International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations
In October, 2005, we sent several questions to foreign Antarctic wintering-over stations by e-mail, and made an international comparative study of winter medical services at 18 stations of 13 nations. The number of wintering members at the stations that we investigated was 4-37 persons, and the aver...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:35022c913b1f4615b1794a1b3551e4d5 2023-05-15T13:33:26+02:00 International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations Yasuhisa Hasegawa Kentaro Watanabe 2007-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15094/00009413 https://doaj.org/article/35022c913b1f4615b1794a1b3551e4d5 EN JA eng jpn National Institute of Polar Research http://doi.org/10.15094/00009413 https://doaj.org/toc/0085-7289 https://doaj.org/toc/2432-079X doi:10.15094/00009413 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/35022c913b1f4615b1794a1b3551e4d5 Antarctic Record, Vol 51, Iss 3, Pp 251-257 (2007) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2007 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15094/00009413 2022-12-30T20:50:05Z In October, 2005, we sent several questions to foreign Antarctic wintering-over stations by e-mail, and made an international comparative study of winter medical services at 18 stations of 13 nations. The number of wintering members at the stations that we investigated was 4-37 persons, and the average age was 36.4 years old. Syowa Station had two medical doctors, and the others had one each. There were 4 female doctors, 22% of all wintering-over doctors. About 60% stations had medical facilities for operations under general-anesthesia. In the past, 32 operations including 14 appendectomies have been performed at 9 stations. There have been 18 deaths at 9 stations. Most were accidental deaths, 2 were caused by acute myocardial infarction. At 11 stations, there were 21 medical evacuations in summer, and 2 in winter, including 11 cases of orthopedic disease and 3 of acute appendicitis. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Syowa Station |
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In October, 2005, we sent several questions to foreign Antarctic wintering-over stations by e-mail, and made an international comparative study of winter medical services at 18 stations of 13 nations. The number of wintering members at the stations that we investigated was 4-37 persons, and the average age was 36.4 years old. Syowa Station had two medical doctors, and the others had one each. There were 4 female doctors, 22% of all wintering-over doctors. About 60% stations had medical facilities for operations under general-anesthesia. In the past, 32 operations including 14 appendectomies have been performed at 9 stations. There have been 18 deaths at 9 stations. Most were accidental deaths, 2 were caused by acute myocardial infarction. At 11 stations, there were 21 medical evacuations in summer, and 2 in winter, including 11 cases of orthopedic disease and 3 of acute appendicitis. |
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International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations |
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International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations |
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International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations |
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International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations |
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International comparative study of medical service at Antarctic wintering-over stations |
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international comparative study of medical service at antarctic wintering-over stations |
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