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Maritime emergency medicine providers
For maritime emergency medicine providers, Gal3n serves as a powerful extension of their capabilities by enabling real-time, hospital-grade diagnostics during critical situations at sea. Instead of relying solely on radio calls or basic vitals, providers can access high-quality data from FDA-cleared devices such as stethoscopes, otoscopes, dermatoscopes, and vitals monitors used onboard by ship medics or trained crew.
Through secure telehealth connections, emergency specialists can guide assessments, confirm diagnoses, and determine whether treatment can continue onboard or if evacuation is truly necessary. This approach reduces unnecessary diversions, optimizes resource allocation, and ensures faster, more accurate care for patients in maritime environments where every decision carries significant financial and human impact.
Background:
SeaMed Assist, a maritime emergency medicine provider, supports hundreds of ships worldwide but often faced challenges making quick, accurate decisions during medical crises at sea. Relying solely on radio updates or incomplete vitals made it difficult to assess the severity of conditions, leading to delayed interventions or unnecessary evacuations.
Challenge:
SeaMed needed a way to perform real-time medical assessments and guide ship medics remotely, ensuring accurate diagnosis and timely treatment without waiting for ships to reach port.
Solution:
By implementing the Gal3n platform, SeaMed equipped partner vessels with FDA-cleared diagnostic tools such as digital stethoscopes, otoscopes, dermatoscopes, and vitals monitors. Using Gal3n’s secure telehealth system, onboard medics could perform live physical exams, while remote emergency physicians viewed real-time data, listened to heart and lung sounds, and provided immediate medical guidance.
Results:
• 60% faster diagnostic and treatment decisions
• Fewer unnecessary diversions and medical evacuations
• Stronger collaboration between ship medics and emergency teams
• Reduced operational and insurance-related costs
Conclusion:
With Gal3n, SeaMed Assist transformed maritime emergency response, delivering hospital-grade diagnostics and real-time decision support anywhere at sea saving time, reducing costs, and ultimately protecting lives when every second counts.
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