Clinical Cases

The varied and diverse caseload experienced by a ship's doctor would be hard to come by in any other area of the profession. Faced with daily challenges and unusual scenarios often in foreign environments and under extreme pressure, our ships' doctors handle both high profile incidents and back to basics medicine.

Routine conditions typically seen on a day-to-day basis can include chest pain, respiratory and urinary infections, congestive cardiac failure, fractures and minor accidents and injuries that happen either onboard or ashore. Aside from the stereotypical sea sickness and headache cases however, a ship's doctor will also need to utilise all their clinical skills and training to handle the more challenging and diverse cases.

Click on a link below for a brief sample of real ship's doctor's caseloads.

Ectopic Pregnancy At Sea
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Intestinal Obstruction
Cerebrovascular Accident
Peritonitis
Acute PV Bleed