Receiving medical advice at sea, an obligation for professionals
According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), any sick person on board a professional ship is obliged to receive medical advice from a doctor. It is the outcome of the assessment that will determine the option to be taken:
- be cared for on board
- be exhausted
And he's a doctor from Maritime Medical Consultation Centre (CCMM) who conducts the medical consultation and establishes a diagnosis by telephone.
The CCMM is also available free of charge for pleasure boating. Boaters are unfamiliar with this service. In case of illness on board, if the yachtsman contacts the CROSS, he will in most cases be redirected to the CCMM.
While in the professional seafaring sector, 80% of patients are cared for on board, the result is quite different for pleasure boaters who often do not have on board adequate means or adequate medicines to carry out the medical intervention. To avoid this, the CCMM has established three types of"pharmacy kits" (endowments), depending on the navigation zones.
Find all the information on the CCMM and on how to compose your pharmacy in our file with the following topics :
What is the Maritime Medical Advisory Centre (MMCC)?
How does a consultation at sea work?
How to make a good medicine kit?
The CCMM recommended boating kit
Practical information
The CCMM can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year in case of emergency:
Live via satellite or mobile
- to 32 or 38 on the INMARSAT network
- at +33 5 34 39 33 33
Through the CROSS along the coasts
- VHF channel 16
- mobile GSM, dial 196
For non-urgent consultations, the CCMM can be reached in the same manner from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
By mail on ccmm@chu-toulouse.fr
This email does not alert a doctor or start a consultation, but serves as additional information to telephone consultations
