Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 13.13 Patient Management
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... are working hypotheses. It is essential and sometimes enough to advise the patient about his capacities and risks with the safety of the ship as important reference. Explanation As in every consultation ...

2. 13.14 Cooperation with Port Health Authorities
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... health risks. If the port medical doctor suspects a disease that may be caused by unsanitary conditions on board he may contact the port health authority for follow up. This may also include conditions ...

3. 13.18 Medical Reports
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

  13.18.1. Information for the captain Information in the report should allow the captain to judge the condition in a way that he can evaluate the risk of keeping a patient on board and ...

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

... risk management; how to modify work activities and monitoring trends in health are subjects that a port physician should be familiar with. Knowledge of so called tropical pathology, expanded to all kinds ...

5. 13.9 Preventive Services
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... health counselling which covers a broader scope of known health risks such as stress reduction, smoking cessation, nutrition beside communicable disease control. Ideally, the port clinic may offer information, ...

6. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... traumatizing event (5). Seafaring poses to the seamen a great deal of risks of experiencing such events onboard ships: fire severe accidents with death or serious injuries of other seamen massive ...

7. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... seasickness. The additional strain put on the remaining active crew puts them at risk of getting tired which in turn renders them more susceptible to seasickness. Apart from these navigational and safety ...

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

... to external exposures in all individuals. Atopic subjects not only have an increased risk of developing airways allergy but they are also particularly prone to irritant contact dermatitis. In turn, they ...

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

... increasing the seafarer’s risk. Evidently, the seafarer is mostly more likely to contract a STD on land and in a port, which is not his own. Furthermore, in certain ports the limited possibilities for ...

10. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... most relevant audiometry finding in relation to risks to hearing is the equivalent continuous level (Leq) to which the crew members are subjected during one day and during one trip. Data recorded in situ ...

11. 10.10 Gastrointestinal Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... is a high overall relative risk of all cancers associated with tobacco smoking and alcohol [5-7].  Morbidity studies show that diseases of the digestive system are second only to accidents - and gastritis ...

12. 10.6 Burns
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... Areas of risk and mechanics of thermal trauma Aboard a ship two areas are especially susceptible:  engine room and galley. Over a period of 5 years Germany’s Seaman’s Health Insurance recorded 43 ...

13. 8.8 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/8. The Maritime Physician)

... LJ. Legal risks of telemedicine. Med Econ. 2003 ; 80 (1) : 101. Ranson D. Telemedicine and the law. J Law Med. 2007 ; 15 (3) : 356-9. Rogier A. La responsabilité médicale : la référence pour les hôpitaux ...

14. 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 ...

15. 15.10 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... 2006: 226-229. Tikuisis P, Daanen H. Body cooling, modelling and risk assessment. In: Bierens JJLM (ed.): Handbook on drowning. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2006: 490-493. Tipton M, Ducharme ...

16. 15.8 Distress and Abandoning Ship
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... to the ship, its size and rate of sinking. The risk is much reduced if one is wearing a lifejacket.   A more realistic hazard, whether in the water or in a boat or raft, is the possibility of being ...

17. 15.4 Sea-Survival: General Physiological Remarks
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... the core temperature almost unaffected. Early swimming failure is related to ineffective swimming due to mismatch of severe hyperventilation and swim strokes. This increases the risk of water aspiration ...

18. 10.8 Conditions related to Extreme Temperatures
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... need up to a couple of weeks. It is therefore a special risk factor if crew members are flown from a temperate climate into a very hot area and start to work right away. The aim of the acclimatisation ...

19. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... of accidents or from age-related degenerative conditions that may restrict them from certain functions on board. Some of these conditions may be work-related, i.e. actually caused by a risk factor on board, ...

20. 19.9 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... F. and S. Grõn, Making sense of fishermen's risk perception. Policies and Practice in Health and Safety, 2010. 15. Gould, K.S., et al., Effects of navigation method on workload and performance in simulated ...