... appropriate resources. There is a high risk to the assistance providers themselves. This includes the risks of helicopter operations, boarding the affected ship from another vessel, the list of the vessel ...
... hyperventilation and swimming strokes and the inability to co-ordinate the two. This increases the risk of water aspiration and drowning (10). Delayed swimming failure is the result of neuromuscular incapacitation. ...
... Risk assessment Many factors have been identified as contributing to the occurrence and/or severity of different shipboard incidents. These include [2][3]: An insufficient number of seafarers on ...
... Polio or Meningococcal Disease that are currently or formerly required by some national governments. On the other hand, vaccines for specific occupational risks such as Hepatitis A, Chickenpox, Measles ...
... deratting and disinfection of ships and port areas as well as transported goods and health measures for travellers, including yellow fever vaccination (3). Beside the known risks of Yellow Fever and ...
... strategy for ship -owners to protect crew an passengers (7). Risk management The authors of a systematic review of COVID-19 outbreaks on ships concluded: ”Problems in handling outbreaks resulted from ...
... of foodborne disease associated with passenger ships: evidence for risk management. Public Health Rep 2004;119:427-434. [4] Koo D, Maloney K, Tauxe R 1996. Epidemiology of diarrheal disease outbreaks ...
... endemic areas, accidental injuries during medical procedures on board, unsafe blood transfusions, tattooing, piercing and unprotected sex. Seafarers have traditionally been seen as a special risk group ...
... vessel. Seafarers experience wide variations in living quarters, food, air and water supply. The composition of crew and contact with passengers and with onshore workers also influence the risk of infections. ...
... either the individual level based on personal risk factors, for example, weight management or smoking cessation, or more commonly, including the whole target population, for example, exercise. The development ...
... at sea including: sleep debt (see below) experience of risk situations degree of interest and engagement in work activities diet fitness and opportunities to move around the time of day that ...
... and include: Biomechanical hazards that put seafarers at risk of musculoskeletal injury: Injuries to the trunk when handling heavy equipment such as pumps and nets, sometimes exacerbated by the ...