Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. Re: Offshore Health - Terminology
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Thanks for your cooperation, because I'm being a pioneer in Brazil in the use of this term to define this particular sector. their considerations will be of great value to me and other health professionals. Kindest ...

2. Offshore Health - Terminology
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... professionals are being inserted into the maritime industrial activity to assist possible cases of illnesses and work accidents. I have used the term “OFFSHORE HEALTH”in my speech, in order to identify ...

3. Re:3.1 Definitions
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... professional field. When in 1990 we founded the German Society of Maritime (!) Medicine, we chose 'Maritime' to include all subareas of medicine tied to any kind of waterways with the intent to include ...

4. 13.4 Medical Skills of the Port Maritime Physician
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... safety of the ship. When the professional circumstances of the patient are of such importance in the medical decision it is obvious that an occupational medical training is almost a condition for a good ...

5. 13.|12 Research in Port Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... topics of the health of seafarers and to publish data. Ideally port maritime physician are to join a professional association which deals with issues of maritime medicine to familiarize themselves with ...

6. 13.2 Social Aspects
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... employer and the superior will be aware of the diagnosis. Confronted with a medical request by a crewmember a captain will seek advice of a medical professional either by radio medical contact or in the ...

7. 13 Port Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... get the headlines of the news but they are exceptions and the range of a helicopter is limited indeed. Many seafarers remain on board worried and afraid, longing to get professional assistance as soon ...

8. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... for the Recovery Group information about professional help; for the Switcher Group additional psychological aftercare; and for the Switcher Group and the High Risk Group psychotraumatological diagnostic ...

9. 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, ...

10. Editorial board
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... were asked to contribute to the task. The following professionals agreed to serve as members of an editorial board:   Tim Carter, Great Britain Klaus Seidenstücker, Germany Luisa Canals, ...

11. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... of an old problem. Clin.Exp.Dermatol., 2005. 30(6): p. 622-626. 8.         Clin, B., et al., Professional photosensitive eczema of fishermen by contact with bryozoans: disabling occupational dermatosis. ...

12. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... have infections that can be readily passed from person to person. An ill seafarer or one who is injured at sea does not have ready access to professional health care. Hence there must be medical equipment ...

13. 15.2 Lifejackets and Flotation Devices
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

  Lifejackets are usually used by professional seafarers whereas flotation devices have their domain in recreational use. Both groups of individual rescue devices share many of the same features. The ...

14. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... related to working conditons among Swedish professional fishermen. Applied Ergonomics, 1988. 19(3): p. 191-201. 4.  Lipscomb, H.J., et al., Musculoskeletal symptoms among commercial fishers ...

15. 19.6 Ethical concerns and research standards in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... When it comes to occupational health, the situation is even more demanding because stronger commercial interests may intervene. The occupational health professional should realize this and react accordingly. ...

16. 19.3 Financing research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... and relevance of the research question, and to the presence of professional resources for implementation. A further precondition is that the sponsor has positive expectations with regard to a responsible ...

17. 19.2 Scientific literature in maritime medicine and research methodology
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... on the maritime setting with their main readers being professionals of the trade such as mates and captains. These journals include The International Maritime Human Element Bulletin and the WMU Journal ...

18. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... of the personal or social characteristics of the researcher such as e.g. ethnicity, nationality, professional training or political stand. What is crucial is the quality and originality of the research ...

19. Website Disclaimer Notice
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... to constitute professional advice or a formal recommendation and we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the content and use of this site. In no event will the Norwegian Centre for ...

20. 4.13 PARIS MOU[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Performance Table, all based on the important principles of Paris MOU: Integrity, Professionalism and Transparency.   [1] http://www.parismou.org/  ...