Advanced First Aid (AFA)/CPR For Mariners (Oct 03 - 04, 2026)

Advanced First Aid (AFA)/CPR For Mariners is organized by Backcountry Medical Guides (BMG) and will be held from Oct 03 - 04, 2026 at Spaulding Marine Center, Sausalito, California, United States of America.

Curriculum & Objectives

• Manage risk through pre trip planning and preventative techniques: first aid kits, pre-trip medical assessments, travel medicine, telemedicine.
• Assess and treat life threatening emergencies: CPR, patient assessment, airway management, hemorrhage control, shock, and stabilization.
• Practice common trauma management techniques: Wounds and fractures, head injuries, neck and spine injuries, blunt trauma, burns, dental and eye traumas.
• Develop important judgment skills for the assessment and evacuation of medical and environmental emergencies at sea: hypothermia, heat illness, marine animal bites and stings, dive emergencies, lightning at sea, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, diabetes, seizures, anaphylaxis.