Last weekend, we looked at things “First aid” at the “SeaDocs” trained in Mönchengladbach. We were very pleasantly surprised, about the composition of the high-profile 21 Students and the high “Level” the course content. The aim of this course is to, to provide laypersons the specifics of supply on board.
Our Instructors, Dr. Fabian Steffen, himself is an avid sailor and has 15 Years of professional experience as an emergency physician on an ambulance. We have also felt!One must not forget, that we will be far away from the land to put ourselves at sea. Therefore, we have considered the seriousness of all these exercises from a different perspective.
The goal is, that medical problems on board are controlled by the availability of professional help, minor mishaps can be supplied on board without any interruption of a journey. Through a simple structured diagnostic assessment which communication is to be made possible with helpers, only as a meaningful planning of further steps is possible.
At the end of 2 Days we have given each other syringes, added a tube(to a doll, since it is only possible if the patient is deeply unconscious), Powered Brand-/Platz-/Schnittwunden, created a defibrillator, Etc applied resuscitation by cardiac massage.
Those were our learning objectives:
• Important activities: Associations, Wound Care, Immobilization, Salvage
• A guide to systematic Investigate (with and without aids), Approaching a diagnosis
• The implementation of revivals (with and without aids)
•Typische Notfallsituationen an Bord: Hypothermia, Drowning, Hand infection, Sunstroke, Burns
• The administration of drugs into the muscle and under the skin
• The communication with helpers
• Features a first-aid kit and a first aid kit, Literaturhinweise
• Tropical diseases, Impfhinweise

It was a really brilliant course gives us the feeling, structured to act in the event of a fall. To prepare for a long trip, we rate this course as an absolute “MUST”. Quite apart from, that we have some very nice people met, mit denen wir das gleiche Hobby teilen 🙂
On Easter Sunday, it's back up to the Baltic Sea. We meet with Wolfgang and Ingeborg of the “Stella Maris” as well as with Brigit and Frank from the catamaran “CAYLUNA”. Ingeborg and Wolfgang are the TO base manager Cuxhafen and are with your “Stella Maris” in 5 Sailed years around the world. Insanely cute and experienced sailors, of which we “Four” Tips and advice can be obtained for our trip to the Caribbean. Birgit and Frank have invited us to stay on your catamaran. For us, premiere. Life can be so wonderful 🙂