Introduction to maritime health To be at sea is to be away from the environment in which humans evolved and in which most people live. Maritime health is a medical discipline concerned with recognition, ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND The doctor’s role in medical selection is different from the role in the usual way doctors handle their customers. The below table gives an impression on how different such work is. ...
... Medical selection is carried out by naval doctors only. It falls beyond the scope of this chapter to discuss naval medical selection in more detail. Fisheries Medical requirements for fishing vessel ...
ALF MAGNE HORNELAND A seafarer must hold a valid medical certificate to be able to work on board a ship. Losing the medical certificate means that the seafarer cannot make use of his Certificate of Competence ...
... the aspects of medical selection is that Risk is the potential of losing something of value[1]. We will use this definition in relation to medical selection. The ‘something of value’ will be interpreted ...
EVELYNE ROGGE Introduction The outcome of a medical incident, in terms of costs and effects or impact, is very difficult to predict. The impact can vary greatly and does not always show a proportional ...
... Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Code Part A, Chapter VI sets out the legal basis for the training of nautical officers in first aid and medical care on board. It provides the mandatory ...
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 ...
ELIAS VAN HAVAERBEKE; ARNE JOHAN ULVEN – FROM 2ND EDITION. Introduction Telemedical maritime assistance services (TMAS) are remote medical advice services designed to provide medical assistance to ...
... are given health protection and medical care as comparable as possible to that which is generally available to workers ashore. On ships carrying more than 99 persons and ordinarily engaged on international ...
... “Textbook of Maritime Health”. This was felt to be necessary to reflect the broad nature of the specialty to include not only ‘traditional’ medical subjects but also the importance of health and wellbeing ...
Varvara A. Mouchtouri Current position: Associate Professor of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece. V. Mouchtouri’s ...
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 ...
For over 30 years, Dr Pál Weihe has led the Department of Occupational Medicine and Public Health in the Faroe Islands and, for part of this period, as Medical Director of the Faroese Hospital System. ...
Dr Sue Stannard is the Chief Medical Adviser for the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Prior to that she was the author of the International Medical Guide for Seafarers and Fishers, sponsored by the International ...
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 ...
Dr. med. Clara Schlaich, MPH (Johns Hopkins University, USA) ist an epidemiologist and medical doctor specialized in infectious diseases and occupational medicine. She has worked in the field of maritime ...
... 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 ...