Far from shore. Never far from response.
Fishing and shipping fleets. Hours from help. Covered.
Illustrative coverage
Every vessel. Stations on the working deck, and kits in the wheelhouse, the galley and the engine room.
Slide the drawing sideways to see the rest.
Press a station to see what is there.
Layers
7stations shown on this drawing
The drawing is an example, not a survey. A plan for your site starts from your own AED map.
Size it for your site
Count across the fleet: the deck stations on each vessel, then the spaces that are always crewed.
18AutoTQ kits
- One at each deck station10
- One in each wheelhouse and galley5
- One in each engine room3
- Unlimited training for your organization
- Up to two full years of charge between uses
- Cuffs replaced when a real use is reported
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The minutes before help arrives
The figures below are measured on land. At sea there is no ambulance to wait for: the crew is the whole response.
Press Run the clock.
- A
0:15 AutoTQ is on. First-time users applied it in a mean of 15.07 seconds.
AutoTQ studyFirst-Time Users: 36 Healthy Adult Volunteers - B
5:00 Severe blood loss can kill in as little as five minutes, the American College of Surgeons says.
American College of Surgeons (opens in a new window)National Stop the Bleed Month, May 2025 - C
13:00 Median time from the 911 call to EMS arriving on scene, rural areas. Nearly 1 of 10 rural encounters waited almost a half hour.
JAMA Surgery, 2017 (opens in a new window)1,796,987 EMS encounters
The numbers
Fatal injuries per 100,000 fishing and hunting workers in 2024
For all workers the rate was 3.3.
The Coast Guard’s response standard for a rescue unit to reach the scene
Counted from the distress call: 30 minutes to get under way, 90 to arrive, anywhere in the unit’s area.
First-Time User Success
92% of adults applied the AutoTQ® automatic tourniquet correctly on their first try under pressure after watching a 30-second demo.
Successful Arterial Occlusion
In testing, the AutoTQ® automatic tourniquet stopped blood flow from arteries on 100% of limbs up to 33 inches around.
Safety in the news
Recent reporting on safety in the maritime and fishing industries, from trade publications and safety agencies.
- The Maritime ExecutiveFire Breaks Out Aboard Seismic Ship off U.S. Gulf Coast
- The Maritime ExecutiveHMM Containership Heading to Port of Refuge Due to Container Fire
- The Maritime ExecutiveVideo: MSC Containership Locates Overboard Cruise Passenger After 20 Hours
Headlines open on the publisher’s site.
Implementation
- 1
Assess
Deck risk points.
- 2
Equip
Every vessel.
- 3
Mount
Deck stations.
- 4
Train
Every crew.
- 5
Sustain
USB-C. Free cuffs.
What goes where
All products| Where | What | Item No. |
|---|---|---|
| Deck stations | AutoTQ® Automatic Tourniquet Kit Weatherproof Case | Item1000-0005-TQ Item7000-CC |
| Wheelhouse and galley | AutoTQ® Automatic Tourniquet Kit Wall Mount First Aid Kit | Item1000-0005-TQ Item7000-WB Item7000-FA |
| Spare cuffs on board | Extra Cuff Pack | Item7000-LS-P |
Read further
“It is very difficult to put a tourniquet on. What I love about AutoTQ is that, first, it has a wider band, and second of all, you put it on, strap it, push the button, and that’s it.”