The Shipboard Clinician’s Playbook
2026 Master Edition · digital PDF
From $29 USD
Handle a shipboard emergency from one page: first actions, red-zone triggers and the wording to take to the bridge — not a hospital textbook you have to translate.
- One page per emergency, not a chapter.
- Oxygen burn-rate and 72-hour hold plans.
- SBAR-M bridge scripts and documentation.
Format and delivery: one searchable PDF, 1,000+ pages. Checkout is on Gumroad; the download link arrives immediately.
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Who it is for — and who it is not for
It is written for clinicians who treat patients where referral is not an option and the resources are whatever is already on board.
It is not for you if you practise in a hospital with imaging, labs and a specialist on call; if you need an accredited course with a certificate, because this carries no CME or CPD accreditation; or if you are not a clinician. It assumes you can already assess and treat, and it gives no patient-specific advice.
The problem it solves
Hospital training assumes backup arrives in seconds. At sea it can be hours or days. You hold the patient alone, decide without imaging or labs, and sometimes argue for a diversion over a poor satellite link.
General references skip the constraints that actually decide the case: a finite oxygen supply, no blood bank, a formulary someone else stocked, a command structure you do not sit in, and a medevac window measured in days.
Every pathway here is written for those constraints, so the page you open during an event tells you what to do with what you have.
What is inside
Nineteen modules, each written to stand alone so you can open one mid-emergency without reading the ones before it.
- 01 Maritime clinical environment
- 02 Osolika Deterioration Loop
- 03 Chest pain at sea
- 04 Stroke at sea
- 05 Shock
- 06 Seizures
- 07 Cardiac arrest
- 08 Trauma and surgical emergencies
- 09 Oxygen planning and burn rate
- 10 Prolonged stabilisation: the 72-hour hold
- 11 Paediatric and obstetric emergencies
- 12 Mental health and behavioural emergencies
- 13 Public health and outbreak management
- 14 Expedition, polar and tropical medicine
- 15 Medevac decision-making
- 16 SBAR-M bridge communication
- 17 Medicolegal documentation
- 18 Pharmacy and drug reference
- 19 Command communication and risk translation
Seen enough?
1,000+ pages, 19 modules, immediate PDF delivery.
Four pages from the current edition
Select any page to read it full size: the cover, the orientation page, the framework the clinical modules are built around, and one representative emergency card.
Preview pages are watermarked extracts from the current edition. The complete PDF is delivered by Gumroad after purchase.
Who wrote it
Dr Ezekiel Aluda Osolika is an emergency medicine physician who has worked in maritime, aeromedical and remote-care settings. The clinical content is written and reviewed by him against current guidelines, and the sources behind each module are listed openly.
Read the clinical governance and sources page for how the material is written, reviewed and dated.
Delivery, access and refunds
How is it delivered, and what do I actually get?
One searchable PDF, delivered through Gumroad. The download link is issued immediately after payment and is also emailed to you. No app, account or reader software is needed beyond a normal PDF viewer.
Will it work on my device, and without a connection?
It opens on laptops, tablets, phones and e-readers. Save the file to local storage once and it needs no connection after that, which is the point of a PDF rather than a web library.
Do I get future updates?
Any revision we issue is re-delivered through your Gumroad library at no extra cost, and we email existing buyers when a major one lands. Revisions are at our discretion and are not guaranteed, so download and keep your own copy.
Can I print it for the medical centre?
Yes, for your own clinical use on board, including wall-mounted quick cards. Redistribution and resale are not permitted.
What is the refund position?
Because this is an instant digital download, sales are final once the file has been accessed, except where the law requires otherwise, such as a faulty or misdescribed file. Read the free Red-Zone Toolkit first if you want to see the style before paying.
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This is educational and operational reference material. It is not a substitute for clinical judgement, your employer’s standing orders, telemedical advice, emergency services, specialist consultation or local regulation, and it carries no CME or CPD accreditation. Always follow the protocols that apply to your vessel and jurisdiction.