What if your organization could minimize the impact of crewmember illness or injury and reduce liability to your operations?

Upon subscribing to MedAire’s Medical Advisory Service (MAS), your crew will gain access to unlimited telephone and e-mail consultations from licensed doctors and registered nurses. Working around the clock, these medical professionals will help manage short- and long-term medical issues affecting your crew.

MAS supports first responders by combining our remote medical expertise with your onboard medical equipment and stores. The medical team comprises emergency doctors, registered nurses certified in advance cardiac life support and communication specialists who handle case logistics. Whether we’re treating an allergy or traumatic injury, our goal is to help protect the patient’s health while mitigating occupational health risks and delays to the day-to-day operation.

While captains are always responsible for making the decision to divert or evacuate a crewmember, our medical team will make recommendations and help the person in charge weigh the risks based on the best interest of the patient and crew.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

• Customized orientation, allowing office operational staff and remote medical personnel to determine communication protocols and procedures
• Around-the-clock phone and Internet access to medical professionals who understand how to treat illnesses and injuries remotely, ensuring your crew is healthy and productive
• Procurement assistance for required and/or recommended medications and supplies, helping you maintain compliance with the Maritime Coastguard Agency, World Health Organization or other regulatory bodies
• Coordination, only if necessary, of air medical evacuations, repatriations, and the location of appropriate shoreside medical facilities so the captain can focus on maritime operations
• Access to MedAire’s global network of 44,000 medical providers, ensuring crewmembers receive appropriate care during their overnight stays
• Medical interpretation capabilities in 140 languages so that crew can receive expert medical assistance
• Formulary records kept on file, allowing medical experts to make precise recommendations for treatment
• Analysis of MAS utilization, helping you understand patterns and trends as well as train to prevent medical events
  

Commercial shipping companies with telemedicine devices, such as RDT's Tempus IC, can transmit a crew member's vital signs to MAS for fast access to medical support.

RDT’s Tempus IC vital signs monitor takes remote medical management to the highest level, so you can get the best diagnosis and treatment support available, even in the most isolated places and in transit. MedAire has 10 years experience working with Tempus technology to help save lives and manage stressful medical incidents efficiently and safely. It is the only medical monitor that has full telemedicine capability with fully integrated medical parameters, voice, video and ease of use features that enable even a non medical expert or intermittent user to collect and transmit data quickly and accurately.