RYA Training Scheme > Specialised Short Course - First Aid at Sea
In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.

It fulfils the requirements for:

• professional skippers of small craft working within 60 miles of a safe haven, including Boatmasters;
• the Senior First Aid certificate needed by offshore racers subject to ISAF's regulations on first aid training

This course is recommended by the MCA and HSE


Pre-course Experience
None
Assumed Knowledge
None
Course Content
First aid and resuscitation techniques for yachtsmen, including a knowldge of the treatment for hypothermia
Ability After Course
Understands basic first aid in a marine environment
Minimum Duration
1 Day

 
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