Mariners Medico Guide

The Mariners Medico Guide is a medical app designed explicitly for seafarers and the maritime industry. When downloading the app, you can access free, up-to-date, easy-to-use medical guidance on your mobile device or desktop. Giving you the ability to search for support at sea (offline)

Guidance is structured by symptoms and includes visual support for simple step-by-step medical procedures, as well as advice on when and how to get expert medical advice from a maritime telemedical assistance service – TMAS or Medico.

Key features

• Written by specialists in maritime medicine
• Continuously updated
• Fast access to guidance in common emergencies
• Fully indexed information about diseases and injuries
• Information on medications generally found in the ship’s medicine chest
• List of medical equipment often needed onboard

The app is Flag State approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority as an equivalent national publication to the WHO International Medical Guide for Ships (IMGS). Other flag states recognise the app as a more up-to-date maritime medical guide which may be substituted for the IMGS.

The information in this app is intended to provide general guidance to enhance the knowledge of medical treatment of seafarer’s onboard ships. The app does not provide medical advice for treatment of specific conditions presented by specific individuals. The information contained in the app is for information purposes only, it is not professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is not intended to replace professional medical advice. The user should never delay seeking professional medical advice and treatment recommendations from a medical professional.