SUPERYACHT MEDICAL TRAINING
Onboard medical training in your working environment, utilising your equipment with realistic scenarios customised to the vessel's cruising profile
MedAire provides a range of training, from SCTW’10 to refresher courses, for all skill levels.
Medical training takes place onboard, by skilled instructors who are specialised in providing medical care within remote environments.
Our training is flexible and works around the needs of your vessel. We have even completed courses during Atlantic crossings, for maximum time effiencies!
We suggest that crewmembers undergo training at least once a year to maintain their knowledge.
Courses include:
- STCW'10 courses (2,3 and 5 day courses)
- Refresher courses (In-person and virtual)
- Paediatric first aid
- Trauma response training (MARCH)
- Treating injury and illness in elderly patients
- Mental health training (virtual)
STCW'10 Training
There are 3 different courses available, as set by the STCW and keeping qualifications up to date will form part of the requirements for positions onboard. A maximum of 12 crew members can participate in MedAire STCW training onboard.
Crewmembers have the option to attend the entire five-day course if they wish to broaden their medical expertise. The certification obtained will depend on the prerequisite having been met. These courses are:
Elementary First Aid (EFA): Two days onboard
Required by all crewmembers onboard and covers all the essential first aid basics: CPR, wound management, Oxygen administration, using an AED
Proficiency In Medical First Aid (PMFA): Three days onboard + 1 day eLearning
Builds upon knowledge learnt in EFA and includes: management of chest pain, effects of hot and cold environments and musculoskeletal injuries.
Pre-Requisite: EFA Certification
Proficiency in Medical Care Onboard (PMCOB): five days
The highest level of medical certification which looks not only how to handle a medical situation but how to sustain life onboard.
Pre-Requisite: PMFA or PMCOB Certification
Yacht medical training: Why choose MedAire
USES YOUR EQUIPMENT so your crew will be more familiar with how to use it, in the event of a medical situation.
SPECIFIC TO LUXURY YACHTS Creates an engaging course with relevant scenarios for yacht crewmembers
TRAIN HUNDREDS OF CREWEMBERS: Every year we deliver onboard training to hundreds of crewmembers.
Bespoke training options
In addition to our regulatory and refresher trainings, MedAire offer a number of bespoke options:
Treating elderly patients
Helps crewmembers to look after elderly guests onboard, enabling them to deliver age-appropriate care for those specific needs
Paediatric first aid training
Trains crewmembers to recognise, stabilise and treat common childhood ailments and learn valuable life-saving skills such as paediatric cpr and proper use of an AED.
MARCH Training
Massive Haemorridge, Airway, Respiration, Circulation and Hypothermia - our march training enables crew to more effectively handle serious medical trauma as a team
Mental health first aid
These two 90 minute virtual trainings create a more supportive culture surrounding mental health onboard.