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Hantavirus at sea and on remote sites
Rodent-borne illness in confined and remote settings: exposure, presentation, isolation and the limits of onboard diagnostics.
Read the article → Field NoteSTEMI at sea — when minutes matter and PCI is hours away
ECG interpretation, the fibrinolysis risk-benefit conversation, and the medevac trigger when the catheter lab is a day away.
Read the article → Field NoteStroke at sea — recognition, time windows and evacuation decisions
Time is brain, but time is also distance. Assessment, blood-pressure decisions and evacuation triggers with no imaging onboard.
Read the article → Field NoteSepsis on cruise ships — recognition, resuscitation and escalation
Managing sepsis in the ship medical centre when intensive care transfer is not an option for a day or more.
Read the article → Field NoteUSPH inspection preparation for ship medical teams
Medical-centre readiness, documentation habits and the findings that recur across Vessel Sanitation Program inspections.
Read the article → Field NoteCruise ship outbreaks are operational events
Why an outbreak is managed with the bridge, hotel and shore teams rather than in the medical centre alone.
Read the article → Field NoteThe 72-hour maritime ICU problem
What it means to hold a critically unwell patient for three days with the staff, oxygen and drugs already onboard.
Read the article → Field NoteOxygen is a clock at sea
Treating cylinder volume as a countdown that governs the evacuation decision, not as a consumable you top up.
Read the article → Field NoteWhen the patient is stable but the ship is not
Weather, schedule and crew fatigue are clinical variables once evacuation depends on all three.
Read the article → Field NoteWhy ship doctors need bridge phrases
Clinical urgency has to be translated into operational language before a command team can act on it.
Read the article → CareerHow to become a ship doctor: qualifications and career path
Clinical experience, certifications, employer expectations and the application route into shipboard medicine.
Read the article → CareerCruise ship doctor salary: pay ranges and contracts
Monthly rates, contract structures and how compensation compares across cruise lines and expedition operators.
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