Introducing: Trauma Support Manual

30.03.2023
All seafarers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Trauma Support Manual, and to be empowered in handling traumatic situations.​​​​​

Launched in 2023, the Trauma Support Manual was intended to support all leaders on board to identify and follow up situations that can have traumatic potential. Such situations can be accidents, natural incidents, finding refugees, serious incidents at home, and many other things that we never thought would happen.

Reaction to traumatic situations varies from person to person, but it is important for leaders to be equipped with proper knowledge on how to provide support, and to have a handy guide available. The rest of the crew on board may also check out  the manual as the guidelines presented are rather general and can be of help to anyone.

The manual is available in the Document Center on SM Portal, under document name 150412 Trauma Support Manual. Or click on the image below to download a PDF copy: