This course will provide delegates with a working knowledge and the necessary skills in Medical First Aid to enable them to perform an approved method of care on-board ship whilst awaiting medical assistance. It will also equip them to provide practical support to the person in charge of medical care on board their vessel.

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

Aged 16 or over.

Delegates must be physically capable to complete all aspects of this course and must fill in a medical self-declaration form.

Delegates or booking companies MUST ensure that one of the below forms of personal identification is available to be presented at course registration:

Passport

Discharge Book (or equivalent National document recording a person's sea service)

National I.D. Card

The above request is enforced by the MCA.

Upon successful completion of the course, all candidates are issued with an STCW Medical First Aid certificate.