Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... to equilibrium) and of development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), respectively.   Shock  This phase starts with the very beginning of the traumatic event and may last for an hour to one ...

2. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... Ergonomics 2007;50: 890-901. [22] Guedry FE, Rupert AR, Reschke MF. Motion sickness and development of synergy within the spatial orientation system. A hypothetical unifying concept. Brain Res Bull ...

3. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... phase with redness and frequently vesicle formation and oozing (Figure 10.3.2 and 10.3.3 ), and in a chronic phase characterized by hyperkeratosis and the development of fissures (Figure 10.3.4 ).   ...

4. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... of workers at sea” This would include workers in the commercial fleet, the navy, the fishing fleet, sea piloting, offshore installations, and leisure boats.  For the development of a scientific discipline, ...

5. 15.3 Immersion Suits
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... immersion suit standards, the offshore oil industry demands for better quality and international military-commercial developments, such as submarine escape and immersion suits with surface survival times ...

6. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... science deals more often with the organization, processing and interpretation of data than with collecting them. Research is considered to be an important driver in the development of any part of society ...

7. 4.12 UNEP
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... common facilities for regional centres.  Recent development of finding synergy in joint implementation between three Conventions (Basel, PIC and SC) is underway, through the establishement of a joint working ...

8. 4.14 Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)[i]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... in the regulatory and policy development process of the cruise industry. CLIA exists to promote all measures that foster a safe, secure and healthy cruise ship environment, educate, train its travel ...

9. 4.11 Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... information systems. This makes the organization an important partner in the development of a moderen telemedical maritime assistance service (TMAS), as well as in moderen bridge design. The interplay ...

10. 4.9 .International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Shipping Federation (ISF)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... impact on shipping, like IMO, the World Customs Organisation, the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the World Meteorological Organization. ...

11. 4.8 International Association of Classification Societies[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

...    4.8.1   IACS Activity Its main area of interest is technical support, compliance verification and research and development within the field of maritime safety and regulation. The classification ...

12. 4.7 European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Member States in the proper development and implementation of EU legislation on maritime safety, pollution by ships and security on board ships. To do this, one of EMSA's most important supporting tasks ...

13. 4.5 International Maritime Health Association[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... maritime health These symposia have become an important arena for meeting professionals within the field of maritime health, presenting research, participating in workshops, promoting development and ...

14. 4.4 International Organization for Migration (IOM)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... assisting in search for practical solutions and providing humanitarian assistance to migrants in need. The four major working fields of specific interest are migration and development, facilitation of ...

15. 4.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... in Table 1. The committees consider proposals from member states, and if found appropriate, refer them to subcommittees for more detailed development.        Table 4.3.2: The subcommittees of IMO ...

16. 4.1 World Health Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... and Health publishes the International Health Regulations (IHR), which are based on consensus and agreement between 194 countries, including the member states of WHO. Key milestones are the development ...

17. 10.9 Deaths on Board
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... causes, e.g. diseases, malformations or reduced vitality, without any harmful outside influence in the development of the condition Unnatural death Death caused by external violence and other external ...

18. 16.10 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... and piracy, and countermeasures to prevent terrorism”), Paris: ICC Publishing S.A., 1986, pp. 149-168. 12.  Menefee, S.P., “Terrorism at sea: The historical development of an international ...

19. 16.5 The Somalia-Horn of Africa region
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... Department for International Development (DFID) estimated that Somalis lost $100 million to illegal tuna and shrimp fishing in the country’s exclusive economic zone in 2003-2004. [3] At present, the ...

20. 9.4 Aspects of on Board Medical Care
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... of a fast developing satellite communication era. Now even with broadband Inmarsat options to run real time video images. The development of means of communication have greatly improved the quality of ...