Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... certification of seafarers regulates this area to a limited extent only. Based on the medical examinations, seafarers with severe locomotor conditions are prevented from employment on a ship, or may be ...

2. 19.8 Research collaboration and research institutions for maritime medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... exploitation. Services such as Radiomedical, training of seafarers in treatment on board, certification, and health examinations, or medical treatment may be provided by these research institutions, ...

3. 19.4 Research methods
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/19. Research in Maritime Medicine)

... factor by matching them with regard to e.g. sex, age or social status. For diagnostic assessment, it is paramount that the applied tests (physical examinations, laboratory studies, questionnaire information ...

4. 4.5 International Maritime Health Association[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... closely with WHO, ILO, IMO and the national organizations and centres within maritime health. IMHA works together with IMO on new guidelines for conducting pre-sea and periodic medical examinations for ...

5. 4.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)[1]
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Fitness Examinations for Seafarers (1997). These guidelines meet the obligations in a series of conventions, regulations, recommendations and resolutions[4], as listed in ...

6. 4.2 International Labour Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... Safety in Health Ports, the ILO code of practice, among others. The Guidelines for Conducting Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Examinations of Seafarers is anchored in the ILO Conventions    4.2.4   ...

7. 4.1 World Health Organization
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

...    4.1.4   WHO - Guidelines for Conducting Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Examinations for Seafarers[7] In May 1993 the Joint ILO/WHO Committee on the Health of Seafarers concluded that an international ...

8. 4 Organizations of Importance to Maritime Medicine
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/4.Organisations of importance to Maritime Medicine)

... (MFAG) was developed in the same way, first published in 1982. Another example is the WHO/ILO/IMO International Guielines on Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Examinations of Seafarers from 1997,  currently ...

9. 10.9 Deaths on Board
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... examination at sea by paramedics. Although this chapter cannot and will not replace numerous studies on forensic post mortem examinations, fatalities on the high seas do have distinctive features that ...

10. 5.8 Pre-sea Medical Examinations
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

     5.8.1        1997 Guidelines for Conducting Pre-Sea and Periodic Medical Examinations of Seafarers and their anchoring in international treaties  The 1997 Guidelines for Conducting Pre-sea ...

11. 5.7 Training and Certification
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/5. International Conventions and Regulations of Importance to Maritime Medicine)

... pre-sea medical and periodic examinations of seafarers, although being very general in its approach. It also set up the standards for emergency medical training requirements for different groups of personnel ...

12. 7.6 Other Conditions with complex Fitness Decisions
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... liver dysfunction must be checked for, with examinations every other week. Even a rapid recovery from the disease leads to a period of limited ability to work for at least 4-5 months. Before getting back ...

13. 7.4 Frameworks for Seafarer Medical Examinations.
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... Pre-sea and Periodic Medical Fitness examinations.[ref] These give more detail on appropriate examination procedures, on appeal mechanisms and on vision and hearing requirements. They also include a list ...

14. 7.2 Rationale and Criteria for Selection in Relation to Duties, Voyages and Special Vessel Types
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/7. Health Requirements for Working at Sea and the Fitness Examination)

... performing medical examinations either because of a clinical report or as a result of concerns about performance while in training or while at sea. Mental ill-health can also adversely affect cognitive ...

15. 8 The Maritime Physician
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/8. The Maritime Physician)

... Human samples collected (body parts or fluids) must also be managed in order to ensure confidentiality (6). During their periodic medical examinations to assess health status and fitness at sea, seafarers ...

16. 18 Welfare on Board
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/18. Welfare on Board)

... Psychol Rep. 1998 Oct; 83(2):708-10 5. Schnall PL, Landsbergis PA. Job Strain and Cardiovascular Disease. Ann. Rev. Public Health 1994, 15:381-411 6. Hansen HL. Health examinations of seafarers-whose ...

17. 10.1 Cardiovacular Diseases
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... test for nautical fitness a higher coronary risk of the seafarers can be assumed (10). The application of such CVD-risk scores can be easily implemented in the fitness examinations for nautical service ...

18. 6.10 Fishing and catching
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/6. The Sea as a Working Place)

... of work at sea, particularly insulin-dependent diabetes, angina of the chest, and depression), probably because the pre-employment health programs and periodic medical examinations are administered principally ...

19. 6.9 Leave, Shore Leave during Voyage - Problems
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/6. The Sea as a Working Place)

... that crew members receive safe travel advice at meetings and at medical check-ups or periodic medical examinations. Different approaches may be used to inform and motivate seafarers to prepare for their ...

20. 12.4 The Ship Doctor(s)
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/12. Cruise Medicine)

... accidents on board or during company-promoted shore excursions is usually free, as are examinations to rule out - and treatment for – gastroenteritis. Legal Aspects On most ships the doctor is still ...