title: "SAR-First-Responder Sea" - backgrounds to a medical education concept in German SAR service.
abstract: We present backgrounds to a medical education concept for the full-time rescue men on the vessels of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS, English: GSRS). In contrast to land-bound emergency services, the daily work spectrum of the GSRS rescue men is mainly characterised by technical assistance for sea-going ships, and searching procedures but not medical emergencies. Nevertheless, severe medical exigencies might occur aboard sea-going ships, with immediate need of professional medical treatment. Thus, a professional medical training course adapted to the needs and costs of maritime search and rescue procedures at German Coasts was set up and has now been unveiled.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences University Medical Centre - University of Berlin, Germany. claas.buschmann@gmx.de
authors.forename: Claas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buschmann
authors.forename: Normen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Niebuhr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Udo Helge
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000379:methods*; D012767:Ships