Distress, Urgency & Safety

Question 1

What is a safety message and its preceding word?

Answer 1

A message transmitted when a station has a message containing important navigation or meteorological warnings.
Securite.

Question 2

What is an urgent message and its preceding words?

Answer 2

Message concerning the safety of a vessel or person not in imminent danger. Pan Pan

Question 3

When can a Pan Pan be upgraded to a Mayday?

Answer 3

Any time it is deemed necessary

Question 4

Can a Mayday be downgraded?

Answer 4

Yes when correct to do so, with permission of master or MSC

Question 5

List 5 Distress Signals

Answer 5

Epirb 
Flairs 
Upside down flag 
Morse code 
Burning barrel 
Orange Smoke 
Full Broad Wave
November Charlie Flag 
Gun fired at intervals of minute 
Continuous sound signal 
Distress rockets

Question 6

What is the urgency/distress information protocol?

Answer 6

P/M – PanPan/Mayday 
I – Identity (Name, callsign, MMSI) 
P - Position 
N – Nature (of urgency) 
A – Assistance required  
N – Number (of person onboard/at risk) 
O – Other Information (weather, boat info, facilities)  
O – Over

Question 7

What is the format of a distress call?

Answer 7

Mayday x3
Name x3
Call sign
MMSI

Question 8

What is the distress receipt format?

Answer 8

Mayday
Name
CG
Received Mayday Standby

Question 9

What is the format of a Mayday Relay?

Answer 9

Mayday Relay x3
All Stations x3 
CG x 3
Name 
Information Number 
Following Received from name on vhf ch at xxxxUTC

Begins Mayday
Name 
I Spell
c/s MMSI
Position 
I Say Again
Situation
Assistance required
Other Info
Ends

Asset Proceeding ETA xxxxUTC
CG coordinating
Date Time Group xxxxxxUTC

Question 10

What are the live practice exercise words?

Answer 10

Mayday - Mike Delta
Mayday Relay - Mike Romeo
Pan Pan - Papa Papa
Securite - Sierra

Question 11

How do you answer 999 calls?

Answer 11

Coastguard Rescue
Let the caller Talk
Fill in the blanks and reaffirm
Think have you got the required information, if not ask.
If ending call first confirm with MSC/SMOO

Question 12

What are the 6Ws?

Answer 12

Who?
Where?
What?
When?
Weather?
Watch?

Question 13

What are simplex and duplex radio channels?

Answer 13

Simplex channels are single freq and only allow one transmission at a time.
Duplex channels are multiple freq and permit two way conversations with multiple lines and are restricted use so are more private.

Question 14

What des ATMIST stand for?

Answer 14

Age
Time of illness/injury
Mechanics of cause
Suspected Injury/Symptoms
S: Life Signs
T: Treatment given so far

Question 15

What is the RMA comms procedure?

Answer 15

Comes through on ch16. Request transfer to duplex channel.
Radio check vessel on duplex channel.
Confirm ATMIST
Call Doctor and relay ATMIST.
Explain being placed on hold whilst arranging connect call.
Inform vessel of connect call commencing add doctor to call.
Mute and listen, recording ongoing conversation for reports.
Once conversation has ended ask vessel to standby and inform doctor of hold whilst connect call is terminates.
Debrief with Doctor over call.
Inform vessel of decision.