Health & Safety Report 2018

HEALTH & SAFETY REPORT 2018

In 2017, medical evacuations (medevacs) were requested a total of 214 times, with peak demand during the months of December (25) and the months of June (23) and May (22). The medevacs were completed using a mix of scheduled crew change flights, industry and coastguard SAR helicopters. The most common reason for a call-out was a cardiac incident, while injury and acute abdominal issues were the second and third most frequent causes, respectively.

Figure 25: Reasons for Medical Evacuations

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Cardiac Injury Acute Abdomen Respiratory Renal Collapse Gastrointestinal CVA Neurological Mental Health Other

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Source: Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Oil & Gas UK

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