Students successfully completing this course will meet the Medical Care Provider requirements to provide primary and secondary assessment of a sick or injured crewmembers as detailed in STCW Code, as amended Chapter VI, Section A-VI/4 and Table A-VI/4-1.
Topics Discussed:
- Legal Issues
- Communication & Documentation
- Anatomy
- Patient Assessment
- Respiratory Emergencies
- Cardiovascular Emergencies
- CPR
- AED – Defibrillation
- Bleeding & Shock
- Burns
- Environmental Emergencies
- First Aid Kits
- Sterile Techniques
- Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Muscular -Skeletal Injuries
- Spinal Injuries/Lifting & Moving Injured or Ill Patients