First Aid

Our one-day course covers all the usual first aid subjects, but from a boating perspective. It is aimed at anyone who goes afloat, whether on inland waters, rivers, estuaries or on cross channel passages.

In a medical emergency a little first aid knowledge and immediate action can save lives, especially in remote locations. This one-day course is designed to provide a working knowledge of first aid for people using small craft and to support skippers.

It fulfils the requirements for:

  • first aid training for vessels working up to area Category 2 under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency Codes of Practice for Small Vessels Operated Commercially;

  • first aid training needed by offshore racers subject to World Sailing's Offshore Special Regulation OSR 6.05.2; 

  • the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations, 1981 for the purposes of Emergency First Aid at Work.

    The subjects specific to boating include:

  • the recovery position in a confined space
CPR, including the drowning protocol
cold shock and hypothermia from immersion and/or exposure
seasickness and dehydration
medical assistance or advice by VHF

helicopter rescue

To see availabilty please visit our booking page

https://webcollect.org.uk/dartmouthyc/category/training