Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 7.4 Frameworks for Seafarer Medical Examinations
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3. 13.13 Patient Management
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... to give negative answers or deny. Some have different attitudes towards pain. Always give the patient the chance to express his worries or anxiety. Clinical examination Although this is not usually ...

4. 13.15 Contact with other Organizations
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... than his own port. Every time when a seafarer is sent back on a ship he should carry a report, all results and technical documents concerning his examination and treatment and a clear instruction to contact ...

5. 3.16 Organigram
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... examination: biometry, hearing,  vision,  ECG, spirometry, x-ray, blood tests, drug and alcohol tests, urine test Nursing: injections, wound treatment, bandages, instrumentation Reception ...

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

... next port, time in port, ETD. Agency + phone No. Transport company to the vessel + phone No. Quay (name or number) History of the present illness / injury Objective findings Specialized examinations or ...

7. 13.4 Medical Skills of the Port Maritime Physician
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... becomes a key element in decision-making. The physician working in a port clinic must be skilled in good clinical examination. Very often there is not enough time to make elaborate technical tests. A good ...

8. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... (4%), eczema (37%), superficial fungal infections (30%), bacterial infections (58%), bites/stings (85%), and fish shocks (15%). On examination, actinic keratosis and cheilitis were present in 60% and 15%, ...

9. 10.11 Sexually transmitted diseases – STD’s
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... fever. Symptoms may also occur in the throat or in the rectum. Examination may show a reddened external urethral meatus.       Figure 10.11.1. Urethral discharge in Gonorrhea Symptomatic women ...

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

... techniques over time, and pre-employment medical examinations have become more apprehensive.  In a Danish study, overall mortality was increased among seafarers compared to the population ashore, and ...

11. 10.6 Burns
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... indication a specific examination should be performed.  Foreign bodies will be removed by irrigation. Penetrating injuries of the eyes require immediate ophthalmologic surgical treatment. In ...

12. 8.8 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/8. The Maritime Physician)

...  Minimum requirements for the medical examination of seafarers. ILO, 1997. (Accessed November 11th, 2009, at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/ilowho97/meden6.htm#Heading51.) ...

13. 15.9 Displaced People and Refugees at Sea
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... on shore. Have all individuals taken a hot shower with the skin and hair thoroughly scrubbed with an abrasive cloth, brush or sponge. Distribute overalls or other clean clothes. Perform medical examination ...

14. 10.8 Conditions related to Extreme Temperatures
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

10.8.1   Acclimatization Henrik L. Hansen The conditions caused by heat, may, as described in the section below, be serious and life-threatening. There are well-documented cases of fatal ...

15. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... certification of seafarers regulates this area to a limited extent only. Based on the medical examinations, seafarers with severe locomotor conditions are prevented from employment on a ship, or may be ...

16. 19.8 Research collaboration and research institutions for maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... exploitation. Services such as Radiomedical, training of seafarers in treatment on board, certification, and health examinations, or medical treatment may be provided by these research institutions, ...

17. 19.7 Presentation and publication of maritime medicine topics including journals devoted to maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... e.g. by permitting physical examination, laboratory studies or interviews, or whether studies of the environment such as of noise emission or slip resistance of flooring or footwear have been undertaken. ...

18. 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 ...

19. 4.5 International Maritime Health Association[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... closely with WHO, ILO, IMO and the national organizations and centres within maritime health. IMHA works together with IMO on new guidelines for conducting pre-sea and periodic medical examinations for ...

20. 4.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... of Work or Rest in both the IMO’s STCW Convention  and the ILO Convention Seafarers' Hours of Work and the Manning of Ships.    Table 4.3.3: Instruments concerning medical examination of seafarers ...