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