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International medical guide for ships : including the ship's medicine chest.
- Title
- International medical guide for ships : including the ship's medicine chest.
- Publication
- Geneva : World Health Organization, ©2007.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- World Health Organization.
- Description
- xix, 469 pages : illustrations
- Summary
- This publication shows designated first-aid providers how to diagnose, treat, and prevent the health problems of seafarers on board ship. This edition contains fully updated recommendations aimed to promote and protect the health of seafarers, and is consistent with the latest revisions of both the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the International Health Regulations.--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Medicine, Naval > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Wounds and injuries > Diagnosis > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Wounds and injuries > Treatment > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Diagnosis > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Emergency medicine > Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Medicine, Naval
- Diseases
- Wounds and injuries
- Naval Medicine
- Emergency Treatment
- Disease
- Wounds and Injuries
- Ships
- illness
- disease
- Wounds and injuries
- Diseases
- Diagnosis
- Emergency medicine
- Medicine, Naval
- Wounds and injuries > Diagnosis
- Wounds and injuries > Treatment
- Schifffahrtsmedizin > Ratgeber
- Genre/Form
- Handbooks and manuals
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- First aid -- Shock -- Pain management -- Head injuries -- Eye injuries and diseases -- Bone, joint and muscle injuries -- Abdominal and chest injuries -- Wounds -- Burns, chemical splashes, smoke inhalation, and electrocution -- Heat stroke and other heat disorders -- Poisoning -- Examination of the patient -- Paralysis, strange behaviour, unconsciousness -- Chest pain and other disorders of the heart and circulation -- Respiratory diseases -- Gastrointestinal and liver diseases -- Kidney and other urinary disorders -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Skin diseases -- Bone, joint, and muscle disorders -- Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use -- Infectious diseases -- Dental problems -- External assistance -- Nursing care and medical procedures -- Death at sea -- Medical care for survivors at sea -- Environmental control and hygiene -- Preventing disease and promoting health in seafarers -- Anatomy and physiology -- International health regulations -- The ship's medicine chest -- Annex A. Forms for case reporting, referral, and evacuation.
- ISBN
- 9789241547208
- 9241547200
- 9789240682313
- 9240682317
- 9789241547383
- 9241547383
- LCCN
- 2008447204
- OCLC
- ocn225912395
- 225912395
- SCSB-1484090
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library