... Head of the NMA Appellate Body District Medical Officer, CDR and Chief Medical Instructor of the Royal Norwegian Navy Schools. President of the International Maritime Health Association He ...
... have a body of appeal working in accordance with the Public Administration Act[4]. This appellate body is composed of a medical doctor who is the chair, a representative from the maritime authority and ...
... are set? Will it require consideration by a superior body to set the conditions for service, or could the approved doctor set the conditions? How realistic is it for the seafarer to be able to work ...
... This does neither seem to restrain the eagerness of many developers of medical fitness criteria for seafarers to require such tests, nor medical examiners to carry them out. Nobody knows if the individuals ...
... provided the doctor followed the published standards[13]. Seafarers’ medical examiners should be aware of those issues. In principle, nobody should be denied working on board without an individual risk ...
... not have time to become saturated with the gas mixture used, but this technique can be hazardous. Saturation dives, where the diver’s body becomes saturated with the breathing gas at a constant depth and ...
... when they were gaining their professional qualifications. Thus, working offshore is not suitable for everybody and the employee himself and his family etc. must be able to withstand that special work-life-balance. ...
... example, if a dead body is cast overboard from the ship or an oil spill occurs.[9] It should be noted that the coastal State has criminal jurisdiction under Art.27 in UNCLOS if: a) the consequences of ...
... shot a Jewish US citizen in a wheelchair, throwing his body overboard . After negotiations, the terrorists sailed into port in Egypt, disembarked and were allowed to leave Egypt. However, the US military ...
... that the death is reported to the appropriate authorities within the prescribed time-frame and handling the local authorities at the next port of arrival, ensuring that the body is handed over in a good ...
... simple, that their situation is going to last for a while, and that they need to survive. Seafarers are far from home, in a strange country, where they do not know anybody, full of uncertainty, worried ...
... wearer back to the surface immediately in order to prevent drowning. Back on the surface, it must ensure the airway is kept clear of the water and the body is supported at the surface, preferably at an ...
... be cough and expectoration, malaise or loss of body weight. Overall, if screening of close contacts to a smear positive case of tuberculosis on a ship results in positive tuberculin skin or IGRA tests, ...
... on ships. In a study to elucidate the route of transmission for Helicobacter pylori 64 German submarine crews who were investigated in comparison to air force staff showed a significantly higher antibody ...
... mucosal exposure to infective body fluids. Major modes of HBV transmission include sexual or close household contact with an infected person, perinatal mother-to-infant transmission, injecting drug use, ...
... occurs. The body’s ability to regulate its hormones, alertness and temperature is mediated by circadian rhythms. This ebb and flow of energy and alertness is a natural bodily activity that usually occurs ...
... AI. 2011. Body mass index interacts with age to determine work ability in seafarers. Occupational Medicine, 61(3): 157-162 [8] ISO 6385:2016 Ergonomics principles in the design of work systems. https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:6385:ed-3:v1:en ...
... 20 genera of the moray eel. Some may reach the length of up to 3 m, the width of over 30 cm, and the weight of up to 30 kg. They have a long, eel-shaped, slightly flattened body and very wide and strong ...
... and can occur randomly or transiently. There are three types of conditions under which people are exposed to vibration: Vibration transmitted to the whole body in all directions; Vibration via ...
... preceded by a growing body of contract law, which was mainly aimed at financial aspects and related topics such as the insurance of hulls and cargoes. From the middle ages, ports also had legal controls ...