Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 7.4 Frameworks for Seafarer Medical Examinations
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2. Re: Offshore Health - Terminology
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... encompass all medical activities on oil installations including occupational health - i.e. preventive medicine -, health promotion, health care, and even public health (in Norway the responsible for health ...

3. 5.8 Pre-sea Medical Examinations
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4. Re: 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
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Dear Lucas Thanks again. I will try to write in the new information. Then you may have a look and tell me if you are satisfied.If you could re-send the pictures, it would be fine. Kind regards Aksel

5. Re: 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
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Dear Lucas Thank you very much for this! I'll do my best to correct Regards Aksel

6. Re: 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
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Dear Aksel, Alf Magne, Hope you are all keeping wel. I came accross some information the other day that i'd like to add to "my" chapter 9.7 The spanish department of social security runs not only ...

7. 9 Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board
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8. Re: Communication problems and Radiomedico
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Dear Ana Paula Except for cruise ships, few ships have telephone in the sick bay. Most of the communication with Radio Medico is made from the bridge. In the recommendations for ship's medical facilitis ...

9. Communication problems and Radiomedico
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... hospital? Or does the majority of ships still have to communicate from the bridge when talking/listening to radiomedico? - from the point of view of a deck officer/master or of medical staff ashore: ...

10. Medevac outside territorial waters
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I was involved in a Radio-medical case this week in which a man needed to be evacuated because of a severe blunt trauma to the eye which had resulted in hyphema (blood in the anterior chamber) and sudden ...

11. Re:9.12 Medical facilities along the coastlines of
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" the following entities" refers to the paragraphs following immediately. I agree that this may be confusing. We will edit this sentence accordingly. LV

12. Re:9.14 Floating hospitals
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Dear colleague Seidenstuecker, I entirely agree with your point of some naval vessels being able and certainly willing to render advanced medical help if needed. The practical point of course is how ...

13. Re:3.1 Definitions
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... returned from the sea, the handling of cargo, the telemedical assistance service, the port health care, health promotion, and of course: the whole area of both naval and nautcial medicine. These descriptions ...

14. 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
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Dear editors, "Oh! to see one's name in print..." (Shakespeare) One remark: Bas Rikken was the main editor of this section, and I ceded my second authorship to Monica Puskeppeleit. Can you therefore ...

15. 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
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16. 9.14 Floating hospitals
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To sustain an increasing number of 'out of area'operations most Navies recently have implemented medical standards for their ships operating far from their estuary waters. Thus most Navy ships will carry ...

17. 9.12 Medical facilities along the coastlines of the world
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What are 'the following entities'??

18. 9.12 Medical facilities along the coastlines of the world
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19. 8.2 Health problems. Education
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... education would offer what you would not find in medical schools or the usual institutions for postgraduate medical training. ...

20. 8.1 The role of the maritime physician
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Physicians with maritime medical experience or better: education will not only be required on board of ships (or other platforms at sea). You will need such specialists at port health facilities as well ...