An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica

Mathieu Carron (1) , Fanny Hamard , Jacques Levraut (2) , Nicolas Blondeau (3)

1 UNS UFR Médecine - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Faculté de Médecine
2 Service de réanimation
3 IPMC - Institut de pharmacologie moléculaire et cellulaire

Cruise tourism to Antarctica is constantly growing. Passengers and crewmembers may experience illnesses or injuries while traveling to remote areas with harsh weather conditions from where prompt evacuation is mostly unavailable. While a small explorer ship was at Wilhelmina bay (64°39' South and 62°08' West) in the Antarctic Peninsula, a 73-year-old male passenger presented with acute chest pain after two short excursions off the vessel in cold weather conditions. He was treated on board and remained clinically stable until the ship reached Ushuaia at the end of the cruise which was 5 days after the symptoms onset. (Int Marit Health 2019; 70, 3: 1-4)

Mots clés: acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; myocardial infarction; cruise ship; Antarctica

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Médecine humaine et pathologie; Physiologie [q-bio.TO]

Mathieu Carron, Fanny Hamard, Jacques Levraut, Nicolas Blondeau. An acute coronary syndrome in Antarctica. International maritime health, 2019, 70 (3), pp.167-170. ⟨10.5603/IMH.2019.0026⟩. ⟨hal-02336412⟩