This course is one of the mandatory STCW basic safety training courses designed to meet the minimum requirement for familiarisation and basic safety training for seafarers with designated emergency duties. Our STCW Medical First Aid (MFA) course aims to provide seafarers with the relevant knowledge and skills to provide medical first aid on board a vessel, in accordance with Regulation V1/4 of the annex to the STCW convention and section A-V1/4 (1-3) of the STCW code.

Learning Objectives

The Student should have the following knowledge and practical skills at the end of the course:

• Contents of First Aid Kit.
• Body structure and function.
• Examination of casualty or patient.
• Spinal Injuries.
• Burns scalds and effects of heat and cold.
• Fractures, dislocations and muscular injuries.
• Medical care for rescued persons.
• Radio medical advice.
• Cardiac arrest, drowning and asphyxia.

Duration
This online course is based on an 80-hour in-person course.

System Requirements
Internet access is required. The preferred web browser is Google Chrome, but you may use Edge or Safari if necessary.