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

... Wiley-Blackwell. 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 ...

5. 19.6 Ethical concerns and research standards in maritime medicine
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  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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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, ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. 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 ...

12. 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 10.9 Deaths on Board
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/10. Medical Challenges on Board)

... L 113, April 30th, 1992, p 19) Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1995 www.sarrrah.de, Version from January 07th, 2009 Tröndle H, Fischer T (eds.): Strafgesetzbuch ...

16. 9.3. Legal Aspects for the Foundation of TMAS
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... convention called Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC). This convention should include a modernized management strategy in order to provide a more universal acceptance to its standards. As formats articles, ...

17. 9.2 A stepwise Approach towards improving onboard Medical Care
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/9. Systems for Handling Medical Conditions on Board.)

... phase starts by fulfilling the relevant standards and obligations to provide medical care on board in all circumstances. The responsibility of this phase is primarily in the hands of ship-owners and authorities, ...

18. 14.5 P&I Clubs. Insurance
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... of crewmembers, standards of housekeeping, condition of personal safety equipment, condition of fire fighting equipment, condition of life boats and rafts, ... Furthermore a P&I Club inspection is aiming ...

19. 14.3 Classification Societies
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... has been replaced. Classification Societies today have drawn up sets of technical requirement (rules and codes) on how ships have to be designed and built to meet minimal standards of technical quality. ...

20. 14.2 Flag State Control
(Textbook of Maritime Medicine/14. Ship Control)

... Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch keeping for Seafarers (STCW 78/95), the Convention on International Regulations ...