Mariner Medical Improvements

The fact is, United States (U.S.) mariners are aging, and the increase in average age contributes to additional medical conditions. New medical guidelines involve more detail and more frequent medical examinations, so rather than perpetuating the practice of trying to get healthy enough to pass a physical only one day every five years, the goal now is for each mariner to be healthy enough to pass any physical exam any day of any week. Fitness for duty is every mariner’s responsibility. This protects the public, the mariner, and other members of the crew. For example, when crewmembers aren’t fit for duty, medical evacuations put the mariner, other members of the crew, and the vessel at increased risk. Most medical evacuations from offshore are not related to occupational injury or trauma, approximately 80 percent are related to pre-existing medical issues.

• Record URL:
  http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/Proceedings%20Magazine/Archive/2017/Vol74_No1_Jan-Apr2017.pdf?ver=2017-05-31-121003-980
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• Authors:
  • Bourgeois, Robert M
• Publication Date: 2017-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 74-77
• Serial:
  • Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: U.S. Coast Guard
  • Serial URL: http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diseases and medical conditions; Guidelines; Merchant fleet operation; Merchant marine; Merchant seamen; Risk assessment; Ship crews; Water transportation crashes
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01640136
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 2017 7:44PM