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MikeNJ1109

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On the cruises we've been on, my wife and I haven't seen anything like that, must have been fascinating to watch it unfolding.

 

We always assume on ships this large, there have to be any number of "incidents" that occur, whether it's drugs, assaults, drunk and disorderly, that sort of thing. We just assume that Royal and the other cruise lines have more than enough internal security to be prepared for this sort of thing (former law enforcement on board probably) and have what to do down to a science.

 

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The Captain announced his decision on Thursday to return to Galveston early because of fog in the forecast. It didn't look bad to me, but since there have been several Galveston fog snafus over the years, I guess he was playing safe, not sorry. I personally can't imagine that Royal would forego Casino income and maybe a curtailment in alcohol revenue unless they thought they wouldn't be able to make port on Sunday.

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JoshuaA

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Your link has key words that are blocked but I googled, and it says 1 licensed physician and at least 2 RN's every ship.

I wonder how fully equipped they actually are? eg; if they have defibrillators and are able to intubate, administer inotropes or even basic meds like nitrospray or aspirin (I've worked in the ICU). And if the physician is a general practitioner or is trained in emergency medicine. I don't recall a helipad on mine but I may be wrong.

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CanobieFan

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Been on ROYAL a couple of times where a "Alpha, alpha, alpha" is announced with the deck area or cabin number for them to go

 

3 of my 4 RCCL sailings have had Alpha Runs... On Vision it happened on Valentine's Day and the ship actually had to divert to Cozumel so the person who was injured could receive medical attention! We ended up missing our stop in Honduras because of it.

On Majesty someone fell in front of the elevator while we were still at Port Canaveral. My friend and I unintentionally walked right past it as they were loading the older woman onto a stretcher and taking her off the ship.

And a week ago on Harmony, we heard them make the alpha call while we were on the way to Saint Thomas. Don't know what became of that situation.

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cruisenfever

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Your link has key words that are blocked but I googled, and it says 1 licensed physician and at least 2 RN's every ship.

I wonder how fully equipped they actually are? eg; if they have defibrillators and are able to intubate, administer inotropes or even basic meds like nitrospray or aspirin (I've worked in the ICU). And if the physician is a general practitioner or is trained in emergency medicine. I don't recall a helipad on mine but I may be wrong.

Our experience with RCI has been that there are at least 2 licensed doctors (not GPs) on board and 2-3 nurses. They have all the necessary equipment that you would find in an emergency room in any hospital.

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JimAOk1945

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The Captain announced his decision on Thursday to return to Galveston early because of fog in the forecast. It didn't look bad to me, but since there have been several Galveston fog snafus over the years, I guess he was playing safe, not sorry. I personally can't imagine that Royal would forego Casino income and maybe a curtailment in alcohol revenue unless they thought they wouldn't be able to make port on Sunday.

Thanks for answering the question about what happened and why the ship returned early. This thread went waaaay off course. [emoji1] [emoji1]

 

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JoshuaA

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Try putting you put royal caribbean blog without space into the parts that are blocked.

 

But here is a copy and paste version

 

Good to know, everything is a surcharge on a cruise, I can't imagine the bill over a land hospital, eek.

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Ocean Dancer

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Couldn't you ask for a different cabin? 😱

 

 

 

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Thanks for the laugh! :)

 

Good to know, everything is a surcharge on a cruise, I can't imagine the bill over a land hospital, eek.

 

That's what insurance is for. I had the flu on Anthem and was back and forth to medical for 4 days 2 or 3 times a day for aspiration {sp} and many meds. The bill was $1000. I don't think that was too bad for a cruise ship.

 

I was treated by two doctors and at least three nurses...........I think there may have been others.

 

BTW, Anthem can do dialysis

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Not sure what happened. An inside room on the 10th deck was covered up with security earlier when we walked by. They were taking the room apart. I've never seen anything like it. They were calling for additional security as we walked by. When we came back by later, the room is locked and an empty open suitcase is sitting in the hall. My guess is drugs and folks are now in a new "cabin." Must have been serious for all that commotion.

 

My family and I will be sailing on Liberty and we booked an interior room on deck 10. Does anyone know which room number on Deck 10 that incident occurs at ?

 

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JoshuaA

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Thanks for the laugh! :)

 

 

 

That's what insurance is for. I had the flu on Anthem and was back and forth to medical for 4 days 2 or 3 times a day for aspiration {sp} and many meds. The bill was $1000. I don't think that was too bad for a cruise ship.

 

I was treated by two doctors and at least three nurses...........I think there may have been others.

 

BTW, Anthem can do dialysis

 

Really? Interested to know which ships in particular do hemodialysis, can pass this on to my patients.

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Really? Interested to know which ships in particular do hemodialysis, can pass this on to my patients.

 

My wife did her own PD dialysis in our room on Liberty last year. Worked with Baxter to get all supplies delivered to the ship and they were waiting in our room when we arrived. Worked very well. PD is not Hemodialysis but I did want to chime in our experience.

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Correct, and RCCL handles 23% of all cruises world wide. So the math works out -- if RCCL handles 23% of cruises, an estimated 46 people die a year on an RCCL cruise ship, somewhere, or an average of 0.88 deaths on RCCL a week.

 

I believe that the average would be lower on RCCL and much higher on Holland.

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Ocean Boy

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Your link has key words that are blocked but I googled, and it says 1 licensed physician and at least 2 RN's every ship.

I wonder how fully equipped they actually are? eg; if they have defibrillators and are able to intubate, administer inotropes or even basic meds like nitrospray or aspirin (I've worked in the ICU). And if the physician is a general practitioner or is trained in emergency medicine. I don't recall a helipad on mine but I may be wrong.

 

The ships' infirmaries are equipped to do most anything that an ER can do and many things that are done in ICUs. And by the way, I'm a family physician who is able to, and does, take care of ICU patients.

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I believe that the average would be lower on RCCL and much higher on Holland.

 

He made up those averages based on assumptions not facts. He quoted 46 deaths a year on Royal Caribbean ships when in reality there has been only 47 deaths in the last 10 years. FACT

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The ships' infirmaries are equipped to do most anything that an ER can do and many things that are done in ICUs. And by the way, I'm a family physician who is able to, and does, take care of ICU patients.

 

Nice, I'm sure many can and I wasn't trying to create any dissent, I know my dad, a retired GP, would not be able to lead an efficient code blue.

 

Good info, I always wondered what was on the Oz medical services deck and their abilities.

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