What happens when a passenger dies in the middle of a cruise?

Although cruises are usually to relax and explore new destinations, they are not exempt from tragic incidents such as death. But What happens exactly when a passenger dies aboard a ship?

A director and a cruise employee, Anette Taylor and Amber Olivia, have information published by the Daily Mail How these situations are handled on board.

Taylor says that the protocol can vary «depending on where you are.» «If you are on the high seas, You have a hospital on boardand they will intervene and take care of that, «he adds.

The protocol can vary depending on where the ship is located (Costa Cruises).

«The authorities will be notified, who will be present at the port when you arrive and will take care of everything from there,» he continues. The situation is different in the case of river cruises, because the ship «It’s always close to Earth»dice Taylor.

«Once again, the captain is informed immediately, he will make the phone calls, the same does the hotel manager,» explains Taylor, who adds that the procedure must pass through the corresponding authorities, reports 20 minutes.

For its part, Amber Olivia reveals that deaths on board are «something frequent.» «Normally an alpha code is heard,» says the employee. «Then, of course, it is called the medical team and, if necessary, it is called the Tamillas team, which is generally formed by people who are not part of the medical team, but who help with the stretcher and their transport,» he continues.

The captain is informed to the crew by an «alpha code» (MSC Cruises).

Olivia says that in each ship There is a morgue and that «it is normally behind the medical center.» «What will happen is that they will go to the morgue and talk to the family, they will contact and then everything will depend on what the family wants to do,» explains the employee, he says 20 minutes.

«But since I am not in the medical team, I cannot know what happens behind the scene, and that is all I know,» he says. Instead, he knows how he communicates.

Companies codes

Olivia says that «each cruise company is different» and can vary in the codes they use. «For example, it exists The Victoria Codewhich is for floods, and generally people think it means that the ship has water, «he explains.

What happens when a passenger dies in the middle of a cruise? (MSC Cruises).

However, it usually means that a pipe has been broken or that somewhere on board has been flooded. Another phrase already used that all staff members respond is «crew alert»that drives them to do something different, he says 20 minutes.

«We have safety procedures on the ship, of course, and each one has a different role in that,» says Amber. «So it really depends on the work you do, where you have trained and what you are going to do,» he adds.

The worker says that her role consists of «talking with passengers, reassuring them, letting them know what was happening, because honesty is really the best policy,» he concludes.

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