Ship Capt. Medical Guide

The Ship Captain's Medical Guide 24th Edition Edition The Ship Captain's Medical Guide is intended primarily for use on vessels where there is no medical professional, such as a doctor, on board. It provides assistance and direction for crew members when it becomes necessary for them to assess and treat trauma and medical illness. Ships and fishing vessels which carry Category A or Category B stores are required also to carry a copy of the guide. This new guide, the 24th edition, continues to keep pace with the rapid changes in best-practice medicine, medical technology and global communications. It also provides reference for medical training courses, and a framework for crew members within which to think, when faced with unfamiliar medical problem sat sea. It contains: flow charts to aid evaluation and treatment incorporation of 'red flags' o aid identification of potentially life-threatening conditions clear, authoritative advice and easy-to-follow guidance step-by-step illustrations to explain emergency procedures cross-references to further detail anatomical illustrations What's New in the 24th Edition The 24th edition includes the following updates: revised spinal immobilization section updates to antibiotics guide new content on Covid and infectious diseases updates to the emergency algorithms Available as hardcopy or digital E-Book via our free Windows-compatible software, SeaReader. More information on E-Books is on our SeaReader page: weilbach.com/weilbach/news-info/seareader-for-web-customers/