Tailored solutions for different age groups
How MedAire can support your potentially vulnerable guests
Provide age-appropriate medical care
Providing medical assistance onboard can be a challenging task, particularly when considering the varied health requirements of guests across different age groups. We offer a number of solutions to ensure that all age groups receive appropriate and effective medical attention, whether your guests are over 70 or under 12!
Paediatrics kit
The paediatrics kits contains prescription and over the counter medications for ages 12 and under.
Supplements the first responder kit with Paediatric medications and dosing.
Bespoke training options for yachts
Paediatric First Aid (1 day course)
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.
A current first aid certificate is required to attend this one-day course. Students will:
- learn to recognise, stabilise and treat children onboard quickly
- complete a head-to-toe assessment of the patient, focusing on the differences between adults and children
- review the items in the Paediatric Kit
- practice a scenario with MedLink and practice hands-on skills.
Treating elderly patients (1 day course)
Helps crewmembers to look after elderly guests onboard, enabling them to deliver age-appropriate care for those specific needs.
This practical and hands-on course offers an essential insight into some of the common risks we see when our clients travel with elderly guests onboard, looking at:
- core principles of elderly care, considering the different types of physiological risks (digestive, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory, endocrine) that come with old age
- how to support through preventative and in-the-moment care.