[Current problems of delivering medical care on ships]

Medical personnel of ships has been liquidated during the period of public health reforms, and in accordance with International Regulations of Floating Safety, sailors now have to be trained to render first medical care and care of victims on board the ship. This paper discusses the problems essential for such training of sailors and presents the experience gained by the first worldwide department of marine medical training of sailors at S. O. Makarov State Navy Academy. Basic characteristics of navy legislation are presented. Special attention is paid to general laws and laws essential for this sphere.