Emergency equipment
Automated external heart defibrillator
- IMO code
- EES010
- ISO 7010 number
- E010
- The crew says
- AED, defibrillator
Where you will meet it
In a commonly accessible spot: usually the mess room, an accommodation alleyway or the hospital.
What it means in practice
AED: an automated external defibrillator. The device talks you through every step and decides itself whether a shock is needed.
Legal basis
Annex to IMO resolution A.1116(30) (adopted 05.12.2017), table of emergency equipment location markings. Mandatory on ships built from 01.01.2019; older ships may carry signs per resolution A.760(18). Graphic pattern of the symbol: ISO 7010.
This is not a legal text: in any doubt the current wording of the resolution and regulations decides.
Download
Sign colours are normative. The file is public domain or CC0 (a Commons recreation of the symbol named by the IMO annex).