About the Course
To impart the necessary knowledge and skills necessary to assist during water rescue in a variety of situations besides serving as an introduction to open water lifeguarding
Target group:
The objective of the qualification is for those learners who want to learn basic water rescue skills.
The qualification provides learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills in water rescue scenarios
Course content
First aid and medical
• Spinal injury on land
• Oxygen administration, Resuscitation on adults, children
• Airway management including the use of artificial airways, suction
• Vital signs monitoring including the use of pulse oxemeter
• Drowning process
Swimming skills
• Crawl and breast stroke for lifesaving
• Entry skills and exits (shallow and deep water)
• Treading water
• Skin diving
Self‐rescue and water safety awareness
• HELP and HUDDLE positions
• Signaling for help and other forms of communications
• Removal of clothing
• Personal flotation devices
• Survival floating, action and equipment
Rescue skills and procedures to include:
• Rescue concepts
• Rescue from a shore
• Rescue from heights
Emergency planning / concepts
• Casualty recognition
• Defence and escape techniques
Use equipment:
• Rescue can (tow conscious/unconscious)
• Rescue tube (tow conscious/unconscious)
• Throw line
• Life ring
• Man overboard sling
Rescue situations:
• Panicked swimmer
• Non panicked swimmer
• Unconscious
• Submerged victim
• Spinal (including use of spine board)
M.S.T.S. is licensed by the Malta Further & Higher Education Authority License no : 2019-007 as a Higher Education Institution