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- New Dates for Management, Communication & Leadership Course
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Shipboard Medical Care (MED-SMC)
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Course Description
This four week course is designed for licensed deck officers and other shipboard personnel. Attendees will learn to provide quality medical assistance and advanced emergency medical care to ship’s personnel in accordance with guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the International Convention of Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 95)
This courses satisfies the following STCW95 and CFR training requirements:
- STCW 95, Regulation VI/4 paragraph 1
- STCW 95 Regulation VI/4 paragraph 2
- STCW 95 Section A-VI/4 paragraph 4
- STCW 95 Section A-VI/4 paragraph 5
- STCW 95 Section A-VI/4 paragraph 6
- STCW 95 Table A-VI/4-2.
- 46 CFR 11.205 (h) (1) (ii) Formerly 46 CFR 10.205 (h) (1) (ii)
Pre-requisites- Basic First Aid, this course is offered at MITAGS.
What You Will Learn
- Infection control
- Sterile Techniique
- Medicine Labels
- Medicine Dose and administration
- IV therapy
- Eye, Ears, Nose and Throat
- Catheters
- STD's
- Suturing
- Disease Prevention
- Hospital Clinical
- Rescue operations
- Management of mass casualty situations
- Hazardous material incidents
What You Should Bring
- Collared shirt and tie for men; business attire blouse for women; slacks
- Closed toed shoes
- Evidence of taking a TB test within the last eleven months
- current seasonal flu vaccination (If required, MITAGS will provide this test and shot
has attended a course in Shipboard Medical Care offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies and has demonstrated knowledge and skills in Emergency Medical Treatment and Continuing Shipboard Medical Care as set out in the STCW Section A-VI/4.4 and STCW Table A-VI/4-2, “Specification of Minimum Standard of Proficiency for Persons in Charge of Medical Care on Board Ship”, and First Aid/CPR per 46 CFR 10.205 (h) (1) (ii).
