Be better prepared for treating sick and injured seafarers and feel confident and supported in dealing with medical situations onboard and designed for crewmembers in charge of medical care, administering medication or responsible for providing first aid onboard.

The Mariners Medico Guide offers up-to-date, fast access and easy-to-use medical guidance. A comprehensive practical symptom-based approach to deal with medical issues onboard, guiding the medical officer to explore symptoms rather than consulting topic chapters in a textbook. Delivering guidance in a step-by-step approach and advising when and how to get expert medical advice from a maritime telemedical assistance service – TMAS or Medico.

It can be used on a desktop or mobile device, enabling user access to medical guidance even in remote parts of a ship. Free of charge and downloadable for use offline anywhere in the world, even mid-ocean.

The App is Flag State approved by the Norwegian Maritime Authority as its national equivalent medical guide to the WHO International Medical Guide for Ships.


Key features

* Written by doctors specialised in maritime medicine
* Continuously updated
* Fast access to guidance in common emergencies
* Fully indexed information about diseases and injuries commonly arising onboard
* Information on medications generally found in the ship’s medicine chest
* List of medical equipment often needed onboard
* Special topics, including general textbook information on anatomy and physiology.


Download the Mariners Medico Guide today for free up-to-date medical guidance wherever you are.


The information contained in this app is intended to provide general guidance to enhance the knowledge of medical treatment of seafarers 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.