Emergency Medical Contacts Via SSB When Offshore

MMM304 - 05DEC15 - Medical Assistance

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You find yourself in the middle of the ocean and want to consult

a Medical Doctor, a dentist or a Vet, for your pet?

Rest assured, a specialised team is available to you, all hams,

all with experience in blue water sailing:

KA6PKB - Dr. Robert (Bob) Austin

E-Mail: thataway@aol.com

Also available on SSB Radio for voice consultation.

- Bob's specialty is Internal Medicine, Nephrology

and Sports medicine.

N6ABC - Dr. Scott Stolnitz, D.D.S.

E-Mail: dr.scotts@verizon.net

Phone : 310-578-5000

Fax : 310-578-5003

- Scott is a dentist in private practice in Marina del Rey,

California and, as he reports: 'Soon to be liveaboard here

while getting ready to go sailing/cruising in about 3 years'.

If all this is not enough, Scott is the sysop op PMBO K6CYC.

The URL for the California Yacht Club: www.calyachtclub.com

N7RHH - Dr. Michael H. Morrell

E-Mail: n7rhh@winlink.org

Radio : N7RHH (for WL2K users)

- Mike is an orthopaedic surgeon and he and his wife Nancy are

sailing s/v 'Serenity', presently in Georgia.

Check latest 'CMM' bulletin for updated position.

NX2T - Charles L. Starke MD, FACP

E-Mail: starke@cloud9.net or cstarke@alumni.princeton.edu

Homepage: www.drstarke.com

Office phone: 914-762-4460

Ofice fax: 914-762-4478

Captain: s/y Dawnpiper, Trintella 45, built 1985.

- Charles is an internist (specialist in adult diseases)

with a lot of emergency experience including ship's

doctor on 14 cruise ships, inluding two trips to Antarctica.

He is associated with International SOS.

He holds a 100 ton Captain's license (sail and power),

able seamen under sail, and enjoys ocean sailing and has

taken part in numerous races and ocean cruises.

OE4RYC - Dr. Rudolf Wendrinsky

Radio: OE4RYC @ OE4XBU.AUT.EU

E-Mail: oe4ryc@aon.at

- Rudi is an orthopaedic surgeon in a hospital in Austria.

He is SysOp of one of the major WL2K MBO's in Europe,

enjoys sailing on a lake near his home and in the Med.

during the summer holidays.

VA6MUR - Dr. Magnus Murphy

E-Mail: murphyhome@shaw.ca

Website: www.pelvicfloor.com

- Magnus has a Masters degree (cum laude) Obstetrics and Gynecology;

Stellenbosch University South Africa.

He is a Clinical Assistant Professor; department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology of the University of Calgary.

Magnus is in private practice and has a special interest in

the pelvic flor and its disorders.

W5AA - Dr. Richard J. Brown

E-Mail: rjbro@bellsouth.net

- Dick is a doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

Board certified in pathology.

Also a USAF pilot as well as veterinarian, C-119 and

C-130 Clinician for the Chipanzees that the USAF and

NASA put in space.

Worked in aviation/space medicine and tropical medicine

in Florida, Taipei and Jakarta.

Belongs to a club which owns a sail boat used for

charters out of Quepos, Costa Rica.

You can contact any of the doctors listed above. Five of them

have general medical qualification as well as a speciality.

Direct your request for medical assistance to either the listed

E-Mail Address, using the Radio-EMail service, or to the

Radio Address.

Make the subject line 'Medical' or 'Urgent Medical'.

State in your message: sex of the patient, age, temperature, pulse

and complaints/symptoms, as detailed as possible.

Also indicate the type of International Medical Chest, if any.

The landbased physicians may well consult colleagues to get the

full spectrum of opinions and ideas.

This service is free of charge and messages will be treated

with the highest possible confidentiality.