Refresher Course in Medical Care (RMC)

• General Principles

• Body structure and functions

• Structure of the human body

• Functions of important parts and systems

• Skeletal System

• Muscular System

• Cardiovascular System

• Respiratory System

• Nervous System

• Digestive system and abdomen

• Casualty handling

• Basic Life Support

• Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

• CPR with Help of Second Person

• Special Situations

• CPR for Children and Infants

• use of Oxygen resuscitator

• Airway Obstruction

• Positioning of Casualty

• The Unconscious Casualty

• Actions for Accident or Illness on board

• Bleeding

• Management of Shock

• Rescue and transport of casualty

• Examination of patient

• Observations of a casualty

• Forming diagnosis

• Cardiac arrest

• Head injuries

• Levels of consciousness / unconsciousness

• Spinal injuries

• Recognise symptoms

• Bladder control in spinal injuries

• Complications when unconscious

• Apply first aid measures

• Treatment of suspected fracture of spine

• Fractures, dislocation and muscular injuries

• Apply practical first aid procedures

• Describes types of fracture

• Open (or compound) Fractures

• Closed (or simple) Fractures

• Complicated

• Treatment for injured parts

• Immobilization Of injured parts

• Pelvic and spinal injuries

• Sprains, strains and dislocations

• Pneumatic splints

• Burns, scalds and accidents caused by electricity

• Toxicological hazards aboard ship

• Hazards of Transport of dangerous cargo

• use of Medical First Aid Guide

• TWA/TLV levels

• Poisoning

• Acid and caustic burns

• Medical care of rescued persons including dis

• Hypothermia

• How Heat is Lost from the Body

• Causes of Hypothermia

• Hypothermic Effects

• Symptoms of Hypothermia

• Prevention of Hypzthermia

• Treatment for Hypothermia

• Hypothermia at Sea

• Survive in Cold Water

• Response in Case of Accidents

• Should you swim for the shore

• First Aid at Sea for Hypothermia

• Stages in Immersion

• Survival in Survival Crafts

• Cold exposure

• How the Body defends itself against Cold

• Treatment for cold injury

• Management of acute abdomen conditions

• Handling of Oxygen cylinders and Apparatus

• Intravenous and Intra-muscular injections

• Injections IM/IV/SC

• Test dose for penicillin

• Intravenous Therapy

• Drugs on board

• Techniques of sewing and clamping

• Minor surgical procedures

• Radio Medical Advice

• using GMDSS

• Helicopter evacuation

• Diseases of various systems

• Tropical and infectious diseases

• Prevention,STD

• Skin Diseases

• AIDS

• Prevention of AIDS

• About the Virus

• HIV Life Cycle

• HIV Transmission

• Signs and Symptoms

• Acute HIV Infection

• Latent Reservoir

• Onset of Disease - AIDS

• Barriers to Prevention

• Narrow Conceptions of Health Care and the Physician's Role

• Physicians' Attitudes toward Persons with HIV Infection or AIDS

• Practical Constraints of Time and Resources

• Ambiguities in the HIV and AIDS Prevention Message

• Diagnosis

• Serology

• Virus Isolation

• Viral Nucleic Acid Test

• Prognostic Test

• Antiviral Susceptibility Assays

• Treatment

• Antiretroviral Drug Treatment

• Combination Therapy

• Modes of Drug Actions

• First and Second Line Therapy

• Epidemiology

• Common Questions about HIV/AIDS

• Alcohol and drug abuse

• Drug Abuse

• Amphetamine

• Anabolic steroids

• Cocaine

• Heroin

• Inhalants

• Marijuana

• Morphine

• Alcoholism

• Clinical Features of Acute and Chronic Alcoholism

• Causes of Alcoholism

• Metabolism of Alcohol

• Types of Alcoholics

• Complication of Alcoholism

• Effects of Chronic Alcoholism

• Central Nervous System

• Treatment of Alcoholism

• Abstinence

• Medication

• Nutrition and Diet

• Home Remedies

• Psychotherapy

• Dental Care

• Gynae Pregnancy, Childbirth

• Death at sea

• Environmental control on board ship

• Keeping of records