– Add the following text in paragraph 2.1.2
after “– SAR facilities, including SRUs with specialized
equipment and trained personnel, as well as other resources which
can be used to conduct SAR operations;”:
– Add the following text in paragraph 2.3.7
to Required column as the last two items:
“ability to coordinate provision of medical advice
ability to coordinate provision of medical assistance or
evacuation”
– Add a new paragraph 2.5.6:
Add new heading Medical Advice and Medical Assistance
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“2.5.6 The International Convention on Maritime
Search and Rescue provides for parties to the Convention to provide,
on request from Masters of ships, medical advice and initial medical
assistance and, as required, to make arrangements for medical evacuations
for patients. An RCC should establish a relationship with a maritime
Telemedical Assistance Service (TMAS) to ensure that medical advice
can be provided to Masters at sea within its SRR 24 hours a day. The
RCC should have the means to coordinate medical assistance and evacuation
in consultation with a TMAS. It is desirable to have a doctor or paramedic
who has been briefed by the TMAS on board the evacuation craft. The
RCC may establish contractual arrangements with a suitably recognized
medical authority to provide this Telemedical Assistance Service.
A sample text of a contractual arrangement between an RCC and a TMAS
is at Appendix N.”
– Amend in paragraph 2.7.1 “Medical
assistance” to read “Medical facilities”