... taking seafarers far away from their loved ones, for extended periods of time. Medical personnel do not usually serve on board. Thus, non-medical personnel with very limited education in first aid and ...
... that can be committed ashore can also be committed onboard, such as a theft, sexual assault, rape or murder. If there is criminal activity on board it is important to stop the criminal activity and to ...
VIVEK MENON Organisational structure on board The crew of a ship are the personnel who sail on board and are responsible for its operation, primarily when the ship is at sea. They also have some responsibilities ...
... Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) provides the legal basis for the living conditions on board, including food provisions [1]. It aims ‘to ensure that seafarers have access to good quality food and ...
... the physical symptoms of the seafarer obviously take priority and starts with assigning a medical officer on board who will remain available to the injured seafarer on a day to day basis. The role of the ...
AGNAR STRØM TVETEN Introduction The medical facility (or sickbay) on board a ship may have many different functions. A few decades ago the focus was on accommodating the ill or injured but today there ...
SANDRA ROBERTS from 2nd edition Working on board has its own occupational risks with variations due to the nature of the work and the type of vessel. Care of the injured or ill seafarer is usually the ...
... and supplements to existing chapters, writing new ones and participating in discussions. The members of the board are: Canals, Luisa - Spain Carter, Tim - United Kingdom Froholdt, Lisa Loloma ...
... and reviewed most of the texts. The editorial board (old and new) has given important input to the structure and content. A wide range of authors, some of whom had contributed to the first and second editions, ...
Dr.Ilona Denisenko,MD,MMH Dr.Ilona Denisenko graduate medicine from the Moscow Medical Academy in 1994, getting specialization in Surgery and General Medicine followed by diploma in Emergency medicine ...
... at the University of Southern Denmark. Between 2005 and 2016, Dr Weihe served as Chair of the Faroese Board of Public Health. Dr Weihe is deeply committed to serving his community through the provision ...
... around this subject. After graduation, he had a short, although varied, career at sea on board of different kinds of vessels among which was a cargo ship, a research vessel, a tugboat and various dregdging ...
... of London, and Guest Professor at the Department of Transport and Regional Economics, Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences, University of Antwerp. Strandenes has served on boards of public institutions ...
Jan Sommerfelt-Pettersen is a medical doctor and a navy officer. He gained his MD from the University of Bergen in 1984. He was a general practitioner for 26 years and a Specialist in Public Health from ...
... 70 scientific papers and three books. Member of the editorial board of the “International Maritime Health”, “Medicina Marittima” and past board member of the “Journal of Travel Medicine”. Board member ...
... is a master mariner with more than 20 years of experience in the maritime industry, including sailing as senior officer aboard merchant ships worldwide. He holds a Master’s degree in maritime affairs with ...