Cruise ship doctors | 3 stripes or 4 stripes officers ?

[@deck4forward]

Six quick facts about epaulettes and stripes: 1. The number of stripes that one has on his epaulettes is not an indication of superiority or inferiority to any other cruise ship employee. For instance a 1 stripe officer is not ranked higher than a casino manager who is not an officer and thus, does not wear an officer's uniform. A four stripes hotel director is not ranked higher than a three stripes staff captain. One is in charge of the hotel department, the other the deck department. A four stripes senior doctor does not outrank a 3 stripes staff captain in the deck department. 2. You are not allowed to wear someone else's epaulettes of the same department but different rank. If you forgot your 2 stripes epaulettes at home, you cannot wear your friend's 3 stripes epaulettes because he has an extra pair on board. 3. You are not allowed to lend your uniform and epaulettes to someone else for a themed party, halloween party or any other kind of party. Other officers might take offence. 4. You can wear your own clothes after hours, and your uniform during working hours, but you cannot wear your officer's uniform without its epaulettes during working hours. Engineers are the exception, as they are allowed to wear their overalls without epaulettes, even when it comes with epaulettes holders. Another exception would be when you are new to a cruise line, and your epaulettes are delayed on board for a couple of weeks. Doctors and nurses are not expected to wear medical scrubs with epaulettes. 5. You cannot modify your epaulettes to your personal taste, and add insignias, badges and emblems on the epaulettes in support of your favourite cause or your military battalion back home. However, you are allowed to wear your own personal tailored uniforms, and shoes that you paid for back home if it is similar to the cruise line's uniform. Your are usually allowed to wear the belt buckle of your army / navy / airforce that you are a member of, back home. 6. Depending on the cruise line, some senior doctors have 4 stripes, while others have 3 and a half stripes. Some cruise lines place the medical department under the deck department, others under the hotel department. The best model however, is the Carnival cruise line model where the medical department is a satellite deck department that answers directly and only to the Captain on board and the medical director on land.

[@kudzaidmagwenzi871]

hello doc I enjoy your videos very much, please can you do a video on how someone can apply to join a cruise ship as a doc if coming from an African country, which reliable websites to use? and also companies, thank you in advance

[@deck4forward]

@@kudzaidmagwenzi871 I am not a recruiter. You should contact the cruise lines you are interested in directly.

[@kevinpatronarenas9193]

Dr. You are so well prepared. I just graduated from medical school and one day I would like to be like you. How did you get all the experience you have on emergency situations

[@drRusly]

👋 from (Junior) Doctor 😃 I wish you can reach followers soon. Your experience always helpful for someone who wanna have "three long blast" from hospital career to medical cruise life...

[@williamalford4248]

If the Captain of the ship suddenly becomes psychotic are you able to relieve him of his duties if he refuses treatment or would you have to initiate a mutiny?

[@deck4forward]

Great question. In the event of a situation where the captain of a cruise ship becomes incapacitated, there are procedures, and protocols in place to ensure the safety of the ship and its passengers. The first person in line to take over would typically be the Staff Captain. Once the ship doctor has made a determination that the Captain is mentally or physically incapacitated, after discussions and agreement with the medical director and consultation with shore side management. The captain will be immediately relieved of his duties to ensure the safety of the ship, its passengers, and crew. I would not characterize this as a mutiny, as long as the doctor and the staff captain act in agreement with the cruise line's senior management, to protect the interests of all parties involved.

[@williamalford4248]

@@doctorstrange367 Thank you for that very detailed response.