OPITO ERRV - AMA FURTHER
This Product is to meet the updating, further practice and assessment requirements for an Advanced Medical Aider. It should be undertaken within 2 years of qualification as an Advanced Medical Aider and at periods not exceeding 2 years thereafter.
Description
This Product is to meet the updating, further practice and assessment requirements for an Advanced Medical Aider. It should be undertaken within 2 years of qualification as an Advanced Medical Aider and at periods not exceeding 2 years thereafter.
Prerequisites
Learners must have a valid ERRV Crew Advanced Medical Aid certificate and a valid OPITO Initial Training Shipboard Operations certificate or reassessment to an equivalent standard through OODTP
Learning Objectives
- Module 1 Learning Outcomes – Further Roles and Responsibilities of the Advanced Medical Aider
- 1 Outcome: The duties of the AMA (understand)
- 2 Outcome: AMA responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of ERRV medical equipment and facilities (understand)
- 3 Outcome: The appraisal and facilitation skills required in the role of AMA (perform)
- Module 2 Learning Outcomes – Further Principles and Priorities of ERRV Medical Aid
- 1 Outcome: Anatomy and Physiology as appropriate to the role of the AMA (understand)
- Module 3 Learning Outcomes – Further Preparation for Reception of Casualties
- 1 Outcome: How to direct the crew and use appropriate communications (understand)
- Module 4 Learning Outcomes – Further Triage and Treatment of Casualties
- 1 Outcome: How to receive casualties onboard (understand)
- 2 Outcome: The interaction of onboard and external sources of medical aid (understand)
- 3 Outcome: Use (under medical supervision) of intraosseous infusion device and other medications (understand)
- 4 Outcome: Initial assessment of casualties (perform)
- 5 Outcome: Recognition and treatment of anticipated scenarios encountered by the AMA following an offshore incident (perform)
- 6 Outcome: Casualty monitoring and recording (perform)
- Module 5 Learning Outcomes – Further Casualty Transfer (AMA)
- 1 Outcome: Preparing casualties for transfer from ERRV (understand)
- 2 Outcome: Preparing casualties for transfer from ERRV (perform)
Issuing Authority
OPITO
Certification
Learners successfully assessed against the learning outcomes will be issued with a certificate of 24 months validity.