Introduction:

On every offshore mining installation when manned (including the normally unattended

installations) at least 2 persons shall be designated and trained as Offshore First Aider.

Course type:

Calamity training (specialist).

Intended for:

Everyone who is designated to perform first aid tasks in a first aid organization at an offshore

mining installation.

Objective:

At the end of the course, the delegate should have the required knowledge and skills in order to

be able to:

• Render first aid to victims of accidents or acute sick persons at a mining installation;
• Accompany sick or wounded persons during transport from the workplace to shore;
• Co-ordinate and assist in case of serious accidents with several victims;
• Manage the first aid equipment at the offshore mining installation; and
• Communicate effectively with the back-up doctor ashore and perform first aid actions on
• directions of this doctor.

Learning targets:

• Basic principles of rendering first aid;
• Stop bleeding, simple wound treatment;
• Immobilize fractures;
• First aid at shock;
• Cardio-pulmonary reanimation;
• Operating an automatic external defibrillator;
• First aid at unconscious patients;
• Immobilization of patient(s) with suspected back and/or neck injury;
• First aid at drowning;
• First aid at hypothermia;
• Personal hygiene before treating open wounds;
• Preparations for transport of injured/sick persons;
• Use of first aid equipment;
• Use of bandages;
• Use of trauma scale;
• Communication and radio medical advice;
• Giving injections into a muscle on indication of a physician; and
• Keep medical administration up to date.

Conditions for practical exercises:

Maximum 12 delegates per course and maximum 6 delegates per instructor.

Duration:

Basic course = 4 days.

Refresher course = 2 days.

Validity:

Two (2) years.

Conditions for participation refresher training:

The delegate should be in the possession of a valid Nogepa 2.2 basic certificate, registered in the

Personal Safety Logbook, or a valid “Oranje Kruis Certificaat”.

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

for medics.