Comparison of medical service systems at Syowa Station with other Antarctic stations: Medical staff, mortality and evacuation
In September of 1998,we sent questions about base medical systems to Antarctic wintering team doctors by facsimile and e-mail and we obtained information about 14 stations of 10 nations. Syowa has two doctors. Most other stations have one. Only one has paramedical workers. Many stations have an oper...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b916c4443ffd4c8192dc9d97353532c3 2023-05-15T14:01:48+02:00 Comparison of medical service systems at Syowa Station with other Antarctic stations: Medical staff, mortality and evacuation Giichiro Ohno Takahiro Miyata 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15094/00009114 https://doaj.org/article/b916c4443ffd4c8192dc9d97353532c3 EN JA eng jpn National Institute of Polar Research http://doi.org/10.15094/00009114 https://doaj.org/toc/0085-7289 https://doaj.org/toc/2432-079X doi:10.15094/00009114 0085-7289 2432-079X https://doaj.org/article/b916c4443ffd4c8192dc9d97353532c3 Antarctic Record, Vol 44, Iss 1, Pp 42-50 (2000) Geography (General) G1-922 article 2000 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15094/00009114 2022-12-31T05:38:09Z In September of 1998,we sent questions about base medical systems to Antarctic wintering team doctors by facsimile and e-mail and we obtained information about 14 stations of 10 nations. Syowa has two doctors. Most other stations have one. Only one has paramedical workers. Many stations have an operation room but only few operations have been done. There have been 76 deaths : 9% from disease, 72% from accidents and 19% from unknown causes. The major fatal disease was the heart attack, 73% of fatal accident involved airplanes and helicopters. The very low mortality of Syowa may be because effective personnel selection avoids severe disease and there are no severe accidents by intercontinental aircraft. The problem is how JARE can establish an indispensable air-evacuation system safely. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Syowa Station |
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In September of 1998,we sent questions about base medical systems to Antarctic wintering team doctors by facsimile and e-mail and we obtained information about 14 stations of 10 nations. Syowa has two doctors. Most other stations have one. Only one has paramedical workers. Many stations have an operation room but only few operations have been done. There have been 76 deaths : 9% from disease, 72% from accidents and 19% from unknown causes. The major fatal disease was the heart attack, 73% of fatal accident involved airplanes and helicopters. The very low mortality of Syowa may be because effective personnel selection avoids severe disease and there are no severe accidents by intercontinental aircraft. The problem is how JARE can establish an indispensable air-evacuation system safely. |
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Comparison of medical service systems at Syowa Station with other Antarctic stations: Medical staff, mortality and evacuation |
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Comparison of medical service systems at Syowa Station with other Antarctic stations: Medical staff, mortality and evacuation |
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Comparison of medical service systems at Syowa Station with other Antarctic stations: Medical staff, mortality and evacuation |
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