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. 13.4 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 ...

3. 13.2 Social Aspects
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... decisions taken or the consequences of the medical visit, because of his responsibility for the safety of the vessel and the crew. Therefore, confidentiality of medical diagnosis often is not given. The ...

4. 17 Crisis Intervention
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/17. Crisis intervention)

... loose their conviction of safety and security, and they may lose their confidence in the future and their belief in the predictability in the world. Continuance of the trauma: short events vs. ongoing ...

5. 10.13 Seasickness (Motion sickness)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... technical and procedural consequences, in particular relating to the safety of navigation. In today´s shipping crew headcount is decreased to the minimum required and the (functional) loss of a significant ...

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

... trawlers have covered fishing decks, which provide greater safety and comfort than outside work, but which increase noise levels as they act as resonance chambers.   Some authors (7) have measured ...

7. 8.8 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/8. The Maritime Physician)

... – médecins – juristes. Editions Eska Paris France 2005 ISBN 2-7472-0640-8. 884 p. Ladas P, Giatagatzidis P, Anogianakis G, Maglavera S. Medical liability, safety and confidentiality in maritime telemedicine--the ...

8. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... has just started. Tentatively, a definition of maritime medicine could be “any medical activity related to questions concerning the employment, working conditions, living conditions, health and safety ...

9. 15.9 Displaced People and Refugees at Sea
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... Any persons requiring timely special medical assistance, whether seriously ill, injured, minors or disabled, must receive it.   However, everything done must be consistent with maintaining the safety ...

10. 15.8 Distress and Abandoning Ship
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... with inherent buoyancy in the ship doctor’s cabin together with his lifejacket. It should be easy to carry and capable of securing to the lifejacket or person, because for personal safety both hands are ...

11. 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 ...

12. 19.8 Research collaboration and research institutions for maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... medicine, port health, or transport medical issues as a whole. Others keep a more narrow scope limited to cater for maritime health and safety in the merchant fleet, fisheries and offshore oil and gas ...

13. 19.7 Presentation and publication of maritime medicine topics including journals devoted to maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... contribute to cognition and have consequences for the level of knowledge and practice with regard to health and safety. The outcome of good research should be made available to the scientific community ...

14. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... and safety and they may have counteracted existing ones. Self-assessment of personal risk factors and the ability to take action to address these have been shown to be effective ways to shift control ...

15. 19.2 Scientific literature in maritime medicine and research methodology
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... with a broader scope, such as occupational health and safety, e.g. the websites of NIOSH at the Centers of Disease Control in U.S.A (http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/), HSE in Britain (http://www.hse.gov.uk/) ...

16. 19.1 Science and research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... including the maritime settings, be it in terms of economic prosperity, sustainable development, or quality of life including health and safety - to mention the most important areas. 19.1.1   The research ...

17. 19 Research in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... why it may be better than an alternative intervention. Most importantly, we would like to see an impact of our endeavors on the health and safety of seafarers. These ambitions require that our observations ...

18. 4.15 Other International Organizations that influence Shipping Industry and Trade.
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

There are several other organizations which are active on the international shipping arena,and which might influence processes, regulations and standards of importance to ship safetyand seafarers’ health ...

19. 4.13 PARIS MOU[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... international standards of safety, security and environment, and that crew members have adequate living and working conditions. When the Maritime Labour Convention (2006) of the ILO enters into force, ...

20. 4.11 Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... electronic technology to the safety of life and efficient conduct of vessels at sea; to foster relations between all organizations concerned with electronic aids to marine navigation, communications and ...