Marine First Aid Level 4 (VTQ)
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Human anatomy and physiology for immediate emergency care
- Safety and Calling for Help
- What3Words - location app
- Marine band radios
- Marine VHF Radios
- Common Coastal Water Dangers
- Common Fresh Water Marine Dangers
- Emergency Flares
- LED Flares
- The Coastguard
- The Air Ambulance
- Personal Location Beacons
- Accident Prevention
- Boat Safety
- Calling for help
- Water safety tubes
- Types of Blankets
- Emergency response for hybrid and electric boats
- First Aid and Safety Equipment\
- Initial Assessment and Care
- Basic airway management in emergency care
- CPR
- AED
- Administration of oxygen therapy
- Drowning
- Choking
- Shock
- Bleeding
- Catastrophic Injury
- Injuries
- Hypothermia
- Illness
- FIrst Responder - Management of injuries
- Prioritising first aid
- Pelvic Injuries
- Spinal Injuries
- Rapid Extrication
- SAM Pelvic Sling
- Box Splints
- Spinal Injury
- Stabilising the spine
- Spinal Recovery Position
- Introduction to Spinal Boards
- The spinal board
- Using the Spinal Board
- The Scoop Stretcher
- Using the scoop stretcher
- Cervical collars
- Vertical C-Spine Immobilisation
- Joint examination
- Adult fractures
- Types of fracture
- First Responder - Management of trauma
- Elevated Slings
- Lower limb immobilisation
- Elevation Techniques
- Helmet Removal
- Different Types of Helmets
- The Carry Chair
- Applying Plasters
- Strains and Sprains and the RICE procedure
- Eye Injuries
- Electrical Injuries
- Foreign objects in the eye, ears or nose
- Nose bleeds
- Bites and stings
- Chest Injuries
- Foxseal chest seals
- Abdominal Injuries
- Treating Snake Bites
- Types of head injury and consciousness
- Dislocated Shoulders and Joints
- Other Types of Injury
- Dental Injuries
- First Responder - Management of medical conditions
- Asthma
- Asthma Spacers
- When an Asthma inhaler is not available
- Accuhaler®
- Heart Attack
- Warning signs of cardiac arrest and heart attack
- Heart Attack Position
- Aspirin and the Aspod
- Stable angina
- Hypertension
- Pulse Oximetry
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy treatment
- Meningitis
- Diabetes
- Blood Sugar Testing
- Poisons and Food Poisoning
- Shock
- Near and secondary drowning
- Cold water shock
- Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis
- Course Summary
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Now, a child in the world of CPR is defined as someone between the age of 1 and 18, so when we are doing child CPR things are a little bit different. Now, the reason they're a little bit different is because when children stop breathing is highly likely to be a respiratory problem rather than a cardiac problem. So example, if I was found not breathing it's highly likely to be a heart problem with me. However, when you got a child it's more likely to be a respiratory problem. Now, this is not absolutely guaranteed, you hear lots of cases where children are going to cardiac arrest due to heart problems, but with CPR we are assuming this, so what we do is we do five breaths first. This is where the difference is. So, we open the air... Once we know they are not breathing, openly the airway, deliver five breaths first, and then we go 30:2, 30:2. The only difference also is the depth of compression, so what we stay in out, because it... Children can be different sizes, is about the third the depth of the chest. And finally with the compressions, we can do two hands on a child, if you can, if not, you can do one hand. Sometimes it is easier to do CPR with one hand. So to recap, once we know they're not breathing and help is definitely on the way, five breaths followed by 30 compressions, and we do those at a speed of 100 to 120 per minute, depth of about third the depth of the chest. Once you have done the 30 compressions two rests 30:2, 30:2 and hopefully the AED will arrive to recover the person.
Child CPR Guidelines
Overview
Child CPR differs from adult CPR due to the likelihood of respiratory issues rather than cardiac problems when a child stops breathing.
Definition
In CPR terms, a child is defined as someone aged between 1 and 18 years old.
Procedure
Initial Steps
When initiating CPR for a child, start with five rescue breaths to provide oxygen.
Compression Technique
- Compression Depth: Apply chest compressions at about one-third the depth of the chest, adjusted for the child's size.
- Compression Method: Use two hands if possible; one-handed compression may be necessary depending on the child's size.
Compression and Breathing Cycles
Perform cycles of 30 compressions followed by two breaths at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
Conclusion
Continue CPR until medical assistance arrives, ensuring a defibrillator (AED) is available to potentially revive the child.