TELEVISED MEDICAL AIDS TO SHIPS AT SEA EXPERIMENT

Tests have proven the possibility of televised medical aid to ships at sea which do not carry a doctor on board. The system utilizes a communication satellite and permits a land based doctor to diagnose a sick or injured seaman aboard a ship at sea.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Benn Brothers Marine Publications Limited

  Lyon Tower, 125 High Street, Colliers Wood
  London SW19 2JN,   England 
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 521-522
• Serial:
  • Shipping World & Shipbuilder
  • Volume: 165N
  • Issue Number: 3868
  • Publisher: Seven Kings Publications, Limited
  • ISSN: 0037-3931
  • Serial URL: http://www.shippingworld.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication devices; Communication systems; Employee relations; Health care facilities
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Merchant Marine Academy
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1972 12:00AM