Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 5.15 Port state control, Flag state Control and Classification Societies
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2. 13.14 Cooperation with Port Health Authorities
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... Sanitary inspection of Ships Port Health Authorities have the duty to inspect the ships and port area as regards hygiene and the presence of infections or vermin and to take measures to control public ...

3. 13.9 Preventive Services
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... health counselling which covers a broader scope of known health risks such as stress reduction, smoking cessation, nutrition beside communicable disease control. Ideally, the port clinic may offer information, ...

4. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... assault robbery piracy, being taken hostage events in which extreme feelings of fear, helplessness, loss of control or horror have occurred    Also observing the above events or listening ...

5. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... information, however their relative importance may vary inter-individually. In subjects with impaired vestibular function the visual system may partially take over maintenance of postural control [[7]].  ...

6. 10.12 Diseases and Injuries of the Eyes
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... 1 or 2 days without persisting pain or visual problems, control by an ophthalmologist is less urgent. However, corticoids may cause superficial corneal defects (fluorescein-test!) or even a rise in the ...

7. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... (Figure 10.3.13). The disease may be recurrent or persistent. Symptoms can be controlled by topical steroid, and UV light and salty water is beneficial.     Figure 10.3.12 Psoriasis plaques on elbows. ...

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

... of control of STD in seafarers   For years, there has been an international agreement in terms of STD control measures in ports. In Denmark since 1802, free treatment was provided to seafarers with ...

9. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... merchant ships of any size. The difference between merchant ships and fishing vessels is that there is not always a soundproofed control cabin on smaller fishing vessels. Noise levels in sleeping quarters ...

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

... from government agencies and insurance companies, reports from Tele-Medical Advice Services (TMAS), and studies on passenger vessels by cruise doctors. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

11. 15.8 Distress and Abandoning Ship
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... Free water inside life-raft reduces the insulation significantly. All measures must be taken from the very beginning for achieving control of any ingression of water. Common leaking sources are only partially ...

12. 10.8 Conditions related to Extreme Temperatures
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... clothing will be in the range of 1,3 – 4 hours (3). Stages of hypothermia Mild: 35-34oC:              Shivering, ataxia and loss of fine motor control Moderate: 34-30oC:     Reduced consciousness, ...

13. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... may be triggered by a sudden, uncontrolled strain or by strong muscle effort. I some cases a ruptured intra-vertebral disc may be signaled by an acute attack of lumbago. The symptoms are sudden and strong ...

14. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... an exposure or a treatment, with the outcomes among controls without that feature. In the clinical controlled trial, one has to select controls out of those with the disorder for which a treatment is to ...

15. 19.2 Scientific literature in maritime medicine and research methodology
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... with a broader scope, such as occupational health and safety, e.g. the websites of NIOSH at the Centers of Disease Control in U.S.A (http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/), HSE in Britain (http://www.hse.gov.uk/) ...

16. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... leading to research include complaints or requests from the trade with regard to, e.g. a wish to control specific symptoms or disorders, to address known acknowledged risk factors, or to assess issues ...

17. 19 Research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... the vessel a few nautical miles away from the shore. The same author conducted a clinical controlled study on scorbut documenting the preventive effect of lemon juice. These observations could be made ...

18. 4.17 National Organizations with International Impact
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

Some national organizations, like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[1] in the USA and American College of Emergency Phycisians (ACEP)[2] in the USA, are of interest to maritime physicians ...

19. 4.16 The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control - ECDC
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

Being an EU agency, the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control is a supranational organization. Its impact, however, reaches beyond the European Union. The organization was established in ...

20. 4.13 PARIS MOU[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... mission is to eliminate the operation of sub-standard ships through a harmonized system of port State Control. This is the system for controlling foreign ships in Paris MOU ports, ensuring that they meet ...