Safe medical care at sea is dependant on three components; taking away any one of these will result in inadequate or unsafe treatment. Click on the boxes for more information.

Explanation

The 'Care Triad' Flowchart provides a system to safely manage many medical situations and emergencies at sea when a long way from standard medical facilities.

Through proper training, the initial priority is to 'assess' the situation if a potential medical situation arises. This means making the situation safe and may require urgent stabilization treatment, such as resuscitation and defibrillation.

Further assessment is required once securing a safe area and stabilizing a condition. This means taking the details of the incident or complaint and making relevant examinations.

This Guide provides a system for recording precise details during an assessment which is essential when obtaining quick and accurate professional advice using Radio Medical Services.

The OMI system is designed to allow non-medical personnel to assess and potentially stabilize a medical situation by simply following the OMI Guides & Instructions.

With a wide-ranging medical kit available (the final part of the triad) a vast range of medical situations can be controlled safely.

If one part of the 'Triad' is missed medical care will be incomplete and unsafe.