... operations produce high concentrations of hydrogen sulphide, and prolonged exposure can cause respiratory distress, paralysis, and cancer. Explosions and fires due to the highly combustible nature of ...
... that they take place in environments where communication may be challenging as a consequence of language, culture, time pressures, noise levels, stress and bureaucracy. Personnel with whom seafarers ...
... combined with a lack of exercise and a high level of professional stress, represents a crucial risk factor for cardiovascular disease among seafarers. In current seafaring situations, warm meals are ...
... facilities for seafarers, after extreme stress situations or unfair treatment on board or in the event of personal crises. At the mission the seafarer can receive understanding, support and help to deal ...
... process but families can equally create an additional stress on the seafarer. Family members are often over-worried and do not have insight into the ship’s organization or ongoing procedures. It is important ...
... facility. The EU directive stresses that the medical facilities primary function is to be a place where treatments can be performed “under satisfactory material and hygienic conditions” and does not mention ...
... by the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) on February 1st 1999. Now clear text could be transmitted without the need for interpretation, the predecessor of today’s email. However, the advent ...
JON MAGNUS HAGA, KATINKA SVANBERG Introduction Maritime search and rescue (SAR) refer to a wide range of medical and logistical measures that aim to prevent loss of health or life in the event of distress ...
... of these jobs. More information on this topic is available in Ch 4.3. It is also important that the physician understands many of the stressors that exist in both living and working on board. These may ...
... Physiology of flight Fortunately, modern air travel imposes relatively minimal medical stress on travellers and patients. The cabin of a commercial aircraft is pressurised to a maximum altitude of ...
... illnesses and mental distress, where living conditions at sea may be a contributor, there are fewer formal requirements, but it is both useful and good practice to have effective preventative measures ...
... and largely avoidable cause of serious and fatal injuries, sometimes involving more than one worker or harming inadequately protected rescue personnel who enter a space to try and help someone in distress. ...
FROM 2ND EDITION BY DOMINIQUE JÉGADEN. REVIEWED AND UPDATED BY KAIA IRGENS. Introduction Noise is a significant stressor on board ships. Increases in engine power, the emergence of significant vibration ...
... will be most efficient, medical treatment or medical prevention. From a public health perspective, the issue is important, and the historical examples given in this chapter will stress the point. ...
... distress from either the demands of working at sea or from other causes. Or, 2. Evaluating the scope to reduce the impact of such risks by effective intervention. Interventions are commonly based ...
... aboard. Engineering, occupational hygiene and toxicological expertise will often be essential resolve them. Patterns of ill-health, poor performance or distress in ship’s crew can be complex, they may ...
... often operate under stressful working conditions, long-work hours, lack of good sleep, healthy diet and physical exercises, that contribute to fatigue, impaired well-being, mental ill-health, stress and ...
... prescribed medications, and calm a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack. In order to accompany a passenger on a cruise ship, the work or task a dog has been ...
... not only ‘traditional’ medical subjects but also the importance of health and wellbeing amongst seafarers. Issues such as fatigue, stress, depression and other mental health issues are seen frequently ...