... factors in the successful treatment of a sick or injured person on board ship is the extent of medical knowledge of the ship’s officer in charge of medical care. Each teaching method has its own advantages ...
... only a recommendation and has remained as such in the subsequent 1988 [3] and 2007 [4] editions of the IMGS. The required contents of medicine chests relate to the treatment needs of seafarers on board ...
... is more focus on the sickbay as a treatment facility. The most obvious function of a sickbay is as a place to examine and treat a sick or injured crew member. This may require the ‘patient’ to be lying ...
... practical treatment of such cases and this is beyond the scope of this text. Minor injuries The nature of the work on board may result in minor injuries due to, for example, slips, trips and falls, ...
... responsibility for the treatment of the patient, including evacuation or diversion etc. is always for the Captain on board. TMAS forms an integral part of the Search and Rescue (SAR) capability of many ...
... coordination centres (MRCC) and medical treatment facilities, provisional evacuee reception centres, next of kin information centres, call centres and so forth. Organisation of SAR services around ...
... the patient and what equipment will be available. If appropriate care cannot be delivered is this the best option? The time window for receiving specialist investigation and treatment in order to improve ...
... to seafarers; and are not limited to treatment of sick or injured seafarers but include measures of a preventive character such as health promotion and health education programmes However, the availability ...
... Practicalities of travel The decision that the patient is fit to fly also needs to take into consideration the underlying nature of the medical condition, the response to treatment and ongoing ...
... the ship, recovery may take longer than a few days or the disease may affect the productivity of the seafarer, Additionally, some diseases that occur on board can wait for treatment in the seafarer’s ...
CHRISTOPHER PETRIE Introduction Medical treatment of seafarer’s on board the world’s ocean-going vessels, and ashore if they require additional medical care, often involves a class of specialized insurance ...