Health Issues

IMCA works on a variety of health issues relevant to its members' global operations through a number of stand-alone and joint projects.

Much of this work comes through supporting and contributing to the work of other bodies, including:

• the independent Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC), which comprises diving medical specialists seeking to provide advice about medical and certain safety aspects of commercial diving, for which IMCA provides secretariat and publication distribution services
• contributing to the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) guide to malaria prevention and management.
• working with regulators and the Norwegian oil industry association (OLF) on long-term monitoring of diver health

IMCA also provides briefing to members on matters such as:

• national medical certification requirements and mutual recognition agreements that exist
• identification of doctors to undertake annual diver medicals, which in turn enabled contractors to group together and jointly recognise doctors after the withdrawal of an international regulator's scheme

Relevant publications

	Ref	Title	Date	Version	Info
			Members	Others	VAT?
IMCA Competence & Training Series
	IMCA C 012	Medical guidelines for non-marine crew working in the offshore environment: A guide for examining physicians	Jan 2009		Info
			£2.50	£5.00	0
	IMCA C 013	First aid and other emergency drills	Apr 2009		Info
			£10.00	£20.00	0
IMCA Diving Division Series
	IMCA D 020	IMCA scheme for recognition of diver medic training - Guidance for training establishments	Dec 1999		Info
			£10.00	£20.00	0