CURRENT ISSUES CONCERNING EVACUATION OF SICK AND INJURED PEOPLE FROM SEACRAFTS

Purpose: to analyze information on cases of evacuation of seafarers from seacrafts for medical reasons and make proposals on improvement of health maintenance for personnel of sea and river crafts.

Materials and methods: the analysis of information on cases of evacuation of seafarers from seacrafts for medical reasons for the period from 2014 to 2019 was carried out.

Results and discussion: increase in mean annual rate of evacuation and absolute number of evacuated seafarers for the period from 2014 to 2019 in comparison with previous period from 2009 to 2013 was revealed. Maximum number of evacuated seafarers among five sea basins for the period from 2014 to 2019 was observed in Far Eastern and Northern sea basins and is equal to 40% and 21% of the total number of evacuated seafarers. The formation of universal health care for sick and injured people at seacrafts in the Russian Federation as well as adoption of joint normative legal documents of Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on issues relating to organization of medical evacuation and application of telemedicine technologies is required.

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