Just want to see what your inital thaughts and actions would be in this case..
Recently whilst at sea we were party to a medical call from a fishing vessel, whom the skipper had an accident which at the time of calling the coast guard for medical evacuation, had left him with one hand partially severed from his forearm.
Bearing in mind that a fishing vessel would not be carrying more than a required basic medical kit what would your actions be, the response time for the helicopter would be 15 mins to lift off and the at least 40 mins til on scene.
Recently whilst at sea we were party to a medical call from a fishing vessel, whom the skipper had an accident which at the time of calling the coast guard for medical evacuation, had left him with one hand partially severed from his forearm.
Bearing in mind that a fishing vessel would not be carrying more than a required basic medical kit what would your actions be, the response time for the helicopter would be 15 mins to lift off and the at least 40 mins til on scene.