Title | Offshore Medicine [electronic resource] : Medical Care of Employees in the Offshore Oil Industry / edited by R. A. F. Cox |
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Imprint | London : Springer London, 1982 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3307-0 |
Descript | online resource |
1 Introduction -- Geological Exploration -- Drilling Rigs -- Exploratory Drilling -- Development -- Production -- Communications and Transport -- Hazards -- Costs of Offshore Operations -- Implications for the Doctor -- 2 Legal Aspects of Safety, Health and Welfare on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf -- The Continental Shelf Doctrine -- Safety, Health and Welfare Legislation on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf -- Summary -- References -- Schedule of Principal Legislation Governing Safety, Health and Welfare Offshore in France, The Netherlands and Norway -- 3 Pre-placement and Periodic Medical Examinations -- Pre-placement Examinations -- Periodic Examinations -- 4 Provision of Back-up Services -- Mobile Intensive Care Teams -- Offshore Disasters -- 5 Offshore Medical Care -- Functions of the Offshore Medic -- Medics in the North Sea -- Medics and Diving -- Medical Facilities and Supplies -- Communications and Transport -- Transporting a Sick or Injured Person -- Standby Vessels -- Medical Services to Ships -- 6 Some Special Problems -- Hydrogen Sulphide -- Methane -- Methanol -- Ethylene Glycol -- Obesity -- Dust -- DrilHng Mud -- Welding -- Noise and Vibration -- Trauma -- Scabies and Other Infestations -- Tropical and Other Endemic Diseases in Immigrants -- Psychological Disturbances -- Drugs and Alcohol -- Partial Drowning and its Treatment -- Hypothermia -- 7 Diving -- Diving Techniques -- Gases Used in Diving -- Decompression Techniques -- Medical Problems -- Professional Bodies Associated with Diving -- Sources of Medical Advice in a Diving Emergency -- Medical Examination of Divers -- Return to Diving Following Decompression Sickness and Other Illnesses -- Flying After Diving -- Transport of a Patient with Decompression Sickness -- Transfer Under Pressure and Hyperbaric Rescue -- Sources of Assistance in a Diving Emergency -- Long-term Effects of Diving -- Drugs Under Pressure -- 8 Catering and Hygiene -- Critical Areas -- Routine Health and Hygiene Inspections -- 9 Dental Problems Offshore -- Dental Standards -- Dental First Aid -- Dental Problems in Diving -- Prosthetics -- Summary -- 10 Investigation of Fatal and Non-Fatal Accidents -- The Fatal Accident -- The Non-Fatal Accident -- Organisation of Accident Investigation -- Accident History -- Diving Accidents -- Transport of Bodies -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- 1 Drugs and Dressings for Offshore Installation Sick Bays -- 2 List of Drugs, Dressings and Equipment Required Under Scale III of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Scales) Regulations 1974 -- 3 Medical Supplies to be Kept at Diving Sites -- 4 Medical Equipment for Offshore Emergencies -- 5 Contents of Medical Chest for Use in Offshore Disasters -- 6 List of Extra Medical Equipment to be Kept on Rigs for Use in Major Disasters -- 7 Major Items of Furniture and Medical Equipment for Offshore Installations -- 8 Addresses of Societies and Committees Connected With Diving -- 9 Training Programme for Rig Medics -- 10 Routine Offshore Hygiene Inspection -- 11 Extract from the Offshore Installations (Operational Safety, Heakh and Welfare) Regulations 1976: ST. 1976. no. 1019 -- 12 Extract from the Norwegian Regulations Regarding Medical Facilities on Offshore Installations: Royal Decree, 25 November 1977, Relating to Hygiene, Medical Equipment, Medicines, etc., on Installations for Production, etc., of Submarine Petroleum Resources, etc -- 13 Control of Noise and Vibration on Offshore Installations (from Offshore Installations: Guidance on Design and Construction, HMSO) -- 14 First Aid and Paramedical Training of Divers. Guidelines Compiled by European Undersea Biomedical Society -- 15 DMAC Aide Mรฉmoire for Recording and Transmission of Medical Data to Shore -- 16 Sources of Assistance in Diving Emergencies -- 17 TheUseof Drugs Under Pressure -- 18 Recommended Contents of First-Aid Boxes in Lifeboats and Survival Capsules