Elementary first aid, Assessing the casualty

If you are the first one to arrive at the scene of a medical emergency do you know what to do?

It is essential that you know how to react and what you should do step by step, for your own and others safety.

First Aid is defined as the emergency treatment given to the ill or injured before more experienced medical personnel arrive.

This e-learning module is the second in a series of 13 modules. The modules are intended to refresh and reinforce the knowledge gained during the mandatory class room course on Elementary First Aid. IMO considers and recommends this refresher training to be an integral part of on-board training requirement for seafarers.

Learning objectives:

• Recognize the importance of raising an alarm before entering any First Aid scene
• Describe how to perform a primary survey
• Describe how to perform a secondary survey