First Aid (Emergency Care Training Course)
Next Course: Feb 18+19 Further details and booking: Jo English SailCork 021 4811237 (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
| Type: | First Aid |
| Scheme: | Emergency Care Training Scheme |
| Skill: | Beginner/Improver |
| Assumed Knowledge: | No previous knowledge required |
| Description: | A programme specifically developed to provide water sports participants with the skills & knowledge required to provide emergency care in the marine environment. |
| Content: | Accident procedure, basic life support, wounds & bleeding, shock, head injuries, vital signs, common medical emergencies preparing a casualty for evacuation from a boat, Emergency care kits. |
| Location: | Shorebased at the SailCork base at East Ferry Marina Cobh or RCYC |
| Ability Post Course: | You will be able to provide emergency care in the marine environment where professional medical assistance should be available within 30 minutes. |
| Duration: | 2 days |
| Min Age: | 14 |
| Valid: | 3 yrs. |
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Eddie English Blog
18 January 2012
Why did the Costa Concordia sink?
The town of Cobh has been a port of call for ocean liners for over 150 years - now about 60 liners visit Cork Harbour each year- we all love the liners! Everybody in the maritime community was shocked last Friday night with the news of the grounding of the massive Italian cruise liner the Costa Concordia. I spent the weekend trawling the web to try to find out what really happened - this blog is the tragic story of the last voyage of the Costa Concordia on Friday the 13th of January 2012.
