Course category: COMMON
Code: 1018
Who should attend: All crew (Operational & Management)
Objectives and Benefits: The aim of this course is to provide guidance to the Master and the crew of a vessel regarding the plan and procedures for recovering persons from the water and to make them familiar with cold water survival techniques.
Highlights
- Content and structure of the plan for recovery operations
- Regulations for the recovery of persons from the water
- Basic phases of a recovery operation
- Impact of cold water immersion on the human body
- Cold water survival techniques
- First aid treatment procedures for cold water victims
Legislation & References:
- SOLAS Regulation III/ 17-1
- IMO MSC.1/ Circ 1447
- IMO MSC.1/ Circ. 1182/ REV.1
- IMO MSC.1/ Circ. 1185/ REV.1
Duration: 3,5h