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Brief:
This is a Health & Safety Executive approved
4-day course that complies with the Offshore Installations
and Pipeline Works (First Aid) Regulations 1989. Offshore
personnel are trained to a standard where they can administer
basic First Aid on their own and provide assistance to the
Offshore Medic when necessary. |
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Content:
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Aims and principles
of first aid |
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Basic life support (CPR), including
the use of defibrillators, the use and maintenance of manual
resuscitators, manual suction devices, oropharyngeal airways
and Oxygen supplies |
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Treatment of injuries to bones,
muscles and joints |
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Assessment and treatment of a
casualty who is wounded, bleeding or shocked |
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Management of the unconscious
casualty |
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Treatment of hypothermia, hyperthermia
and the effects of immersion |
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How to deal with poisons encountered
offshore |
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Treatment of a casualty who is
suffering from an injury, including the dressing and immobilisation
of injured parts |
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How to deal with burns and eye
injuries |
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Treatment of inhalation of hot
gasses or smoke |
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Assessment and treatment of common
major and minor illnesses |
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Personal hygiene and the prevention
of cross-infection during first aid procedures |
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The ability to transport a sick
and injured patient safely and effectively by helicopter |
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Safe use of Entonox |
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The ability to communicate effectively
in an emergency |
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Record keeping and the use of
First Aid equipment |
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Completion:
On successful completion of the course and
final assessment, the delegate will receive the HSE approved,
nationally recognised Offshore First Aid Certificate. This
is valid for 3 years. All delegates also receive a free
pack including an up-to-date first aid manual. |
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Cost: £395.00
+ vat
Course Dates: Every week – Monday to Thursday
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