... modifications and upgrades. She has a very pragmatic and calm approach to (medical) incidents encountered during her career. Her seagoing career is supplemented by shorebased nautical assessments for court ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND From time to time maritime authorities receive concerns regarding the reliability of the assessments of approved doctors. Such concerns have been based on cases where either the ship-owner ...
... out properly? When individual doctors mostly are following their gut feeling, the need for harmonisation of their assessments is obvious. How do we harmonise doctors’ assessment and decisions against ...
... assessments, the quality of information on the effectiveness of health interventions is complicated by the different settings in which seafarers spend their time (Figure 2). When an intervention can ...
... H1N1 on passenger ships were reported in the press but assessments of the burden of disease in seafarers or formal outbreak investigations were not published. The World Health Organization published a ...
... A “paper check” alone is not sufficient. If “clear grounds” are assessed, as defined in the Paris MoU, a more detailed inspection will be carried out. Further assessments are then carried out at intervals ...
TIM CARTER Introduction Seafarers working at sea need to safely and effectively perform a wide variety of tasks. Most involve the seafarer receiving information about their surroundings, analysing ...
... However, often the exposure assessments are lacking in studies. In addition to continuous exposure, acute exposure incidences can also happen due to malfunctions in equipment or disregard of precautions. ...
... using clinical terms may require little specific training for their effective application. Where complex risk-assessments are needed then consistent application will only occur if medical examiners have ...
... incident, the findings of the sexual assault examination, the treatment provided, psychological assessments and requests for further follow- up, treatment, testing or counseling. 6 Pregnancy: Pregnant ...