Elementary Senior First Aid

Located in Courses | Shore Based and On-line Theory

About this course:

This two day course is an essential pre-requisite for anyone seeking employment in the maritime industry. Successful completion of this course along with Person Safety Techniques, Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (Basic Fire) and Personal Safety and Social Responsibility can lead to the issue of AMSA’s Certificate of Safety Training.

This course is for seafarers who intend to work as a general purpose hand on any sea going vessel. It is designed to give you the basic skills and knowledge required to provide elementary first aid on board a vessel or at another maritime workplace, including the performance of immediate lifesaving first aid until qualified medical assistance is available.

What the course covers:

Duties of any crew member in relation to providing first aid care to another crew member
Cardio pulmonary resuscitation
Expired air resuscitation
Immobilisation of fractures and breaks
Preventing blood loss
Reassuring the patient
Drug usage
Duty of care
Regulations
Emergency procedures
Recognise the symptoms and signs of acute illness and/or injury and take appropriate action
Manage burns
Adapt first aid procedures for remote situations

Where:

The course is conducted on site at Australasian Maritime Institute, Henderson and consists of both theory and practical components. It is conducted in accordance with the requirements of STCW Regulation VI/1 Code Section A-VI/1 Table A-VI/1-3 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended. There are written, oral and practical assessments held throughout the course.

This course is run through the Australasian Maritime Institute
(STCW Regulation VI/1 Code Section A-VI/1 Table A-VI/1-3)
TDMMF1007B Provide elementary first aid