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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So if you have to do CPR on an infant, it's slightly different again. Now, protocols are the same in the sense that we need to find out the infant's not breathing, and we need to get the emergency services. The difference with an infant is that you could potentially carry the infant with you while doing CPR to a place where you can hopefully meet the emergency services. But in this example, we are going to just pop them onto the floor. So you need to put the infant on a firm surface. There is not a lot of point putting them onto something like this, a cushion, because it's just going to... A you push down on the chest, it is just going to be absorbed into the foam, so we do need to get them onto a firm surface. But if you were carrying the infant, putting them onto your arm is a firm surface, but don't underestimate how hard that is actually to do. Now again, with an infant, the same as with child CPR, it is most likely to be a respiratory problem, so the important thing is we get some breaths in. So what we are going to do is to start with, we're going to open up the airway same, we are going to check to see if they are breathing. If they are not breathing and help's definitely on the way, then what we can do is deliver five breaths and then we do 30 compressions. But rather than use two hands or one hand, this time we only need to use two fingers and we just literally put the two fingers on the centre of the chest to push down. We do it the same speed, 100 to 120 compressions per minute, and we are doing it about a third the depth of the chest. Now with this infant, with looking on CPR terms to be from birth up to one-year-old. After one-year-old, we would revert to potentially using one hand or two, if you can't but one hand on the chest. So with this, we do it exactly the same way, we literally open up the airway, squeeze the nose to do the breaths. We blow in, you will see the chest will rise. Once the chest has risen and we've got the five initial breaths in, compressions, center of the chest, and literally just pushing down straight on to the chest to actually deliver those compressions. And finally, doing CPR on an infant is very, very distressing as is any type of CPR. But it might be worrying now thinking, could you do this? Well, you will be able to do it. Once you know the basis of what to do, you will find this will come back to you should you ever have to deal with infant CPR.
Infant CPR Guidelines
Overview
Performing CPR on an infant requires specific considerations due to their small size and likelihood of respiratory issues.
Procedure
Initial Steps
When administering CPR to an infant, place them on a firm surface to ensure effective chest compressions.
Respiratory Focus
As with child CPR, begin with opening the airway and checking for breathing. If the infant is not breathing and help is on the way, administer five rescue breaths.
Compression Technique
- Compression Method: Use two fingers to compress the centre of the infant's chest at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute.
- Compression Depth: Apply compressions to about one-third the depth of the infant's chest.
Age Considerations
In CPR terms, infants are considered from birth up to one year old. After one year, adapt to child CPR techniques.
Conclusion
Although performing CPR on an infant can be distressing, understanding these guidelines and practising the procedure can help you act effectively in an emergency.