Open AccessNeed for training of seafarers in first aid and medical matters
Author(s) -
Irinka Hristova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
scientific bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2392-8956
pISSN - 1454-864X
DOI - 10.21279/1454-864x-19-i2-016
Subject(s) - on board , first aid , training (meteorology) , order (exchange) , service (business) , medical emergency , business , medical care , medical education , public relations , engineering , medicine , nursing , political science , marketing , finance , geography , meteorology , aerospace engineering
The opportunity for providing first aid in emergency cases is frequently an important part of the seafarers’ skills and everything possible must be done for encouraging the tradition of health and medical care in the sea. In order to guarantee health and medical service on-board, every sailor needs to know the techniques of first aid. It’s quite obvious that it cannot be expected by sailors to be doctors, but sometimes there are life-threatening situations, in which they should react fast and effectively. The ship captains attend a first-aid refreshing course, every five years. This period seems too long to guarantee adequate medical treatment by seafarers on-board.