HEALTHY SAILING scoping search inventories

Topic B search terms included:

  1. (medical OR medicine OR medication OR infirmary OR ship hospital OR medical facility OR medical operation OR medical chest OR ship chest OR ill OR illness)

AND

  1. (expedition vessel OR expedition ship OR expedition cruise OR polar cruise OR premium expedition OR commercial expedition OR remote cruise OR Arctic cruise OR Antarctic cruise OR exploration cruise OR adventure cruise).

Note: different forms of search terms including plural were used.

Records under the Topic B inventory were categorized and searchable as follows:

Publication details:
  • publication year
  • publication type
  • study type
Voyage specificities:
  • region (Arctic, Antarctic, Alaska, South America, South Pacific, more than one region)
  • voyage duration
  • maximum duration between ports of call (days)
  • number of passengers and crew on board
  • land-based excursions
  • voyage purpose (tourism, scientific/research)
Setting specifications:
  • vessel type
  • maximum capacity of vessel (occupancy)
  • vessel specifications (size etc.)
Illness/injury addressed:
  • infectious disease
  • motion sickness
  • other non-infectious disease (e.g., cardiac/ neurological/ psychiatric/ pulmonary/ dermatological/ gastrenteric/ musculoskeletal etc.)
  • description/outcome of illness or injury
Other aspects addressed:
  • legal provisions
  • administrative issues/challenges
  • medical evaluation/care
  • telemedicine/remote medical care
  • medical evacuation
  • communication/coordination between vessel and other stakeholders
  • medical facilities/medical equipment
  • medicine chest/medicines
  • laboratory diagnostic capacity
  • availability of medical personnel (number and/or position)
  • qualifications on medical personnel or others providing care
  • occupational health and safety of crew
  • application of health measures to travellers (e.g., screening, vaccination, isolation, quarantine)
  • application of infection prevention and control and/or environmental measures (e.g., cleaning and disinfection)
  • emergency preparedness/planning
  • other issues (e.g., weather, wildlife etc.)
Region addressed:

NOTE: if publication is not specific to one region, it was categorized a : all regions/more than one region
  • Europe
  • USA
  • other
  • all regions/more than one region

To access the Topic B inventory, please view below:

Topic B

Topic B scoping search

wdt_ID No Author Title Journal or other source Publication year Publication type Study type Voyage region Voyage duration Maximum duration between ports of call (days) Number of passengers and crew on board Purpose of voyage Land-based excursions Vessel type Maximum capacity of vessel (passengers and crew) Vessel specifications Infectious disease Motion sickness Other non-infectious disease (cardiac, neurological, psychiatric, pulmonary, gastroenteric, musculoskeletal, dermatological etc.) Injury Description or outcome of illness / injury Legal provisions Administrative issues / challenges Medical evaluation or care Telemedicine / remote medical care Medical evacuation Communication / coordination between vessel and other stakeholders Medical facilities / medical equipment Medicine chest / medicines Laboratory diagnostic capacity Availability of medical personnel (number and/or position) Qualifications of medical personnel or others providing care Occupational health and safety issues of crew Application of health measures to travellers Application of infection prevention and control measures and/or environmental measures Emergency preparedness / planning Other issues (e.g., weather, wildlife) Link to publication
1 1 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators AECO - Clean Ships Healthy People Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2022 Industry guidance - regional/national Not applicable Polar - Arctic NO NO NO Not described NO Arctic expeditions/cruises/ships NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES NO YES YES YES YES YES NO https://www.aeco.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/aeco-cshp-2022-pre-season-notes.jpg
2 2 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators Joint Cruise Industry and Search- and Rescue Responders Arctic SAR workshop and TTX 2016 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2016 Report Exercise Polar - Arctic NO NO YES Not described NO Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES https://www.aeco.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2016-AECO-Joint-Arctic-SAR-workshop-and-TTX.pdf
3 3 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2nd Joint Arctic SAR TTX - Exercise Report Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2017 Report Exercise Polar - Arctic NO NO YES Tourism NO Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES https://www.aeco.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Joint-SAR-TTX-2017-Report.pdf
4 4 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators Report from the Third Joint Arctic SAR TTX Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2018 Report Exercise Polar - Arctic NO NO YES Tourism NO Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO YES NO YES NO YES YES NO YES YES NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES https://www.aeco.no/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Report-2018-Joint-Arctic-SAR-TTX.pdf
5 5 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators Report from the Fourth Joint Arctic SAR Workshop and TTX Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2019 Report Exercise Polar - Arctic NO NO YES Tourism NO Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO NO NO NO NO YES NO NO YES YES NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES https://www.aeco.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/joint-arctic-sar-workshop-and-ttx-report_2019_final.pdf
6 6 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators AECO Polar Field Staff Standards Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2021 Industry guidance - regional/national Not applicable Polar - Arctic NO NO NO Not described NO Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO NO NO YES YES YES NO NO NO YES NO NO YES NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES YES https://www.aeco.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/field-staff-standards-aeco-only-ver-11b-reduced-size.pdf
7 7 Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators AECO’S guidelines for expedition cruise operations in the Arctic Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators 2022 Industry guidance - regional/national Not applicable Polar - Arctic NO NO NO Not described NO Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES https://www.aeco.no/guidelines/operational-guidelines/
8 8 Bledsoe GH, Brill JD, Zak D, Li G. Injury and illness aboard an antarctic cruise ship Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 2007 Peer-reviewed – original article Descriptive analysis Polar - Antarctica YES NO NO Tourism YES Ship operating in remote region (passenger/cruise/expedition/ice-strengthened) NO YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO YES NO YES YES https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17447712/#:~:text=The%20overall%20incidence%20rate%20of,%25)%20and%20injury%20(15.0%25).
9 9 Camur M. C., Sharkey T.C., Dorsey C., Grabowski M.R., Wallace W.A. Optimizing the response for Arctic mass rescue events Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 2021 Peer-reviewed – original article Modelling Polar - Arctic NO NO NO Not described NO Arctic expeditions/cruises/ships NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1366554521001368
10 10 Carron M, Emeyriat N, Levraut J, Blondeau N. Cruise ship pathologies in remote regions International Maritime Health 2018 Peer-reviewed – original article Descriptive analysis More than one region NO YES YES Tourism YES Small ship (cruise/expedition/explorer/ice-breaker/scientific) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO YES YES NO YES NO YES NO YES YES YES NO NO https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29939383/
Journal or other source Publication year Voyage region Purpose of voyage Land-based excursions Vessel specifications Infectious disease Motion sickness Other non-infectious disease (cardiac, neurological, psychiatric, pulmonary, gastroenteric, musculoskeletal, dermatological etc.) Injury Description or outcome of illness / injury Legal provisions Administrative issues / challenges Medical evaluation or care Telemedicine / remote medical care Medical evacuation Communication / coordination between vessel and other stakeholders Medical facilities / medical equipment Medicine chest / medicines Laboratory diagnostic capacity Availability of medical personnel (number and/or position) Qualifications of medical personnel or others providing care Occupational health and safety issues of crew Application of health measures to travellers Application of infection prevention and control measures and/or environmental measures Emergency preparedness / planning Other issues (e.g., weather, wildlife)