Medical care and first aid 2 (A-VI/4-1)Laajuus (2 cr)

Objective

Knowledge, understanding and proficiency:
- Apply immediate first aid in the event of accident or illness on board.
- Provide medical care to the sick and injured while they remain on board.
- Radio Medical contact ashore.

Content

- First aid kit
- Body structure and function
- Toxicological hazards on board
- Using MFAG or its national equivalent
- Examination of casualty or patient
- Spinal injuries
- Burns, scalds and effects of heat and cold
- Fractures, dislocations and muscular injuries
- Medical care of rescued persons
- Radio medical advice
- Pharmagology
- Sterilization
- Cardiac arrest, drowning and asphyxia

Qualifications

Elementary first aid (A-VI/1-3)

Further information

100 % participation required.

Scoring is based on demonstrations of competence performed by the student.

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
- identify interrelated tasks.
- use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
- apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.