Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Health &
Wellbeing
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The welfare of your crew is an essential part of your
business. Our health and wellbeing section includes
information on mental as well as physical health.
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Please visit: www.mindcall.org
Pre-Employment Medicals
Although crew illness claims do arise, many may have been avoided if the seafarer had undergone a
comprehensive pre-employment medical examination by a reliable specialist clinic.
In order to reduce incidents and ensure the good health of crew North has, for a number of years,
been successfully running two enhanced pre-employment medical programmes, one in the Philippines
and one in the Ukraine. Further details regarding the programmes can be found in North’s PEME
briefings which also provide Members with advice on effective pre-employment medical screening
and the selection of suitable clinics in their other crew supply areas worldwide.
For further details regarding our PEME programmes please contact: Lucy Dixon or Abbie
Rudd at: PEME@nepia.com
Fatigue
Fatigue is a reduction in physical and/or mental capacity as the result of physical, mental, or
emotional exertion which may impair nearly all physical and mental abilities including: strength,
speed, reaction time, coordination, decision making or balance.
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Our fatigue Loss Prevention Briefing is intended to review legislation, examine enforcement, discuss
non-compliance, look at fatigue studies and suggest remedies.
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First Call
If you’re a North Member in need of medical assistance for your
crew in the USA, First Call offers fast, reliable and effective
support.
The aim is to provide efficient, high-quality treatment for filipino seafarers whilst at the same time
avoiding excessive costs, in particular by avoiding unnecessary treatment for additional medical
conditions for which members were not legally or contractually responsible.
For further details regarding our PRM programmes please contact: Lucy Dixon or Abbie
Rudd at PRM@nepia.com