Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 13.5 Maritime Knowledge of the Port Maritime Physician
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... strain of watch systems, feel the physical strain of some work on board and the monotony in other tasks. The elements that build stress on board, the short passages between ports, the numerous tasks to ...

2. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... and in their behaviour. These physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural changes after a traumatic event are called traumatic reactions.  Acute Stress Reaction is the diagnosis which is used by WHO ...

3. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... seasickness is treacherous when seriously impacting on the mental and physical performance of professionals or when progressing into a crisis after sustained vomiting and fluid loss. This may imply social, ...

4. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... to dry and irritated skin. Other irritative effects may be thermal, actinic or physical, e.g. by persistent friction on the skin. Dry irritated skin may also be induced by exposure to chemicals in powder ...

5. 10.11 Sexually transmitted diseases – STD’s
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

...  Physical examination reveals a painless, "beefy-red ulcer" with a characteristic rolled edge of granulation tissue and mostly there are no swollen inguinal lymph nodes. The demonstration of Donovan ...

6. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... of low intensity (generally from 60 dB), by introducing a subjective dimension, can cause psychological harm and other problems (a stress reaction) which are not directly or solely linked to the physical ...

7. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... essential to its effective operation. Some tasks require particular capabilities, such as good vision for lookouts and a low risk of sudden incapacitation for lone watch keeping. Physical fitness is needed ...

8. 15.8 Distress and Abandoning Ship
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... fluid; turtle blood.     Food   Death from starvation takes 40 to 60 days. Food is usually not the leading problem in survival at sea.   If sufficient hydrated physical and mental capabilities ...

9. 15.5 Drowning at Surface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

  Investigations of immersion accidents within the accepted “safe” boundaries of survival in cold waters have shown that hypothermia is not the main cause. Impairment of physical abilities and mental ...

10. 15.4 Sea-Survival: General Physiological Remarks
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... Ratio of body mass to surface area. -        Mental state and coping strategies. -        Physical fitness and compromising health ...

11. 15.2 Lifejackets and Flotation Devices
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... Back on surface it must ensure a high freeboard with a maximum of oro-nasal clearance for prevention of surface-drowning in cold water or if the survivor is impaired by bad physical conditions. A stable ...

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

... to increasingly higher temperatures. The same effect can be achieved by physical training. One should also get used to a high fluid intake. An intake of 3 to 5 litres per 24 hours is needed when working ...

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

... considerations with regard to the body structures loaded by a given physical exposure may naturally lead to a particularly detailed study of precisely these structures at the physical examination. Similarly, ...

14. 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. ...

15. 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 ...

16. 4.7 European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... safety and health requirements for work on board fishing vessels[5] and on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents ...

17. 4.2 International Labour Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... ISS contributes to physically and mentally fit seafarers, improve their health, and contributes to a safer ship.     [1] http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/lang--en/index.htm [2] ...

18. 10.9 Deaths on Board
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... Nysten’s law can occur after hard physical labour, e.g. aboard ocean-going ships: the so-called “runner type” rigor mortis starts in the lower extremities due to muscle glycogen depletion. More precise ...

19. 16.3 Pirates today and their Modus Operandi
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... were left physically and mentally shocked due to the hard experienced suffered. From this act of piracy we can infer not only a great degree of organization, but also of impunity of the attack, corroborated ...

20. 16.1 Introduction
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/16. Piracy at Sea)

... the terms security (protection against crime, which is mostly used for measures preventing attacks, sabotage or theft through passive and active measures) and safety (protection against physical and occupational ...