Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... sensitivity. Tirilly (19) studied sleep patterns in coastal sea fishermen and demonstrated the importance of sleep at night, which can be short in duration but which must occur at the same time each ...

2. 10.6 Burns
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... transport to a burn centre. Limited burn injuries can be handled in dedicated hospitals. Definitive treatment on board is possible in case of minor traumas. In coastal areas the casualty should be ...

3. 4.13 PARIS MOU[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

  The PARIS MOU consists of 27 participation maritime Administrations and covers the waters of the European coastal States and the North Atlantic basin from North America to Europe. The organizations ...

4. 16.4 Factors behind the Acts of Piracy and armed Robbery
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... a relevant role in the resurgence of piracy:   A decrease on the naval presence in SE after the end of the named Cold War, especially since the eighties; A lack of capacity of the coastal countries ...

5. 16.8 Conclusions
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... in countries with emerging economies, numerous estuaries and offshore islands, large stretches of remote coastal areas, and ongoing political insurgencies. Efforts to combat and punish piracy as a crime ...

6. 16.7 Improving security of merchant ships
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... use of firearms for personal protection or protection of a ship is strongly discouraged by the IMO and it is not authorised by some coastal states because it may increase a dangerous situation on board. ...

7. 16.5 The Somalia-Horn of Africa region
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... was overthrown in the early 1990s by the clan-based warlords, the state lost control of its own coastal waters, and began the sporadic first phase of Somali piracy. Trawlers from other countries were able ...

8. 16.3 Pirates today and their Modus Operandi
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... IBM about piracy, showed that such ship was not registered in Belice. The Indian patrol plane tried to keep contact with the ship on the radio, but it did not answer. Then, a coastal security patrol was ...

9. 16.2 The Problem derived from the Lack of Law Standardization regarding the Concept of Piracy
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... attacks are produced on the territorial sea of a nation[2] (in the twelve coastal miles) when the ship is either sailing or anchored, and according to this definition, such acts are carried out on the ...

10. 16.1 Introduction
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... reasons: Firstly, they frequently notice indifference from the coastal countries in whose waters the attacks are produced, which increases their belief that the reports of the piracy incidents do not ...

11. 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... confined to coastal waters and have a range of a few tens of nautical miles. They mostly have personnel on board with medical training often equaling or surpassing that of the ship’s crew, so they can ...

12. 9.6. Telemedical Assistance Service (TMAS)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... communication is the dominating long distance mode for ships. In the early twenties the maritime telephone communication was restricted to coastal and other short distance traffic. It was not until after ...

13. 14 Ship Control
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... and covers the waters of the European coastal States and the North Atlantic basin from Canada to Europe, as can be seen on figure 1. Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, ...

14. 5 International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... or maritime health topics are not directly mentioned in the convention, but derive partly from Article 98 in the Convention, “Duty to render Assistance”. Article 98 states that “Every coastal State ...

15. 5.14 Ship dismantling and recycling
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... metal and equipment are valuable raw materials. Sub-standard environmental protection and safety measures leads to high risk of accidents as well as health risks and extensive pollution of coastal areas, ...

16. 5.13 Removal of Wrecks
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... damage to the marine and coastal environments, and the removal costs on the coastal nation involved are often substantial. By 2009 over 1300 abandoned wrecks have accumulated along the coastlines of ...

17. 3.3 Regulation and international agreements
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/3. The Shipping Industry)

...  Shipowners evaluate states’ company, financial and tax laws when selecting a register and flag.  They assess naval protection, access to coastal markets and political acceptability of a flag. They also ...

18. 3.1 Seaborne transport
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/3. The Shipping Industry)

... operating.  The remaining passenger shipping segments are regional and coastal ferries, high-speed crafts in regular traffic and cruise vessels for tourists.  The traditional intercontinental ...

19. 7.7 Medication
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... of coagulation is needed and the dose is adjusted to take account of this. - unfit for work at sea except in sheltered coastal waters with duties that are not likely to result in injury.  Medications ...

20. 7.5 Common Conditions with complex Fitness Decisions
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... or renal colic will cause distress for the individual but they are not fatal and provided they receive care within the next day this will be adequate. In these circumstances work limited to near coastal ...