Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide medical first aid on board a vessel
- A patient condition assessment is carried out in accordance with established first aid procedures and the nature of injury or illness is established
- Appropriate first aid procedures are used to manage the identified injury or illness
- Where there are doubts over the seriousness of the injury or illness and how to treat the patient, assistance is sought from shore-based medical advisers
- Aseptic techniques are applied during any wound dressing
- The position of the patient is adjusted to optimise personal comfort for the medical condition or injury concerned
- Hygiene measures are appropriate for the degree of illness or injury
- Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation techniques are correctly applied where required