This course is designed for seafarers designated to provide medical first aid on board a ship in accordance with Regulation V1/4 of the annex to the STCW convention and section A-V1/4 (1-3) of the STCW code.

The course provides both a practical and theoretical mixture of training including:

• Examination of a casualty
• Spinal injuries
• Burns and scalds
• The effects of heat and cold
• Fractures, dislocation and muscular injuries
• Radio medical advice
• Pharmacology
• Cardiac arrest, drowning and asphyxia