Overview
This program is designed to provide Medical Evacuation (MedEvac) personnel with:
A basic understanding of the hazards associated with both caring for and transporting injured (non-ambulatory) workers to shore via helicopter and responding to a mass casualty incident on a vessel, platform or rig.
Knowledge and skills necessary to interact with both emergency response teams offshore and various personnel transfer devices (Mariner transfer basket, hoisting down from a helicopter) as may be required during a major incident where normal helicopter landings are precluded or where the med-evac team is required to stay and assist on scene medical teams.
This program meets and exceeds the content of the CAPP approved “Offshore Survival Introduction”, and as such, abandonment methods, sea survival and rescue skills will also be included.
CONTENT :
- Offshore emergencies & medical considerations
- Personnel transfer systems and patient care
- Helicopter hoisting
- Abandonment, survival, and rescue equipment and techniques
- Safety and emergency procedures associated with helicopter transport
- Non ambulatory patients and helicopter evacuation
- Helicopter underwater escape training (HUET) using the Underwater Egress Training Simulators (UETS)
- Practical in water exercises with simulated conditions
DURATION: Two (2) days
Course Details
PREREQUISITES
- A statement of health form completed on the first day of the course.
- A Valid (offshore) medical certificate See “FAQ`s -Medical Fitness” for full details.
- Trainees are expected to be in a good state of health and physically capable of fully taking part in all program activities. WITHOUT EXCEPTION, those trainees in noncompliance will be refused and billed the full course fee.
- A valid Government Identification is required and must be presented for registration and to the instructor on the first day of course commencement. (Driver’s License, Passport, Vantage card)
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