Phoenix, Arizona, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Telemedical service provider MedAire, An International SOS Company has today revealed new data highlighting the most common injuries and illnesses onboard superyachts.
The company, which provides services to over 50% of the world’s largest superyachts, looked at over 10,000 cases from the last 5 years, to uncover the most common ailments onboard amongst crew and guests.
It found that urinary infections were the most commonly seen illness onboard, representing about 4% of the total number of cases and skewed heavily in gender towards females. As Brent Palmer, Director of Education at MedAire explains “the yachting environment lends itself to a high occurrence of UTIs: warm temperatures and inconsistent water intake can hugely increase the chance of contracting a UTI, so we always recommend good hydration and the regular passing of urine to mitigate these risks”
Of all of MedAire’s 18 medical case categories, dermatological saw the highest number of cases, closely followed by musculoskeletal.
The third largest category by case numbers was: ear, nose and throat. As Palmer puts it, this can be simply explained: “on a yacht, you’re in close confines with each other so naturally throat complaints like pharyngitis and tonsilitis are spread very easily between the crew”. He continues to say that “over the years we’ve launched numerous basic hygiene awareness campaigns to mitigate the spread of such…
