Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 9 Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board
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2. Re:3.1 Definitions
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... procedures or even medical technology to the specific conditions of time, space, weather etc. prevalent on board of ships, oil riggs etc. The most apparent conditions are: (non-)availability of clinical ...

3. Re:3.1 Definitions
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... conditions, I think the term "maritime medicine" may be used also in those areas. ...

4. 13.13 Patient Management
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... case the transport service has not been instructed properly, they may take the patient to any doctor or hospital without knowledge of the possibilities of that place regarding the patient’s condition. ...

5. 13.14 Cooperation with Port Health Authorities
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... health risks. If the port medical doctor suspects a disease that may be caused by unsanitary conditions on board he may contact the port health authority for follow up. This may also include conditions ...

6. 13.18 Medical Reports
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

  13.18.1. Information for the captain Information in the report should allow the captain to judge the condition in a way that he can evaluate the risk of keeping a patient on board and ...

7. 13.3 The Patient
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... medication prescribed from other medical doctors. Due to language barriers the drug may or may not be taken appropriately. Sometimes patients do have chronic conditions, such as hepatitis or diabetes which ...

8. 13.4 Medical Skills of the Port Maritime Physician
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... to take the specific situation of the seafarer into account. The success of the treatment depends on the conditions on board and the implications such treatment has on the individual seafarer and on the ...

9. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... the family or with friends at home Providing social support for coping   Risk factors related to the working and living conditions:   Excessive workloads, e.g. tight deadlines, high time ...

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

... seasickness seldomly is being understood as a potentially serious medical condition and people affected are rather getting mocked than pitied, since it is reversible and recovery usually is swift. Still ...

11. 10.12 Diseases and Injuries of the Eyes
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... of the eyes, but offer simple methods for diagnosis and acute assistance.   Because treatment of eye conditions is difficult for the non-ophthalmologist, there is a fine line between local assistance ...

12. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

...    Figure 10.3.1. Composition of the skin   It is not within the scope of this chapter to present a detailed overview of dermatology, but rather to describe some selected dermatological conditions ...

13. 10.11 Sexually transmitted diseases – STD’s
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... the secondary phase of syphilis. More than 2 years after the start of the latent phase, there is serologic proof of infection but no signs or symptoms of disease and generally the condition is not infectious. ...

14. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... from vibration energy produced by the propulsion system and propeller, but also comes from impact and movement of the ship caused by sea conditions. Appliances on tables or fixed to walls are also sources ...

15. 10.10 Gastrointestinal Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

      In this chapter a review is presented on the epidemiology of gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in seafaring and of the initial treatment of some serious GI conditions prior to evacuation. The ...

16. 10.6 Burns
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... burn injuries are very painful. Deep second degree and third degree burns are characterised by damage of the afferent nerves of the skin and less painful. Pain therapy adapted to the actual condition of ...

17. 8.8 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/8. The Maritime Physician)

... at http://www.imo.org/includes/blastDataOnly.asp/data_id=7864/STCWCode.pdf.) Medical conditions which should be considered when deciding whether to issue medical certificates to seafarers. 1999. (Accessed ...

18. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... has just started. Tentatively, a definition of maritime medicine could be “any medical activity related to questions concerning the employment, working conditions, living conditions, health and safety ...

19. 15.8 Distress and Abandoning Ship
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... even under obviously good sealed conditions.   Protracted exposition in cold conditions combined with insufficient energy intake will diminish shivering, thus reducing intrinsic heat production by ...

20. 15.4 Sea-Survival: General Physiological Remarks
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... crucial point is weather or not wearing a lifejacket that is keeping the breathing orifices well at safe levels under severely impaired or unconscious conditions. Main cause of death after abandoning ship ...