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Debriefing is an important tool that helps us learn from challenges, create plans for change, deal with future incidents more effectively, or prevent them!

Having a set inventory can help with budgeting, but someone needs to monitor usage, review against itinerary or route, check global pricing and keep up to date on the latest medical developments to ensure you have the right inventory onboard.

We normally talk about white phosphorus burns in the context of conflict, but this particular type of burn is a risk at sea too, as white phosphorus is one of the components in some marine flares.

Have you ever wondered why some medications need to be temperature controlled during transit? Does it even matter really? What are the consequences of getting it wrong?

Medical operations at sea are becoming increasingly complex — from compliance and crew health to emergency response and onboard medical management, but FleetMed Support could be the solution...

It’s been a very busy week at Red Square Medical HQ, since the news broke about a number of deaths related to illness onboard a cruise ship.

The management of medications, and particularly Controlled Drugs,, can be easily misunderstood or misinterpreted.

We often reiterate to our students and colleagues that so many diseases start with the fairly tame sounding ‘flu-like symptoms’...

We often talk about the requirement to be ‘compliant’ onboard, but what does it really mean when we're talking about medicine and ships? How do you know your medical provision onboard is compliant? What are the potential consequences if you’re not compliant? How can you check? In this month's blog about supporting seafarer health we are talking about medical compliance - what it means, how you can check if you are compliant, what’s above compliance, and how being compliant c

In 2025, one of our STCW students asked a question about the risks and side effects of drinking desalinated water over long periods of time.Of course this is anecdotal evidence, and medicine relies on science and evidence based practice, but we were fascinated by these observations and this was enough for us to investigate further.

Planning for when and how to secure flu vaccines for your crew should be starting early, and the decisions you make now can directly impact health outcomes and operational continuity later in the year.

This month, we’re taking a look at how Red Square Medical works with PRAXES Medical Group and what the biggest medical challenges are in these remote locations.

Supporting Seafarer Health: Preparing for an Ocean crossing or longer voyage offshore

Welcome to our brand new blog series, where we take an in depth look at some of the key partners we work with. These are the companies and people who work away behind the scenes to keep our clients safe...

Reflection is an essential part of working in medicine and as our regular followers will know, every year we like to take a look back and assess where we started and how far we’ve come over the last 12 months.

We're taking a look at the 2024 Cayman Maritime Complaints Report

November 2025 marks 10 years since Red Square Medical was first formed

Employers sometimes may not recognise that the area their team is working in is classed as a confined space. It doesn't have to be small, or have a restricted entrance. It is any space that by virtue of its enclosed nature, there arises a reasonably foreseeable specified risk.

In the maritime world, we frequently drill scenarios such as a fire onboard, or man overboard, because it’s a requirement. But how do you manage your medical drills to keep the whole crew competent?

Classing ourselves as a pretty adventurous team, and working in an industry involving travel and work in some of the most remote locations, we were really interested to see this research paper exploring female specific barriers to participation in expeditions and adventure travel. As the first study of its kind published, it takes a closer look at why females are underrepresented in the expedition environment and their concerns relating to their health in this environment.