HSE – Offshore Medic Training Course

HSE – Offshore Medic Training Course
HSE Offshore Medic Refresher Course

The DDRC HSE Offshore Medic course includes a mixture of theory, practical scenarios and student placement in working medical/clinical departments. Two weeks are classroom based whilst the other two weeks are clinical attachments with a General Practitioner and a Hospital Department working with the Nursing and Medical Staff and employing your practical skills. Other opportunities exist in areas of dentistry, confined spaces and rope-access along with risk assessment and health and safety management issues. It will also include refresher training on CPR, first aid, AED, oxygen administration, Immediate Life Support and intravenous/osseous techniques.

Prerequisites/Entry Requirements

Candidates must meet the criteria set out in the Offshore Installations and Pipeline Works (First Aid) Regulations 1989, (SI 1989 No. 1671), that is either:

• Registered Nurse - Adult, who appear on the NMC register, and have a suitable
  portfolio with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• RMN’s with other nursing qualifications, (RGN), who appear on the NMC register and have a suitable portfolio with at least 3 years post registration in general nursing.
• Naval Medical Assistants, who have attained the rate of Leading Medical Assistant and have a suitable portfolio with at least 5 years service.
• Army Medical Assistants (CMT1, RMA1), who have attained the rank of Corporal and have a suitable portfolio with at least 5 years service.
• RAF Medical Assistants, who have attained the rank of Corporal and have a suitable portfolio with at least 5 years service.

Course Duration

• The full course requires 20 working days training (150 contact hours including examination) and is split into four weeks training.

Certification

• HSE Offshore Medic certificate

Links To Additional Information

• http://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/offshore-medic.pdf