Grainger R
Public Health Services, Jersey, United Kingdom.
Bull Inst Marit Trop Med Gdynia. 1996;47(1-4):61-6.
A high speed catamaran was involved in an accident off Jersey. No one was injured as a result of the actual accident itself but there were a number of serious injuries sustained by passengers during the evacuation of the vessel. A number of deficiencies in the design of the vessel were identified as a result of the accident and the evacuation of passengers and crew. Access routes and the number of exits were important causes of concern. Lifejackets and life rafts were found to have problems in their use and their specification seemed not to be well adapted to their possible use. Life rafts in particular were found not to be sufficiently robust. The low crew to passenger ratio required passengers to take on roles for which they had neither the expertise nor the training. Crew and passengers all responded to the best of their ability but unnecessary strain was placed on all due to lack of sufficient trained people being available. Hypothermia was not a major problem but if the rescue had taken much longer then there would have been a rapidly increasing number of people affected. Rescue equipment should be improved to cope with this life threatening condition.
一艘高速双体船在泽西岛附近海域发生事故。实际事故本身未造成人员伤亡，但在船只疏散过程中，多名乘客受重伤。事故以及乘客和船员疏散过程暴露出该船设计存在诸多缺陷。通道和出口数量令人担忧，是重要原因。发现救生衣和救生筏在使用方面存在问题，其规格似乎未能很好地适应可能的使用情况。特别是救生筏，被发现不够坚固。船员与乘客比例低，导致乘客承担了他们既无专业知识也未受过培训的职责。尽管船员和乘客都尽了最大努力应对，但由于缺乏足够的受过训练的人员，所有人都承受了不必要的压力。体温过低并非主要问题，但如果救援时间延长很多，那么受影响的人数将迅速增加。应改进救援设备，以应对这种危及生命的情况。
