Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF)
Background: The waters surrounding the French Southern Lands are a fishing zone, accessible only bysailing for several days in a region where weather conditions are often difficult. The scientific bases of theregion have medical staff whose services can be called upon if seafarers require assessment...
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ftviamedicaojs:oai:czasopisma.viamedica.pl:article/90922 2023-05-15T14:03:12+02:00 Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) Hunt, Jennifer Lucas, David Laforet, Paul Coulange, Mathieu Auffray, Jean-Pierre Dehours, Emilie 2022-10-10 application/pdf https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/IMH.2022.0024 https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0024 en eng Via Medica https://journals.viamedica.pl/international_maritime_health/article/view/IMH.2022.0024 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 73, No 3 (2022); 119-124 French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) teleconsultation maritime Indian Ocean French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) 2022 ftviamedicaojs https://doi.org/10.5603/IMH.2022.0024 2022-10-18T17:05:15Z Background: The waters surrounding the French Southern Lands are a fishing zone, accessible only bysailing for several days in a region where weather conditions are often difficult. The scientific bases of theregion have medical staff whose services can be called upon if seafarers require assessment and rapidmedical treatment. We conducted an epidemiological study of the maritime teleconsultations carried outby the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS), where patients navigating in the SouthernIndian Ocean zone were advised to disembark on the medical bases in the French Southern Lands, between2015 and 2020, to receive medical treatment.Materials and methods: We extracted data from all of the maritime records from 1 January 2015 to31 December 2020 relating to patients who attended a maritime teleconsultation with a French TMASdoctor in the Southern Indian Ocean zone and who had been redirected to the medical bases in the FrenchSouthern Lands. Data were collected on the patients’ age, gender, nationality, rank, type of vessel, teleconsultationdiagnosis, patient management on board and in the French Southern Lands medical bases,as well as the medical outcome. We carried out a descriptive data analysis.Results: French TMAS doctors managed 11,908 cases including 76 in the Southern Indian Ocean zone(0.6%). Nineteen (25%) patients were redirected to the French Southern Lands over the study period.Eighteen patients were men with an average age of 45 ± 10 years. Eighteen patients were on boarda trawler and 11 of them were sailors. Nine patients were treated for a trauma-related condition, 8 fora medical condition and 2 for a surgical disease. Eleven (58%) patients were evacuated to Reunion Islandand 8 (42%) patients received medical treatment and were able to re-embark aboard their vessel.Conclusions: Relatively few patients are redirected to the French Southern Lands for medical assistance,but referrals occur on a regular basis. The presence of these medical bases is unusual in a maritime setting,but ... Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Via Medica Journals Antarctic Indian International Maritime Health 73 3 119 124 |
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Background: The waters surrounding the French Southern Lands are a fishing zone, accessible only bysailing for several days in a region where weather conditions are often difficult. The scientific bases of theregion have medical staff whose services can be called upon if seafarers require assessment and rapidmedical treatment. We conducted an epidemiological study of the maritime teleconsultations carried outby the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS), where patients navigating in the SouthernIndian Ocean zone were advised to disembark on the medical bases in the French Southern Lands, between2015 and 2020, to receive medical treatment.Materials and methods: We extracted data from all of the maritime records from 1 January 2015 to31 December 2020 relating to patients who attended a maritime teleconsultation with a French TMASdoctor in the Southern Indian Ocean zone and who had been redirected to the medical bases in the FrenchSouthern Lands. Data were collected on the patients’ age, gender, nationality, rank, type of vessel, teleconsultationdiagnosis, patient management on board and in the French Southern Lands medical bases,as well as the medical outcome. We carried out a descriptive data analysis.Results: French TMAS doctors managed 11,908 cases including 76 in the Southern Indian Ocean zone(0.6%). Nineteen (25%) patients were redirected to the French Southern Lands over the study period.Eighteen patients were men with an average age of 45 ± 10 years. Eighteen patients were on boarda trawler and 11 of them were sailors. Nine patients were treated for a trauma-related condition, 8 fora medical condition and 2 for a surgical disease. Eleven (58%) patients were evacuated to Reunion Islandand 8 (42%) patients received medical treatment and were able to re-embark aboard their vessel.Conclusions: Relatively few patients are redirected to the French Southern Lands for medical assistance,but referrals occur on a regular basis. The presence of these medical bases is unusual in a maritime setting,but ... |
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Hunt, Jennifer Lucas, David Laforet, Paul Coulange, Mathieu Auffray, Jean-Pierre Dehours, Emilie |
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Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) |
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Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) |
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Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) |
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Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) |
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Medical treatment of seafarers in the Southern Indian Ocean — interaction between the French Telemedical Maritime Assistance Service (TMAS) and the medical bases of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) |
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medical treatment of seafarers in the southern indian ocean — interaction between the french telemedical maritime assistance service (tmas) and the medical bases of the french southern and antarctic lands (taaf) |
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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. |
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