Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. Re: 9.7 Evacuation for Medical reasons at sea (Medevac)
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... the hospital ship "Esperanza del Mar", as I stated, but also a second vessel, the "Juan de la Cosa". http://www.seg-social.es/Internet_6/Trabajadores/Trabajadoresdelmar/SanidadMaritima/MedicAsistISM/BuqueAsistMedic/index.htm How ...

2. Medevac outside territorial waters
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... near-loss of vision. The vessel had left Singapore 8 hours previously and was now about 150 nm out at sea, in Indonesian waters. Both the vessels's captain and myself agreed that the best chances of ...

3. Re:9.14 Floating hospitals
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Dear colleague Seidenstuecker, I entirely agree with your point of some naval vessels being able and certainly willing to render advanced medical help if needed. The practical point of course is how ...

4. Re:9.6.2 Services around the world
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... it is really worth while. We may assume that all shipping companies individually will have given instructions to their crew as to which RMAS to use, the choice usually being evidently the one of the vessel's ...

5. Re:9.6.2 Services around the world
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... it is really worth while. We may assume that all shipping companies individually will have given instructions to their crew as to which RMAS to use, the choice usually being evidently the one of the vessel's ...

6. 13.13 Patient Management
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

...  Waiting time Waiting time should be short in relation to the pathology or the schedule of the vessel. Intake Always take the cultural background of the seafarer into account. For some it is impolite ...

7. 13.18 Medical Reports
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... records should contain: Name and First name Date of Birth Nationality Gender Rank on board Identification of the Vessel Name of the ship Type of ship Information of the voyage: trading area, cargo, ...

8. 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 ...

9. 13 Port Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/13. Port Medicine)

... care. On a large, slow vessel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a seaman may be several days away from qualified medical services. Health care on board may be organized with fully equipped hospitals, ...

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

... training and exposure towards heavy weather. In severe weather conditions all hands of small vessel crews are needed, however a significant proportion may simply not be able to leave their bunks due to ...

11. 10.12 Diseases and Injuries of the Eyes
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... may turn “red”, indicating an abnormal filling of the superficial conjunctival or deeper scleral vessels. This may be caused by an internal inflammation due to bacteria or virus deriving from the general ...

12. 10.3 Disorders of the Skin
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... vessels, nerves, sebaceous glands and sweat glands. The hypodermis consists mainly of fat and is separated from the underlying muscles by a tough fascia (Figure 10.3.1). Each of the three layers is subject ...

13. 10.11 Sexually transmitted diseases – STD’s
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... economically favored countries contract STD less often than seafarers from countries where they are better paid [5]. While this may apply to current circumstances in vessels belonging to the fleet from ...

14. 11.5 Ship noise and its effects on seafarers’ health
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/11. Maritime occupational Medicine)

... generally between 60 and 75 dB(A). Technological progress has ensured that on passenger ships, particularly cruise ships, cabin noise levels are around 40 dB(A). Fishing vessels are generally ...

15. 10.10 Gastrointestinal Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... from government agencies and insurance companies, reports from Tele-Medical Advice Services (TMAS), and studies on passenger vessels by cruise doctors. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

16. 1 Preface
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/1. Preface)

... vessel or work boat and the huge container ship or cruise liner are hugely different, but still the framework outlined above is relevant to seafarers on all of them. Living aboard can also pose strains ...

17. 15.8 Distress and Abandoning Ship
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/15. Shipwreck and Survival at Sea)

... struck or ensnared by some part of the superstructure as the ship capsizes, or being hit from below by the release of some buoyant object coming up from the sunken vessel. Risk is reduced in distance from ...

18. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... examples being chronic low back problems after shoveling ice in a fishing vessel for an extended period of time or an epicondylitis after intensively scraping of rust or painting on board. Other disorders ...

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

... the vessel a few nautical miles away from the shore. The same author conducted a clinical controlled study on scorbut documenting the preventive effect of lemon juice. These observations could be made ...

20. 4.17 National Organizations with International Impact
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... all over the world. The Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assists the cruise ship industry to prevent and control the introduction, transmission, and ...