Cruise Ship Medicine Section Newsroom

July 11, 2024 • Cruise Ship & Maritime Section

Step Into a Leadership Role

Looking for your next leadership opportunity? We have openings on our CSM officer team for the coming year.

July 10, 2024 • Cruise Ship & Maritime Section

Section Meeting Set at ACEP24

The ACEP Section on Cruise Ship Medicine will host its annual meeting during the ACEP24 Scientific Assembly. We encourage everyone to join us in Las Vegas for the section meeting. While we are plannin...

August 30, 2021 • Cruise Ship & Maritime Section

Ultrasound Onboard Cruise Ships

By Benjamin M Shore, DO, FACEP Chair, Cruise Ship Medicine Section In the two decades that I have served as chief medical consultant to two different cruise lines, I have urged a cautious approach ...

August 30, 2021 • Cruise Ship & Maritime Section

Trouble in the Tasman Sea: Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)

By Mark Cimino MD, MBA Twenty-four hours into our two-day crossing from Australia to New Zealand, parents presented to the medical center with their 1-year-old child with complaints of crying, exces...

August 30, 2021 • Cruise Ship & Maritime Section

Calf Muscle Pain Case Onboard

By Dr. Abeer Arangodan and Dr. Mildred Archbold Aches and pains can account for 50% of medical consultations seen onboard. Considering the case presentations of only crewmembers, this particular chief...

November 11, 2020

Clinical Case: C-spine Subluxation at Sea

This case clearly illustrates how teams from many different departments on a cruise ship need to work together to complete a complicated medevac

November 10, 2020

Cruise Health Care Guidelines PREP

Quality medical care on board cruise ships carrying more than 100 persons is enhanced by this policy resource and education paper (PREP)

November 10, 2020

Cruise Line Directory

Medical representatives for various cruise lines have supplied current information and special conditions or preferences for medical staff

October 10, 2013

Legionellosis and Legionella Testing

Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ Disease, or the mild form Pontiac Fever) can be a serious illness that may occur due to exposure of passengers to Legionella spp. on cruise ships as reported in a numbe...

October 10, 2013

The International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) and the 12th International Symposium on Maritime Health (ISMH)

The International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) works for all aspects of seafarers’ health and welfare. Every two years it arranges an International Symposium on Maritime Health and the 12th one ...

October 9, 2013

Letter from the Chair

We are making final preparations for the ACEP13 annual Scientific Assembly in Seattle, WA from October 14th-17th and importantly our Cruise Ship Section meeting on Monday, October 14th from 11 am to 1...