Power & Motoryacht Editor-in-Chief Daniel Harding Jr. joins the Trawler Talk podcast to speak with Dr. Robert Leviton about managing medical situations while on the water.
Leviton is an emergency physician with more than three decades of experience. He has also served as the US Sailing Association Disabled Sailing Committee as their lead and national classification trainer and as chief medical officer for the Robbie Pierce One Design Regatta for over 15 years. Leviton is also a Trawlerfest lecturer and hosts a class at boatersuniversity.com.
Leviton tells us what you need in your onboard first-aid kit, how to handle the most common onboard injuries, when to call and pan-pan and when to make a mayday call, and much more.
Robert Leviton is a board-certified emergency physician with more than 30 years of managing physicians and caring for patients in community and academic hospital emergency departments. His course, Maritime Medical Emergency Management, is featured at Trawlerfest and available at boatersuniversity.com. Newly transitioned from sailing to power cruising, Robert explores the Long Island Sound aboard his Nordic Tug 42.
