Module 7 - Urgency & Safety Calls
Medical Advice Calls
A medical issue may be urgency or distress depending on severity. The radio operator's job is to choose the priority honestly, give useful information, and request the help needed.
For medical advice, include vessel identity, position, age/sex if relevant and appropriate, symptoms or injury, time of onset, first aid already given, and what advice or evacuation help is requested.
Key points
- Escalate to Mayday if life is in grave and imminent danger.
- Use Pan-Pan for serious medical urgency that is not immediate distress.
- Give position and useful casualty information.
- Keep listening for instructions and record advice.
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