{"id":2159,"date":"2010-10-06T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T18:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2010-10-15T10:59:07","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T18:59:07","slug":"2159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/2159\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced 1st Aid Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just spent three days in Plymouth at Derriford Hospital with the BAS Medical Unit Drs learning how to be a medical assistant for them on base and also advanced first aid. <\/p>\n

We went into more detail in the following subjects including practical:
\n\u2022\tAdvanced resuscitation
\n\u2022\tAirway\/breathing maneuvers
\n\u2022\tField medical box contents
\n\u2022\tABCDE assessment
\n\u2022\tSecondary survey
\n\u2022\tManagement of suspected spinal injury
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\n\u2022\tChest injury
\n\u2022\tAnaphylaxis, hypothermia, drowning
\n\u2022\tWound management (including local anesthetic and suturing)
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\n\u2022\tIV access and fluid administration
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\n\u2022\tFractures and dislocations
\n\u2022\tHyperbaric chamber orientation
\n\u2022\tScenarios<\/p>\n

We spent an afternoon in A&E and one in the simulation room. In the simulation room there is a dummy that speaks, secretes fluids, has a pulse rate, breaths, trembles, the eyes blink, sweats basically it acts like a human being. The dummy is run by a medical trainer who based on what you do with the patient changes the vital signs. It really is an amazing piece of realistic kit. The room has the same tools we have at the base surgeries including real live defibrillators, aesthetic units, airway \u2018tools\u2019, drugs, IV fluids etc. <\/p>\n

In the evenings we had some fun Tamsin, Malcome and I went climbing on a crag outside Plymouth one evening and the whole group of us went bowling the other evening. The crag was called Dewerstone<\/a> it is is located in the magical ancient wooded valleys of south-west Dartmoor.<\/p>\n

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