Danish Medical Care Supplementary Course

That the participant supplements his STCW skills and competences in accordance with Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treat-ment on board vessels, Notice A, chapter IX B, and this order

Course Content

• Practical use of the contents of medicine
• chest category A and CR.
• Practical training in the use of pre-hospital procedures in connection with diseases and accidents, including the making of Radio Medical records.
• Practical training of invasive procedures.
• Eye examination, including the removal of foreign bodies.
• Emergency dental treatment, including broken tooth, lost tooth, lost filling and tooth abscess.
• Treatment of wounds, including observations, cleaning, suturation, the use of skin glue, steristrips.
• Insertion of a urethral catheter and a urine stix.
• Malaria test.
• Blood sugar measurement.
• Heart-lung rescue, incl. the use of a ventilation bag and AED.
• Hand hygiene, incl. the use of gloves and other protective equipment.
• Making a complete Radio Medical record.
• Communication with Radio Medical.
• Handling persons with mental crises and acute psychosis.
• Handling hyperthermic persons.

Course Objectives

The objective of the learning outcome to ensure that the participant

1) has knowledge about the Danish maritime health system;

2) has knowledge about the functioning of Radio Medical Denmark, including cooperation and legislative requirements for documentation;

3) has knowledge about the EU requirements for medicine chest category A, the medicine chests of life-rafts and lifeboats of category CR;

4) has knowledge about maritime life support;

5) has knowledge about the antibiotic policy of the Danish Health and Medicines Authority.

Skills Participants in supplementary training for a Danish medical caretaker certificate A

1) can use the medicine and medical equipment of medicine chest category A;

2) can carry out ordinated procedures, cf. the “Medical Book for Seafarers”

3) can make a Radio Medical record, cf. the legislative requirements in force;

4) can carry out procedures in accordance with maritime life support.