Textbook of Maritime Medicine

1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

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. 10.3 Disorders of the skin
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... The skin is an organ in itself and consists of 3 layers: The epidermis is a thin keratin layer of dead cells. The dermis contains blood and lymphatic vessels, nerves, sebaceous glands and sweat glands. ...

6. 10.2 Soft tissue and joint diseases
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... 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 ...

7. 19 Research in maritime medicine
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... 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 ...

8. 4.17 National Organizations with International Impact
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... 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 ...

9. 4.16 The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control - ECDC
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... 2005, and its headquarter is in Stockholm, Sweden.The organization may be regarded as a counterpart to the American CDC, and will apply the same Vessel Sanitation Program to EU ports as the CDC does in ...

10. 4.11 Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM)
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... 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 ...

11. 4.7 European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
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... and; the establishment of a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system. The headquarters are in Lisboa, Portugal, and by 2009 it has over 200 staff members. After being internally reorganized ...

12. 4.5 International Maritime Health Association[1]
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... industry: Guidance to the International Medical Guide for Ships 3rd edition: Interim advice regarding the best use of the medical chest for ocean-going merchant vessels without a doctor onboard and advice ...

13. 10.9 Deaths on Board
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    10.9.1   Signs of death Fatalities on board ocean-going vessels present unique challenges to the crew. Although these events are not part of the shipboard routine, they must nevertheless ...

14. 16.6 International response
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... Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) in the Gulf of Aden to serve as a dedicated, more secure transit zone for merchant vessels with the goal of lowering the success rate of Somali pirates in the Gulf ...

15. 16.4 Factors behind the Acts of Piracy and armed Robbery
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... by a large merchant vessel sunk in its narrow sea-lanes. This would mean that vessels would have to move to the south of Indonesia, increasing sailing times by as much as three days[1]. Insurers would ...

16. 16.8 Conclusions
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... ransom for the vessel and the kidnapped crew. Taking into account that there are incidents where there has been a serious risk of provoking a human and environmental catastrophe, especially when as a ...

17. 16.7 Improving security of merchant ships
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... lawsuits. Since many ports restrict vessels from having weapons on board, commercial ships that often make calls at multiple ports along their operating routes could find it difficult to operate along ...

18. 16.5 The Somalia-Horn of Africa region
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... as an alternative livelihood or as a retribution for illegal international activities in Somali waters because they believe that they have every right and entitlement to attack illegal fishing vessels ...

19. 16.3 Pirates today and their Modus Operandi
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... French tanker, MV Limburg off the coast of Yemen in 2002, both carried out by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Hijacking a ship and demanding ransom for the vessel and the kidnapped crew Pirates operate ...

20. 16.2 The Problem derived from the Lack of Law Standardization regarding the Concept of Piracy
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... piracy at sea. However, the national law plays an important supplementary part in the fight against piracy, for it is the only statutory basis for vessels which have been attacked and which only ...