Medical First Aid for officers, as well as medical first aid emergency
personnel on-board.
Prerequisites
STCW Basic safety training. Officers also need the advanced safety training for seafarers.
Objective
The course aims to provide the knowledge and skills needed to perform best when accidents occure on-board. The course is built on STCW table AVI/4-1 Medical First Aid.
Approved by STCW-78 with the Manila 2010 amendment.
Course content
The course consists of two parts: a practical part at the course center and e-learning completed on your own PC. The e-learning must be completed before the participant starts the practical part of the course.
The course covers:
- Practical first aid exercise with markers.
- Life saving first aid.
- Treatment of injuries
- CPR
- Nursing
- Acute illness
- Burns
- Broken bones
- Head, neck and back injuries
- Pshycological/psychiatric challenges on-board
- Radio Medico
- Medical emergency
- Toxic dangers on-board
Exam
Written test with multiple-choice answers.
Your practical skills will be evaluated individually according to the
competency demands set out in STCW.
