Brazilian Flag First Aid (CPSO) - Item 5.6.2.4 from IMO A-1079(28) Resolution and STCW Section A-VI/4 Table A-VI/4-1

Full title: Introduction to Brazilian Flag First Aid (CPSO) - Item 5.6.2.4 from IMO A-1079(28) Resolution and STCW Section A-VI/4 Table A-VI/4-1

Requirements

Copy and original (for checking) or certified copy that prove:

Non Seaman

Being over eighteen (18) years of age on the day of enrollment.

Good physical and mental health conditions.

Have completed the Course Basic Safety at Platform (CBSP) in the last five (5) years.

Seaman

• Valid certificate, less than five (5) years of Basic Training in Security and Instruction (TBS/I).

• Declaration (original and dated, with signature and readable full name), attesting the CPSO realization will be only to obtain the equivalence with EPSM; and, in case of embarkation in UOM/platform, must perform, obligatorily, the CBSP; and

• Seaman’s Book (Caderneta de Inscrição e Registro – CIR) which presents your personal information with photo.

Course Intro

In the lectures, instructional resources appropriate to the content will be used, especially models and replicas related to the human body.

Practical nursing demonstrations.

The reading of appropriate manuals, books and texts will be encouraged.

The practical parts of the subjects will be carried out in areas properly prepared with: individual equipment for each student; prepared instructors and monitors; event security; on-site support and assistance. Students should be advised on safety and appropriate clothing for practical classes.

Course Content

First Aid

• Importance of first aid on board.

• First aid concepts.

• Basic steps in first aid.

First Aid Practice

• Soft tissue lesions.

• Trauma-orthopaedic lesions.

• First Aid Kit.

• Vital Functions.

• Vital and support signs.

• Cardiopulmonary Arrest (CRA).

• Hemorrhage.

• Burn.

• Intoxication.

• Circulatory alterations.

• Foreign bodies.

• Transport of victims.

Health Management

• Health management on board.

• Nursery management on board.

• Pharmacy management on board.

Course Objectives

• Provide the student appropriate knowledge for first aid treatment.

• Assistance on board, according to Table A-VI/4-1 of STCW-1978 Code and amendments.

• Provide the student specific first aid knowledge and practice for injured and sick people on board.

• Provide the student health management, nursery and pharmacy knowledge on board.