Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 9.14 Floating hospitals
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To sustain an increasing number of 'out of area'operations most Navies recently have implemented medical standards for their ships operating far from their estuary waters. Thus most Navy ships will carry ...

2. 7 Introduction
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The need of discussing this field is obvious. Many nations have not developed their own standards and regulations, relying only on the international guidelines of 1997 from WHO, ILO and IMO, which are ...

3. Correction of vision
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Why should not normal corrected vision be accepted even if uncorrected vision is below present standards? [USER POSTED IMAGE] ...

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

... knowledge of which kind of test may give the most useful information is essential. Standards of treatment can be used in most cases. In a maritime environment however, a medical decision will always have ...

5. 10.10 Gastrointestinal Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... cruise ships’ rapid movement from one port to another, where there may be differences in the sanitation standards and exposure risks, can introduce sightseeing and embarking passengers and crew to communicable ...

6. 8.8 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/8. The Maritime Physician)

...  International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers. Seafarers' Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW 95) Code. 1995. (Accessed November 11th, 2009, ...

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

... and safety on the seas of the world. There is now a framework of international conventions which form the basis for common global standards of safety and, to an extent, for maritime health provision. Health ...

8. 15.4 Sea-Survival: General Physiological Remarks
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... or even if a lifejacket has been donned slacking, drowning death cannot be prevented.   Swimming failure is the precise reason why standards of wearing lifejackets must not be neglected when operating ...

9. 15.3 Immersion Suits
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... immersion suit standards, the offshore oil industry demands for better quality and international military-commercial developments, such as submarine escape and immersion suits with surface survival times ...

10. 19.9 References
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

...  3. Malterud, K., Qualitative research: standards, challenges, and guidelines. Lancet, 2001. 358(9280): p. 483-8. 4. Jensen, O.C., et al., Incidence of self-reported non-fatal occupational injuries ...

11. 19.6 Ethical concerns and research standards in maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

  The ethical values are common to research whether quantitative or qualitative. The ethical virtues of research may often be followed from pragmatic reasons. E.g. doors may be closed in the future ...

12. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... The fishing options may have been altered by weather conditions. The route or the nature of the transported goods has changed. New regulations have induced new standards with regard to occupational health ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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, ...

15. 4.10 International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... safety information (MSI) broadcasts general communications aeronautical safety AMS(R)S services through compliance with the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) established by the ...

16. 4.9 .International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and International Shipping Federation (ISF)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Transport Workers' Federation (ITF). The regulation of labour standards, and of medical or professional standards applying to seafarers, forms a key part of its work. Another important field o finterest ...

17. 4.8 International Association of Classification Societies[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... societies cover more than 90% of the world’s fleet, concerning design, construction and compliance with rules and standards through-out the ship’s life. Maritime health is an integral part of those issues ...

18. 4.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Co-operation, Administrative and Conference.   4.3.2   IMO Conventions [3] Acknowledging the international character of shipping and the need of international regulation standards which can be adopted ...

19. 4.2 International Labour Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... is responsible for a number of international standards and conventions, dealing with working and living conditions for seafarers, most of them replaced by or summed up in the new Maritime Labour Convention ...

20. 4.1 World Health Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... authority for health within the UN system, taking responsibility for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulation evidence-based ...