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A new Coastguard Coastal Medic Course has been announced for the weekend of 29 and 30 August 2015. Coastal Medic is a prerequisite to the more advance Offshore Medic. As well as its marine applications, this course exceeds the Health and Safety requirements of “two day workplace first aid”, so has many commercial usages.
This course offers participants the qualifications of Coastguard Boating Education Service Marine Medic (Coastal), NZQA units 6400, 6401, 6402 and Maritime New Zealand commercial first aid. As well as its marine applications, this course exceeds the Health and Safety requirements of “two day workplace first aid”, so has many commercial usages.
Topics covered include,
• Trauma Identification and Assessment
• Medical Emergencies
• Evacuation and Medical Assistance
• Casualty Resuscitation – including an introduction to Defibrillation
• Managing Shock
• Treating Internal & External Bleeding
• Managing Torso Injuries
• Managing Burns Emergencies
• Managing Fractures
• Managing Soft Tissue Injuries
• Head, Neck, Spinal Injury Stabilisation
• Managing Environmental Injuries
• Managing Minor Wounds
• Managing Minor Ear and Eye Injuries
