Proficiency in Medical First Aid
This progressive First Aid course (A-VI/4-1) is designed to give seafarers the skills and essential knowledge to take action when encountering medical emergencies at sea.
About the Course
This course is designed to build on the foundations that you were given on the Elementary First Aid.
You will revisit the skill set and work hard to perfect them whilst picking up some extra skills for managing incidents as part of the First Aid response party onboard.
This course will build confidence, embed the lessons of First Aid assessments and give you the confidence to care for someone that you can not get to a hospital immediately.
There is 1 learning outcome identified by the Merchant Navy Training Board for this course:
OUTCOME: The learner is able to apply immediate first aid to an injured casualty and a person suffering illness onboard.
To achieve this you will cover the following topics:
- Basic Life Support and
- Automated External
- Defibrillator
- Airway Emergencies
- Medical emergencies
- Trauma assessments to include head, neck, chest and abdominal injuries
- Bleeds and burns
- Shock and vital signs
- Effects of temperature – hypo and hyperthermia
- Fractures and dislocations
- Soft tissue injuries
- Monitoring a casualty and recognising deterioration
- Casualty handling
- Communications
You should have a good level of fitness and be able to work on the ground easily as you will be expected to deal with simulated emergencies in a range of settings.
Upon successful completion of the four-day course you will gain the Proficiency in Medical First Aid (STCW A-VI/4-1) qualification.
Upcoming dates for Proficiency in Medical First Aid (A-VI/4-1)
| Start date → End date | Course only price | Residential price | |
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| 06 Oct 2026 → 09 Oct 2026Sold out | £680 | £845 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 24 Nov 2026 → 27 Nov 2026 | £680 | £845 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 02 Jan 2027 → 05 Jan 2027 | £680 | £845 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 20 Apr 2027 → 23 Apr 2027 | £700 | £870 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 06 Jul 2027 → 09 Jul 2027 | £700 | £870 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 05 Oct 2027 → 08 Oct 2027 | £700 | £870 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 23 Nov 2027 → 26 Nov 2027 | £700 | £870 | Add to Basket Book now |
| 08 Jan 2028 → 11 Jan 2028 | £700 | £870 | Add to Basket Book now |
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