Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 13.13 Patient Management
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... notes are to be avoided. Services that cannot provide immediate protocols of this kind should not be preferred. Assessment It is rather rare in a primary care setting to come to a diagnosis. Most conclusions ...

2. 13.14 Cooperation with Port Health Authorities
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... such as insufficient protection from vectors while sailing in malaria areas and others. 13.14.3. Assessment and control of communicable disease and outbreaks The shipmaster legally is obliged to notify ...

3. 13.17 Medical Records
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... should therefore be stored in a standardized way and maritime physicians are to be encouraged to use e.g. ICD10 or ICPC to write down their assessment or diagnosis of a case.    ...

4. 13.18 Medical Reports
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... test results Assessment Planning Treatment Duty Status Not only should the duty status be indicated with regard to the work a person can do on board; is he completely FIT? Completely UNFIT? Can he do ...

5. 13.2 Social Aspects
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... therefore provide the captain with help in line with his demand: proper assessment of the case, swift response and clear report with regard to the safety of the patient, the ship and the rest of the crew. ...

6. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... consultation Follow-up; Referral mechanism for assessment and treatment   Pre-incident preparation   Pre-incident preparation Individual crisis intervention (One-on-One) Large scale intervention ...

7. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... the range of relevant motion sickness symptoms when compared to the classic Graybiel Scale.    Table 10.13.1b: Motion Sickness Assessment Questionnaire (MSAQ). Courtesy Dr. Peter J. Gianaros, Pittsburgh ...

8. 10.11 Sexually transmitted diseases – STD’s
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... 24. 12.       Gazi, R., et al., An assessment of vulnerability to HIV infection of boatmen in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Confl Health, 2008. 2: p. 5. 13.       Stulhofer, A., et al., HIV/AIDS and Croatian ...

9. 10.6 Burns
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... a complete shaving is done except for eyelashes and eyebrows. In addition to the exploration in case of clinical suspicion specific x-ray has to be done. After completion of debridement the assessment ...

10. 15.10 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... 2006: 226-229. Tikuisis P, Daanen H. Body cooling, modelling and risk assessment. In: Bierens JJLM (ed.): Handbook on drowning. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2006: 490-493. Tipton M, Ducharme ...

11. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... of this fact requires us to conduct a broader assessment of the patient and a physical examination that extends beyond the symptomatic area(s). To the experience of the author, the challenges that physicians ...

12. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... factor by matching them with regard to e.g. sex, age or social status. For diagnostic assessment, it is paramount that the applied tests (physical examinations, laboratory studies, questionnaire information ...

13. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... a research idea to be a good one, it should be possible to perform the required measurements or assessments. Quantitative research should entitle unambiguous answers to the questions raised, lead to key ...

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(Help/Site help)

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15. 9.4 Aspects of on Board Medical Care
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... experience, knowledge and also his tongue/ nationality to make the right assessment of working with such a person. In most cases it will work out all right but an overestimation of the person’s abilities ...

16. 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... invalidity is sometimes one which needs careful assessment. For example the decision whether and by which mode a patient is evacuated may differ depending whether a critically injured finger is the fifth ...

17. 5.11 Ship medical facilities – Ship medical chest
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... of crew members, and the nature of the cargo. WHO has developed a recommended list of medicines, based on professional assessment and best practice, linked to the International Medical Guide for Ships ...

18. 5.9 Working and living environment
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... but very important. At this time several shipping nations had already realized the need and established radio medical services based on a risk assessment and a professional evaluation, with the CIRM in ...

19. 5.5 Ship Safety
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... purpose of these guidelines is to provide those responsible for the operation of ships with a framework for the proper development, implementation and assessment of the safety and pollution prevention ...

20. 7.8 General Remarks of Vaccination/Immunization in the Maritime Environment
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... in the global environment of shipping is WHO´s publication on International Travel and Health (WHO 2009) which is updated yearly. Based on the traveller’s individual risk assessment, a health care professional ...