Case studies

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.

We’ve been inspired to get up close and personal with the rather fancy sounding, but really rather yukky, Necrotising Fasciitis…

We’ve taken a look at the 2023 Casualty Summary Report from the Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI) to see what kind of incidents and trends their data shows us, even with relatively small data sets, and how this may be able to transfer to our own risk assessments and actual practice.

Skill fade is a very real issue, and we know that setting up drills and practice scenarios when you’re back in your environment, with your kit and crew, can make a massive difference.

You are on an offshore installation with a man overboard incident, involving a 25m fall and some contact with structure. An Emergency Response Rescue Vessel (standby vessel) in close standby launches a Fast Rescue Craft. The FRC is alongside the casualty and the casualty recovered in 9 minutes with the FRC delivering your casualty onboard in 14 minutes.

I had the privilege of being asked to teach STCW Medical First Aid to a room full of delegates from within the Superyacht sector at UKSA recently. They were an excellent bunch of delegates and we really enjoyed the week together.

You are called to a person who is combative and slurring their words, you get a waft of alcohol on their breath. What next?

I bloody love a good drill. And this was no exception, in fact it was totally awesome! Let me set the scene...There are courses running in security, fire and medical. The scenario was that of an improvised explosive device that had been planted on board a ship.

 In March 2019, the US Coastguard issued a list of the 11 most common causes of boating accidents and stated that most critical incidents stem from these 11 events: 

Our Lead Medical Consultant, Liz Baugh, wrote this blog post about something she was involved in a couple of weeks ago. I happened across...