Seafarer Medical Examination and physical fitness certification is vital to their Employment.The judgement or experience of the medical practitioner si final. Seafarers medical examination form is to be completed and, The identity of the seafarer to be examined should be verified. The number of his or her seafarer’s book, passport or other relevant identity document…
GETWELL MEDICAL CENTER is able to provide various organisations and individuals with a rapid appointment system for OGUK Offshore Medicals (previously known as UKOOA). Employees will need to pass this examination in order to work offshore. The certificate is issued at the end of the appointment and is valid for two years. In some cases…
A seafarer is a person in any capacity on board a ship and whose normal place of work is on a ship. They are many months a time on the sea-in the ship. A seafarer needs a medical certificate. The most important conditions that can affect fitness are: heart attack (coronary thrombosis) problems with the heart…
OGUK medicals are a prerequiste for joining any offshore jobs in the oil and gas industry. Many of the jobs are in the oilfields which are situated offshore. The offshore environment is very different and the human body may react to these conditions in a different way in comparison to land conditions. More so the…
Seafarers are the professionals , who work in the shipping industry and are on the board -the ship as an employment. The sea and water and the environment all have a different environment when you work there rather then on the land. Seafarer medical fitness examinations are important befire one joins the ship. The aim…
Offshore Medicals The offshore environment poses its risk for the oil and industry gas workers. They need to be medically fit to go offshore. Different offshore authorities have different requirements. For UK waters only physicians who are approved by the United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA)/OGUK Health Advisory Committee should carry out the examination and…
Fetal Echo and Cardiology is a speciality , dealing with Cardiac Anatomies detectable in Fetal life. M-Mode and pulsed Doppler evaluation of fetal arrhythmias(a–c) M-mode recordings with representative SVC–Ao tracings from respective patients shown in (d–f). ‘A’ indicates atrial events and ‘V’ ventricular events. (a) M-mode recording in sinus rhythm. 1: 1 AV relationship is noted at a…
FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY The first step is to explain the procedure to the mother, so as to have a very calm environment. The mother can be shown the real time images. Obtain the 4-chamber view of the heart, the second, to rotate the transducer through 90° and the third, to sweep the beam longitudinally through the…
Around one per cent children born in the UAE have been diagnosed with congenital heart diseases, according to the results of screening carried out on the newborn.The International figure is about 8 per1000live babies and 20 per1000 Still Births. Nearly half of the babies with CHD have ‘critical’ lesions which require medical or surgical intervention…
Newborn in UAE diagnosed with congenital heart diseases Around one per cent children born in the UAE have been diagnosed with congenital heart diseases, according to the results of screening carried out on the newborn.The International figure is about 8 per1000live babies and 20per1000 Still Births. Nearly half of the babies with CHD have ‘critical’…