Appendix 14 (List of medicines and Equipment) MFAG
List of Equipment
List of Equipment is a group of 14 IMPA-coded items (codes 391931–391944) under Appendix 14 (List of medicines and Equipment) MFAG in the Medicine section (IMPA 39). They are priced per piece (12) and per set (2).
Buying guide
Appendix 14 of the Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG) has two parts: medicines and equipment. This group holds the equipment, 14 lines: Guedel airways in sizes 2, 3 and 4, an IV cannula and IV set, needles, disposable face masks, a valve-and-bag manual resuscitator, a 40 litre/200 bar oxygen cylinder, a portable oxygen set with a spare 2 litre/200 bar cylinder, a rectal infusion catheter and 2 ml and 5 ml syringes.[1]
Most of it serves the MFAG’s appendices on oxygen and controlled ventilation, and on fluid replacement. Chemical exposure often damages breathing, and the guide’s emergency action starts with rescue, resuscitation and oxygen. The master or the officer in charge of medical care orders it with the MFAG medicines when the ship carries dangerous goods.[1]
How to specify it
Order to the column that fits the ship’s trade: column A when casualties cannot be hospitalised ashore within 24 hours, column B within 2 to 24 hours, column C within two hours. Equipment already in the ship’s medical outfit counts towards the numbers.[1]
Plan the oxygen as a set. The MFAG calls for at least 44 litres/200 bar of oxygen in columns A and B. That is one portable set with a 2 litre/200 bar cylinder ready for use and a spare 2 litre cylinder, plus one 40 litre/200 bar cylinder at the ship’s hospital, assembled for direct use, with a two-port flowmeter so that two people can be given oxygen at once. If more than one fixed cylinder is used, two flowmeter units are needed.[1]
Give the mask type in words: the MFAG face mask is a simple disposable mask allowing up to 60 % oxygen. Australian rules list the same extra items for dangerous-cargo ships: ten 60 % disposable masks, the 40 litre cylinder with a two-port flowmeter, and a second manual resuscitator, two in all.[1][3]
Say whether the order is a first supply, a refill or an exchange of cylinders, and give the cylinder valve type that the ship’s regulators fit.
Rules and certificates
MLC, 2006 Standard A4.1 requires every ship to carry a medicine chest, medical equipment and a medical guide, as the flag prescribes. Guideline B4.1.1 asks for the equipment to be maintained and inspected at intervals of no more than 12 months, checking that all of it works as required.[2]
Under the Australian rules, equipment marked MF is the extra equipment the MFAG recommends for ships carrying dangerous goods, and it is not required for other ships. Other flags set their own lists, so check the flag’s requirement before ordering.[3]
Questions buyers ask
- How much oxygen does MFAG appendix 14 require?
- At least 44 litres/200 bar: a portable set with a 2 litre/200 bar cylinder and a spare, plus a 40 litre/200 bar cylinder at the ship’s hospital with a two-port flowmeter for two casualties at once.
- What does 2 litre/200 bar mean on an oxygen cylinder?
- The cylinder’s water capacity and its filling pressure. The MFAG gives the scale: a 2.5 litre cylinder filled to 200 bar delivers 500 litres of oxygen.
Sources
- IMO/WHO/ILO: Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents Involving Dangerous Goods (MFAG), Introduction and Appendix 14, as published in the IMDG Code Supplement (copy at law.resource.org, 2014)
- ILO: Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as amended (consolidated text), Regulation 4.1, Standard A4.1 and Guideline B4.1.1
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority: AMSA 438, Medical carriage requirements (August 2016)
Published by Sherif Awad, founder of GeoMarineHub — in ship supply since 1990, a family business since 1981 (45 years). Last checked .
At a glance
Part of Medicine (IMPA section 39): The ship’s medical chest — medicines, dressings, instruments and first-aid supplies to the flag scale.
It is one of 2 groups under Appendix 14 (List of medicines and Equipment) MFAG; the others include List of Medicines.
Post the ones you need as a requirement and verified suppliers activated at your port bid on them — sealed, so nobody sees another bid.
- Items
- 14
- IMPA codes
- 391931–391944
- Priced
- per piece · per set
Items
| IMPA | Item | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| 391931 | GUEDEL AIRWAY SIZE 2 | PCS |
| 391932 | GUEDEL AIRWAY SIZE 3 | PCS |
| 391933 | GUEDEL AIRWAY SIZE 4 | PCS |
| 391934 | IV CANNULA SIZE 1.2 | PCS |
| 391935 | IV SET | SET |
| 391936 | NEEDLE SIZE 0.8 | PCS |
| 391937 | SIMPLE FACE MASK DISPOSABLE | PCS |
| 391938 | VALVE & BAG MANUAL, RESUSCITATOR | PCS |
| 391939 | OXYGEN CYLINDER 40 LTR/200 BAR | PCS |
| 391940 | PORTABLE OXYGEN GIVING SET, READY FOR USE 2 LTR/200 BAR | SET |
| 391941 | SPARE PORTABLE OXYGEN CYLINDER, 2 LTR/200 BAR | PCS |
| 391942 | RECTAL INFUSION SET CATHETER | PCS |
| 391943 | SYRINGE 2 ML | PCS |
| 391944 | SYRINGE 5 ML | PCS |
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