Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. Re:9.14 Floating hospitals
(Forum/Feedback)

... medical facilities is in the vicinity of the vessel to provide help to the patient. These may be naval vessels under various flags, passenger cruise liners, floating hospitals etc." LV ...

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

    Seasickness is a common phenomenon on board of seagoing ships, and it may affect a significant percentage of crew and passengers, particularly in heavy weather and when sailing in high seas. ...

3. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... architecture. The principle of electrification has already been adopted in civil shipbuilding, particularly of passenger ships, because of the increased comfort it provides: low noise levels, no vibration. ...

4. 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 ...

5. 4.9 .International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Shipping Federation (ISF)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... operators, passenger ship operators and container liner trades, including shipowners and third party ship managers. It has consultative status with a number of intergovernmental bodies which have an ...

6. 10.9 Deaths on Board
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... aboard merchant ships (shipmaster, medical officer [7]) in the distinctive maritime medical features of adequate fatality management on board. There is a growing tendency for passengers to also be taken ...

7. 16.7 Improving security of merchant ships
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... it makes pirates desist from their attempt. This system has already been installed in passenger ships and warships since 2003. [7] A company in the United Kingdom, the Anglo Marine Overseas Services, ...

8. 16.3 Pirates today and their Modus Operandi
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... a military or politic background Unlike the frequent acts of piracy, maritime terrorist attacks are clearly much less usual. Perhaps the most famous event has been the terrorist attack of the passenger ...

9. 16.2 The Problem derived from the Lack of Law Standardization regarding the Concept of Piracy
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... according to this article, as it has to be carried out “by the crew or the passengers of a private ship”. The IMO adopts the same definition of piracy as Art. 101 in the UNCLOS Convention  both in its ...

10. 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... may be transported to a vessel offering more advanced medical care. Naval vessels, passenger cruise vessels and hospital ships are some examples of ships that will offer help in case of medical emergencies, ...

11. 9.1 Factors Influencing onboard Medical Care
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

   The level of onboard medical care on a ship varies widely. Many factors influence the level of medical care administered to seafarers and passengers. Obviously, there is a different level ...

12. 14.5 P&I Clubs. Insurance
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... The introduction of statutory liability for loss of life and injury to passengers gave rise to a new liability which was covered by the establishment of "indemnity" mutuals. Liability for cargo could ...

13. 14 Ship Control
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... and tankers above a certain age and for passenger ships. With regard to complaints received from masters or crew members the port State control authority receiving such complaint has the obligation not ...

14. 3.3 Regulation and international agreements
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/3. The Shipping Industry)

... societies cover more than 90 per cent of the cargo and passenger fleet. List of vessel classed by the IACS members are updated every week and may be downloaded from http://www.iacs.org.uk/shipdata/data.aspx?pageid=3§ionid=1 ...

15. 3.1 Seaborne transport
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/3. The Shipping Industry)

...      Whereas shipping dominates world international cargo transport, passenger transport has met strong competition from air transport.  Consequently, intercontinental passenger lines ceased ...

16. 7.8 General Remarks of Vaccination/Immunization in the Maritime Environment
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... for certain        diseases or contact with a large number of persons on board passenger ships including        children and elderly persons)    -  availability of medical and hygienic preventative ...

17. 7.6 Other Conditions with complex Fitness Decisions
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... it can be assumed that the occupational exposure risks of HIV infection at sea are slight and limited to the treatment of injuries and procedures undertaken by the health care staff on passenger vessels. ...

18. 7.4 Frameworks for Seafarer Medical Examinations
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... ship crew members not because of personal risk but because of company liability in the event of any passenger claiming that they were infected through having sex with a crew member.. A less extreme but ...

19. 7.2 Rationale and Criteria for Selection in Relation to Duties, Voyages and Special Vessel Types
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... with adverse weather conditions is important. On smaller commercial charted yachts there may only be one commercially qualified yacht master, with the other crew members being effectively paying passengers ...

20. 7.1 Requirements for Work at Sea
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... members are not uniform. On larger vessels they are differentiated by deck, engineering and catering departments. Passenger vessels may in addition carry a wide range of customer service staff. As the ...