NOGEPA 2.2B Offshore First Aid Refresher

NOGEPA 2.2B Marine First Aid refresher course

Introduction:

On each offshore mining installation, when manned (including normally unmanned installations), at least 2 persons must be designated and trained as Offshore First Responders.

Course type:

Emergency training (specialized).

Target audience:

Anyone designated to perform first aid duties in a first aid organization on an offshore mining installation.

Objective:

At the end of the course, the participant should have the required knowledge and skills to:

• Provide first aid to accident victims or acutely ill persons on a mining installation;
• Accompany sick or injured persons during transportation from the workplace to shore;
• To coordinate and assist in serious accidents involving multiple victims;
• Managing the first aid equipment on the offshore mining installation;
• Effectively communicate with the aft guard physician ashore and perform first aid actions at that physician’s direction.

Learning Objectives:

• Basic first aid principles;
• Stopping bleeding, simple wound treatment;
• Fractures immobilization;
• First aid for shock;
• Resuscitation in heart-lung failure;
• Operation of an automated external defibrillator;
• First aid for unconscious patients;
• Immobilization of patient(s) with suspected back and/or neck injury;
• First aid for drowning;
• First aid for hypothermia;
• Personal hygiene for treating open wounds;
• Preparations for transportation of injured/sick persons;
• Use of first aid equipment;
• Use of dressings;
• Use of trauma scale;
• Communications and radio medical advice;
• Administering injections into a muscle at the direction of a physician; and
• Maintaining medical records.

Prerequisites for practical exercises:

Maximum of 12 participants per course and maximum of 6 participants per instructor.

Duration:

Basic course = 4 days.

Refresher course = 2 days.

Validity:

Two (2) years.

Prerequisites for participation in the refresher training:

The participant must hold a valid Nogepa 2.2 basic certificate, registered in the Personal Safety Logbook, or a valid “Oranje Kruis Certificate.”

Also accepted for the refresher course is a valid registration as a physician or a valid “BIG” registration for medics.