... and single-handed practitioners dealing with medical selection. The complete standards and criteria are available free on the ViaMedica website[8]. Audits of doctors A quality improvement system could ...
... Medical examiners have the right and duty to carry out an assessment against standards and criteria, which means that they are allowed a certain amount of discretion. How do we ensure that this is carried ...
... to another country. The crew is composed of seafarers from one country - the country of the flag the vessels fly. Crewmembers usually are young, and they are selected on stricter criteria than for merchant ...
... work. Those who develop regulations, standards, criteria and guidelines should preferably provide such data and make them available to the medical examiners. The Norwegian Guidance to the health regulations[8] ...
... for development of criteria development differ. Hence, the criteria also differ. The objectives of the health assessment define the mind-set of the medical examination, and the approach of the medical ...
... be more time consuming, although not necessarily. The evidence basis for medical fitness standards and criteria The level of scientific evidence that forms the basis for decision-making regarding medical ...
... is of decisive significance for the performance of the work…” The ‘objective purpose’ is not the tripwire in this context. Most medical fitness standards and criteria have an objective purpose. It ...
... are based on the International Guidelines on the medical examination of seafarers of 2013 from ILO[8] and IMO[9], and the fitness criteria are identical to those of the International Guidelines. After ...
... at specific conditions and how to assess them. For more detailed guidance on how to assess a seafarer against the criteria and standards, we refer to the guidance documents issued by national maritime ...
... for a professional diver last for one year. The medical examination and assessment of divers are based on fitness criteria and considerations of health risks of diving. People suffering from cardiac disease, ...
... bathroom facilities, with common mess and entertainment facilities. Crew members are expected to fulfil the normal criteria for seafarers’ medical standards,3 and in addition, to maintain a level of ...
... of skin infections, both primary and secondary to injuries. Drowning is also an ever-present risk. In developed economies, medical fitness criteria are specified, for instance for those working in the ...
... asthma also involve greater risk offshore. Stringent exclusion criteria should be applied to voyages beyond helicopter range and might exclude crew with any of these conditions. Living on a yacht Personal ...
... not very consistent as different national and commercial services have different customs or criteria that determine the pattern of contacts. Communications from ships are not always coherent because of ...
... defined. Age effects may predominate if the two populations used for any comparison are not age matched. Are well-defined diagnostic criteria used to identify the cases that are used to determine prevalence ...
... studies have the advantage of defining an at risk population in advance and then following their subsequent patterns of health using pre-set diagnostic criteria. They have formed the basis for many of ...
... demands from routine duties do not exceed accepted weight, reach or frequency criteria. Psychological distress: improved understanding of the effects of personal crises and overload or boredom at while ...
... of established ergonomic criteria. Include multi-disciplinary skills and perspectives in the design team. Consider human-system issues and the relative importance of ergonomics/human factors early ...
... and advanced medical education as well as the criteria for fitness to work at sea. Not all Flag States show the same sense of duty when it comes to enforcing international standards. A ship operates ...
... at the agreed repair yard following a detention Other MoUs may have slightly different criteria depending on the agreement. Inspection Efforts by Paris MoU The number of individual ships inspected ...