An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica

Cruise tourism to Antarctica is constantly growing. Passengers and crewmembers may experience illnesses or injuries while traveling to remote areas with harsh weather conditions from where prompt evacuation is mostly unavailable. While a small explorer ship was at Wilhelmina bay (64°39’ South and 62...

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Published in:International Maritime Health
Main Authors: Carron, Mathieu, Hamard, Fanny, Levraut, Jacques, Blondeau, Nicolas
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2019
Subjects:
acute coronary syndrome
chest pain
myocardial infarction
cruise ship
Antarctica
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Ushuaia
Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina Bay
Antarc*
Online Access:https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/IMH.2019.0026
https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2019.0026
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spelling ftviamedicaojs:oai:czasopisma.viamedica.pl:article/64061 2023-05-15T13:44:34+02:00 An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica Carron, Mathieu Hamard, Fanny Levraut, Jacques Blondeau, Nicolas 2019-10-03 application/pdf https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/IMH.2019.0026 https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2019.0026 en eng Via Medica Completion of the online submission form electronically is tantamount to automatically and free-of-charge transferring of the copyright for publishing and distribution of the submitted material (in all known now and developed in the future forms and fields of exploitation) to the Owner, i.e. International Maritime Health Foundation, under condition that those materials are accepted for publication. The authors agree not to publish any data or figures presented in their work anywhere and in any language without the prior written consent of the owner of the copyrights, i.e. the Owner. Legal relations between the Publisher and the author(s) are in accordance with Polish law and with international conventions binding to Poland. The legal bases to acquiring the copyright are article 921 section copyright law and related law as well as the international conventions binding to Poland. International Maritime Health; Vol 70, No 3 (2019); 167-170 acute coronary syndrome chest pain myocardial infarction cruise ship Antarctica 2019 ftviamedicaojs https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2019.0026 2019-10-08T14:58:39Z Cruise tourism to Antarctica is constantly growing. Passengers and crewmembers may experience illnesses or injuries while traveling to remote areas with harsh weather conditions from where prompt evacuation is mostly unavailable. While a small explorer ship was at Wilhelmina bay (64°39’ South and 62°08’ West) in the Antarctic Peninsula, a 73-year-old male passenger presented with acute chest pain after two short excursions off the vessel in cold weather conditions. He was treated on board and remained clinically stable until the ship reached Ushuaia at the end of the cruise which was 5 days after the symptoms onset. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Via Medica Journals Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Ushuaia ENVELOPE(-40.000,-40.000,-82.167,-82.167) Wilhelmina ENVELOPE(-62.160,-62.160,-64.642,-64.642) Wilhelmina Bay ENVELOPE(-62.160,-62.160,-64.642,-64.642) International Maritime Health 70 3 167 170
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topic acute coronary syndrome
chest pain
myocardial infarction
cruise ship
Antarctica
spellingShingle acute coronary syndrome
chest pain
myocardial infarction
cruise ship
Antarctica
Carron, Mathieu
Hamard, Fanny
Levraut, Jacques
Blondeau, Nicolas
An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica
topic_facet acute coronary syndrome
chest pain
myocardial infarction
cruise ship
Antarctica
description Cruise tourism to Antarctica is constantly growing. Passengers and crewmembers may experience illnesses or injuries while traveling to remote areas with harsh weather conditions from where prompt evacuation is mostly unavailable. While a small explorer ship was at Wilhelmina bay (64°39’ South and 62°08’ West) in the Antarctic Peninsula, a 73-year-old male passenger presented with acute chest pain after two short excursions off the vessel in cold weather conditions. He was treated on board and remained clinically stable until the ship reached Ushuaia at the end of the cruise which was 5 days after the symptoms onset.
author Carron, Mathieu
Hamard, Fanny
Levraut, Jacques
Blondeau, Nicolas
author_facet Carron, Mathieu
Hamard, Fanny
Levraut, Jacques
Blondeau, Nicolas
author_sort Carron, Mathieu
title An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica
title_short An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica
title_full An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica
title_fullStr An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica
title_full_unstemmed An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica
title_sort acute coronary syndrome in antarctica
publisher Via Medica
publishDate 2019
url https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/IMH.2019.0026
https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2019.0026
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The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Ushuaia
Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina Bay
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The Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Ushuaia
Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina Bay
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Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
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Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica
op_source International Maritime Health; Vol 70, No 3 (2019); 167-170
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