Robert Verbist is port-physician in the port of Antwerp since 1985. He teaches in the Antwerp Maritime Academy and is founding member of the International Maritime Health Association.
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Jensen PROFESSIONAL PROFILE 5 years ship officer in merchant navy. Professor at the Flensburg University of Applied Science. ...
Dr Suresh Idnani is a Nuclear Medicine, Maritime Medicine and Occupational Health Physician. His career spans three decades of practical experience and training in the areas of Seafarers Health and Welfare. ...
Dr. Pascualito D. Gutay is a maritime health physician for more than 20 years operating medical screening clinics in four cities in the Philippines. He was a member of the Philippine Department of Health ...
Norwegian citizen, born 1945. Medical school 1963-1969 in Rostock. Full-time surgery in Norwegian hospitals 1972-2012. Board-certified general surgeon (1979) and pediatric surgeon (1992). Master of Health ...
... for Cruise Ship Medical Facilities” by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)(8). These guidelines were initiated by American emergency physicians who had worked part-time as ship´s doctors ...
AB Able Bodied Seafarer ACEP American College of Emergency Physicians ACLS Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ADA Americans with Disability Act AED Automatied ...
... All the details of the death and actions taken should be noted in the official Ship’s log book. Certification of death and establishing the cause of death Typically, the shipboard physician, if ...
... may develop symptoms when they have ended their contract and returned to their home countries, sometimes to places where such diseases are not endemic and thus physicians may not consider the diagnosis ...
... of infection, occupational disease transmission and the occurrence of clinical disease in the population of seafarers is very limited. However, in our personal experience as practicing port physicians ...
... leprosy and cutaneus diphtheria. Despite the lack of published data to this topic, every practising port and ship physician is well aware of the relevance of fungal skin infections, that can easily be ...
... facilities in ports, general treatment, lack of oxygen, testing and vaccination. Seafarers suffered of mental stress, anxieties and precarious life and family situations. Maritime physicians need to ...
... S, Ramesh D, et al. Case reports of two interesting patients with sea snake envenomation. J Assoc Physicians India. 2020; 68(12): 78–81, indexed in Pubmed: 33247651. Kishida T, Toda M, Go Y, et al. Population ...
... College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Cruise Ship Medicine Section (CSMS) has established industry specific guidelines in cooperation with the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) . Further information ...
... room, resuscitation room and other specialized areas (The American College of Emergency Physicians, 2008). On board the sickbay has to fill most of the requirements for examining and treating the patient ...
... seafarers and others on a ship. Quick and easy access to such a service is a key element of medical care on board and these services are primarily used by seafarers on board ships without a physician. ...
... and their choice of practioners or facility may be dictated by other factors apart from the medical condition of the seafarer. They will also often be the point of contact with the physician and provide ...
... changes. After assessment by suitably qualified physicians, appropriate recommendations for the transport of people who may suffer ill effects in flight can be made. Staff to be included in this risk assessment, ...
... care at home by their employer is usually centralized through a company designated physician in coordination with the company’s medical department or an appointed claims handler. Medical Care at home ...