The provision of health care in remote hostile environments.

• Main Author: Brebner, John Alexander
• Other Authors: Norman, J.N., Wilcock, Sylvia
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Health care; Hostile environments; Remote environments; Offshore workers; Antarctic; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2192; https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/file/248885/1/BREBNER%201990%20The%20provision%20of%20health%20care%20in%20remote

The health care of those who work in remote places associated with hostile environments is reviewed, concentrating on the offshore oil industry and Antarctic populations. An understanding of associated environmental hazards is essential for adequate health care and particular attention is paid to the hyperbaric environment and to environmental heat and cold. The basic medical problems in remote health care are evaluated in three related studies. The first examines 2,162 personnel who required medical evacuations from the offshore structures of four North Sea operating companies, the second with 5,894 presentations from offshore at the A&E department of Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, while the third examines 100 annual medical reports from British Antarctic Survey stations.