A doctor's tour on the Eniwetok atoll.
The author spent 6 months in the Marshall Islands as a part of the Eniwetok Atoll cleanup project. The medical facility was a simple, semipermanent structure in an isolated, tropical setting, and modern medical technology was both limited and remote. The major problems encountered were, in decreasing order of frequency: trauma, skin disorders, depression and alcohol abuse, infectious disease, and heat stress. Preventive medicine, milieu therapy, and a simply stocked drug cabinet were the mainstay of our medical care. Several suggestions are made as to avoiding and treating problems in similar situations.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008849:Micronesia; D008887:Military Medicine; D011634:Public Health; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy