Course catalogue

We know how important it is for us all to do what we can to ensure an effective transition for ourselves and our teams back to work. The landscape of the workplace has and will inevitably continue to change and today’s ‘new normal’ may not be tomorrow!

This course offers the foundation in theoretical and practical surgical skills and techniques for wound care and cuts that are relevant to the work place. The focus is orientation to the different types of suture materials, suture techniques, proper preparation, examination, evaluation and treatment of different types of wounds / cuts to be able to give the optimal patient care as well as the basis of skin anatomy, physiology and pathology.

Objective:

After completing the course, participants will be able to assess wound infection, treating cuts with various suturing techniques and the use of surgical instruments and equipment, and placing local anesthesia. 

Content :

Anatomy, wound healing and infections
Examination and assessment of wounds and cuts
Assessment of tendon function after cuts
Choice of treatment of wounds and cuts
- Basic principles of wound care
- Local anesthesia
- Surgical knots
- Various suturing techniques
Surgical instruments used in suturing
Assessment of wounds and cut which can be treated onboard and who to sent to land
Removing sutures
Complications of suturing
Practical tips and advice

Instructor: Dr.: Mark Lewis Belandres Barbero M.D

Interested in this course please contact Total Safety AS as it's still avilable course by request.

Provided in association with Astutis, approved centre 1857.

IOSH Working Safely is an essential short course for employees of organisations in any industry sector who need a grounding in health and safety. 

Provides an awareness of general workplace hazards and focuses on why health and safety is important to the well-being of the individual worker and those around them.

On completion of the course, learners will be able to:

• Why staff must work safely

• Staff's responsibility towards health, safety and wellbeing

• The difference between hazards and risks

• Hazard and risk identification, impact and how to control them

• The importance of safety performance within the workplace and how to improve it

• How industry affects the environment

The object of this course is to help participants maintain and develop their knowledge of leadership and organisational principles for emergency response teams.

This course is valid for 24 months.