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 Life Support: Definitions and Objectives.
2. Scene Assessment: Safety, Mechanism of Injury, and Number of Victims.
3. Primary Assessment: ABCs (Airway, Breathing, Circulation).
4. Airway Obstruction: Heimlich Maneuver and Other Techniques.
5. Artificial Respiration: Mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-nose, use of barriers.
6. Chest Compressions and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) in Adults, Children, and Infants.
7. Use of the AED (Automated External Defibrillator): Operation and Precautions.
8. Bleeding: Types, direct control, pressure points, and tourniquets.
9. Shock: Types, signs, symptoms, and initial management.
10. Ethical and Legal Considerations in First Aid.

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1. Introduction to First Aid: Objectives, principles, and legal framework.
2. Initial patient assessment: Vital signs, level of consciousness, and ABCs.
3. CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation): Adults, children, and infants. Use of the AED.

Choking: The Heimlich maneuver in different situations.

Bleeding: Types, direct control, tourniquets, and bandages.

Wounds and burns: Cleaning, disinfection, dressings, and treatment.

Trauma: Fractures, sprains, dislocations, and immobilization.

Head and spinal cord injuries: Proper management and transport.

Common medical conditions: Asthma attacks, hypoglycemia, seizures, and allergic reactions.

First aid kit: Basic contents and maintenance.

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1. Introduction to Primary Care: Concepts, levels, and the professional’s role.
2. Legal and Ethical Framework: Health legislation, informed consent, confidentiality.
3. Initial Patient Assessment: Medical history, basic physical examination, and vital signs.
4. Emergency Response Protocols: Management of the polytrauma patient, cardiac arrest, and shock.
5. Basic Life Support (BLS): CPR in adults, children, and infants; use of an AED.
6. First Aid for Trauma: Fractures, dislocations, sprains, wounds, and bleeding.
7. First Aid for Common Illnesses: Asthma attack, hypoglycemia, and reactions Allergic reactions, seizures.
8. Management of Burns, Frostbite, and Chemical Injuries: Classification, initial treatment, and referral.
9. Immobilization and Transfer of the Patient: Immobilization techniques, use of mobilization equipment, and medical transport.
10. Psychological Aspects in Emergency Care: Stress management, communication with the patient and family.

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1. Introduction to Basic Life Support (BLS): Definition, importance, and chain of survival.
2. Legal and Ethical Aspects: Consent, duty to act, and legal responsibility.
3. Scene Assessment: Safety, mechanism of injury, and number of victims.
4. Patient Assessment: Level of consciousness, airway, breathing, and circulation (ABCs).
5. Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO): Heimlich maneuver in adults, children, and infants.
6. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): CPR techniques in adults, children, and infants.
7. Use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED): Rhythm recognition Defibrillatable devices, patch application, and shock delivery.
8. Recovery Position (RP): Indications and correct technique.
9. Hemorrhage: Types, direct control, indirect pressure, and tourniquets (use and risks).
10. Burns: Classification, initial treatment, and prevention of complications.

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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.