1. Comprehensive Maritime Incident Management: protocols, roles, and chain of command for coordinated response
2. Operational Planning and Execution: briefing, routes, weather windows, and go/no-go criteria
3. Rapid Risk Assessment: criticality matrix, scene control, and decision-making under pressure
4. Operational Communication: VHF/GMDSS, standardized reports, and inter-agency liaison
5. Tactical Mobility and Safe Boarding: RHIB maneuvers, approach, mooring, and recovery
6. Equipment and Technologies: PPE, signaling, satellite tracking, and field data logging
7. Immediate Care of the Affected: primary assessment, hypothermia, trauma, and stabilization for evacuation
8. Adverse Environmental Conditions: swell, Visibility, flows, and operational mitigation

   Simulation and training: critical scenarios, use of VR/AR, and exercises with performance metrics

   Documentation and continuous improvement: lessons learned, indicators (MTTA/MTTR), and SOP updates

1. Introduction to Recreational Water Rescue: Definitions, roles, and responsibilities.
2. Physiology of Drowning: Types of drowning, phases, and risk factors.
3. Basic Rescue Equipment: Rescue torpedoes, fins, masks, snorkels, and boats.
4. Water Entry and Approach Techniques: Controlled, rapid, and underwater entries.
5. Water Rescue Techniques: Torpedo tow, armpit tow, rescue board tow.
6. Extraction of the Victim from the Water: Extraction techniques on the beach, in swimming pools, and on boats.
7. Basic First Aid in Aquatic Environments: CPR, airway management, and hemorrhage control.
8. Communication and signaling in aquatic rescue: Signal codes, use of whistles and radios.
9. Prevention of aquatic accidents: Risk identification, signaling, and user education.
10. Legislation and regulations applicable to recreational aquatic rescue.

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1. Introduction to recreational water rescue: history, evolution, and legal framework.
2. Physiology of drowning: stages, risk factors, and prevention.
3. Basic lifeguard equipment: fins, rescue tube, torpedo buoy, radio.
4. Water entry techniques: according to height, obstacles, and conditions.
5. Approach swimming: efficient styles, victim control, and self-protection.
6. Rescue techniques with and without equipment: grabs, tows, and extractions.
7. Communication and signaling: codes, flags, and alert systems.
8. Basic first aid: CPR, airway obstruction, management of common injuries.
9. Risk assessment in environments Recreational water sports: swimming pools, beaches, and water parks.
10. Specific legislation and regulations: licenses, insurance, and liabilities.

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1. Basic principles of first aid: assessment, safety, life support
2. Drowning: pathophysiology, types, prevention
3. CPR techniques: adults, children, infants; Modifications in the Water

   Water Rescue: Entry, Approach, Towing, and Extraction Techniques

   Common Injuries in the Water: Cuts, Lacerations, Contusions, Fractures

   Spinal Cord Injuries: Prevention, Initial Management, Immobilization

   Hypothermia and Hyperthermia: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

   Traumatic Brain Injuries: Assessment, Management, Safe Transport

   Use of Rescue Equipment: Rescue Boards, Cervical Collars, Defibrillators

   Legal and Ethical Aspects of Water Rescue and First Aid

1. Introduction to Recreational Aquatic Rescue: Scope and Responsibilities
2. Physiology of Drowning: Mechanisms, Types, and Consequences
3. Rescue Equipment: Selection, Maintenance, and Proper Use
4. Water Entry and Approach Techniques: Safe and Effective
5. Towing and Transfer Techniques: Maintaining the Safety of Both
6. Victim Extraction: Techniques on Shore and in Boats
7. First Aid and CPR in the Aquatic Environment: Adaptations and Priorities
8. Communication and Coordination in Emergency Situations: Protocols and Signals

   Prevention of Aquatic Accidents: Risk Identification and Preventive Measures
   Legislation and Regulations in Recreational Aquatic Rescue: Rights and Obligations

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1. System Architecture and Components: Structural design, materials, and subsystems (mechanical, electrical, electronic, and fluid) with selection and assembly criteria for marine environments
2. Fundamentals and Principles of Operation: Physical and engineering foundations (thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, electricity, control, and materials) that explain performance and operating limits
3. Safety and Environmental (SHE): Risk analysis, PPE, LOTO, hazardous atmospheres, spill and waste management, and emergency response plans
4. Applicable Regulations and Standards: IMO/ISO/IEC requirements and local regulations;
5. Conformance criteria, certification, and best practices for operation and maintenance
6. Inspection, testing, and diagnostics: Visual/dimensional inspection, functional testing, data analysis, and predictive techniques (vibration, thermography, fluid analysis) to identify root causes
7. Preventive and predictive maintenance: Hourly/cycle/seasonal plans, lubrication, adjustments, calibrations, consumable replacement, post-service verification, and operational reliability
8. Instrumentation, tools, and metrology: Measuring and testing equipment, diagnostic software, calibration and traceability; selection criteria, safe use, and storage
9. Onboard integration and interfaces: Mechanical, electrical, fluid, and data compatibility; Sealing and watertightness, EMC/EMI, corrosion protection, and interoperability testing.

   Quality, acceptance testing, and commissioning: process and materials control, FAT/SAT, bench and sea trials, go/no-go criteria, and evidence documentation.

   Technical documentation and integrated practice: logs, checklists, reports, and a complete case study (safety → diagnosis → intervention → verification → report) applicable to any system.