It has a big knock-on affects people being unwell on ship.
Fortunately most voyages over a short duration but a month at sea a lot can happen and particularly in Antarctica where you're remote.
This is the consultation room and surgery where the history and examination
by the resident doctor is done. (Good morning).
90 per cent of the work is taken in that room if things deteriorate there's a resuscitation bay
with x-rays and monitoring equipment.
Here's a convalescent and recovery two bed ward with attached ensuite for two patients.
We do a great job in vetting the people here.
In the pre-employment physical we've got a huge database of history and examination and
testing so we do make sure they're in the best possible condition prior to leaving.
We've got the latest digital radiology
technology where we can take an x-ray and it's the image is bluetooth to the computer.
Into the surgical suite
this is the scrub room where we have machines for pcr testing biochemistry and blood
transfusion as well as the name this suggests a scrub area for pre-operation preparation.
Into the main operating theatre where we have the ability to perform general anaesthetics.
It's also a storage area for pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceuticals on a ship things have
to be stashed away. Weather it can be violent and so preparation for procedure is quite involved.
Covid is very much on our minds we have state of the arts pcr testing for Covid
which gives us a turnaround of 40 50 minutes from patient to result to give us their status.
I had the best job in the world great environment to work with and fabulous interesting people who
are similar nature really fairly resilient and adventure bound.