FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin At sea, the first minutes of a medical emergency can define the outcome. This is particularly true in cases of sudden cardiac arrest, where immediate response is critical and professional medical assistance may be hours away. Against this background, the carriage of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) onboard ships is gaining increasing attention as a practical measure that can strengthen emergency preparedness and potentially save lives. RelatedNews MSF publishes 2025 Safety Statistics Report highlighting incident trends When crews face prolonged stress in high-risk waters, Psychological First Aid can help var jnews_module_21375603_0_6a2fbe2c2b663 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375603","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"458,1686,3580,2341","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_ne