- Coast Guard first aid kit requirements, and why the answer depends entirely on your vessel class
- 46 CFR 28.210 requires a medicine chest and never says what goes in it
- The 2024 MLC amendments changed medical care, but not the part most operators assume
- Days from shore: planning medical capability by time to definitive care
- Who is responsible for crew medical compliance, the owner or the DPA?
- Changing flag state: the six medical obligations that change on the transfer date
- What a US commercial fishing vessel actually has to do about medical care
- Category A, B and C medicine chests: what 92/29/EEC actually requires
- Alaska fishing vessel medical compliance: one federal trigger and three clocks
- Setting up a vessel medical program: the six decisions that come first
- Schedule II to V aboard a vessel: what actually changes
- The document checklist for a DEA look at a vessel program
- Disposing of expired controlled substances from a ship’s medicine chest
- The two annual reports a vessel controlled substances program owes
- How to stock a ship medicine chest, step by step
- Vessel medical compliance audit: what an inspector actually checks
- Controlled substances recordkeeping aboard a vessel
- DEA medical officer or master requisition: which route fits your fleet
- Ship medicine chest requirements by flag state, compared
- 21 CFR 1301.25 explained, for the people who have to comply with it
- Organize a Training Session That Improves Compliance and Performance
- Complete Guide to Compliance Audit with Tracking Tools Preparation
- Boost Procurement Performance with Smart Reminders for Better Vendor Relations
- The Future of ISO: Preparing Your Certification Strategy for the 2026 Updates
- ISO Certification Tracking Best Practices to Stay Audit-Ready Year-Round
- Contract Management Software vs. Spreadsheets: A Complete Comparison for Modern Businesses
- Certification Tracking Guide: Tools, Benefits, and Enterprise Compliance Software
- Compliance Training Guide: Reduce Risk, Automate Renewals, and Stay Audit-Ready
- Army Training and Certification Tracking System Retires May 1, Replaced by Simplified Account Validation Platform
- Best AED for Church: 5 Top Picks & Simple Buying Guide
- Why Is Your AED Beeping? Top Causes and Easy Fixes Explained
- Lifepak CR Plus: Easy Guide to Replacing Pads and Battery
- How to Die in Your Sleep: Hidden Risks and Silent Killers Revealed
- Best AEDs Explained: Decode Reviews and Find the Ideal Device
- The Difference Between Semiautomatic and Automatic AEDs: A Complete Guide
- How to Use an AED Properly: Easy Step-by-Step Instructions
- Discovery Health featured in GeekWire: ‘How this health startup serving the maritime industry saw huge growth in the pandemic’
- Ann Jarris, CEO of Discovery Health MD speaks with Intrafish: ‘Alaska is being pretty hands off this year when it comes to COVID requirements’
- Washington State Department of Health: COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for Commercial Maritime Settings
- Monkeypox Updates
- Spokane Valley COVID-19 Testing Site to Close on 9/9
