Broken leg? Respiratory failure? Cargo boom operator dropped a tractor on the deck crew again?
The "Ship Captain's Medical Guide" was first put together by the Port of London more than 100 years ago to afford deck officers something to do before a real doctor arrived. It is very useful to have on board, even for the likes of us. I feel particularly comforted by the chapters about venereal disease, crush injuries, and how to ascertain whether someone is actually dead, and then, conveniently, the rules for burial at sea, proper shroud construction and weighting, and of course, make sure the ceremony is carried out in water deep enough that the deceased doesn't wash ashore in front of some beachside restaurant.
The physical book is available for $40 or so, but unless burns from superheated steam are common on your yacht, the download would probably suffice. It hazards little to put it on the seagoing laptop for such time as you encounter the extremely unexpected, for example, your kid's girlfriend giving birth just the other side of the breakwater. {"I didn't even know you two were going steady!")
The download is a bit of a puzzle, in the true English style of modernity and Brexitness and we do it our way, don't you know.
Here it is
[But don't do that. Sati provides a PDF in message #4 below]
https://www.witherbyseamanship.com/ship-captains-medical-guide-downloadable-product.html
Good luck.
The "Ship Captain's Medical Guide" was first put together by the Port of London more than 100 years ago to afford deck officers something to do before a real doctor arrived. It is very useful to have on board, even for the likes of us. I feel particularly comforted by the chapters about venereal disease, crush injuries, and how to ascertain whether someone is actually dead, and then, conveniently, the rules for burial at sea, proper shroud construction and weighting, and of course, make sure the ceremony is carried out in water deep enough that the deceased doesn't wash ashore in front of some beachside restaurant.
The physical book is available for $40 or so, but unless burns from superheated steam are common on your yacht, the download would probably suffice. It hazards little to put it on the seagoing laptop for such time as you encounter the extremely unexpected, for example, your kid's girlfriend giving birth just the other side of the breakwater. {"I didn't even know you two were going steady!")
The download is a bit of a puzzle, in the true English style of modernity and Brexitness and we do it our way, don't you know.
Here it is
[But don't do that. Sati provides a PDF in message #4 below]
https://www.witherbyseamanship.com/ship-captains-medical-guide-downloadable-product.html
Good luck.
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