Sep 08 - Port Authority Provides Maritime Rescue Training
Following on from the successful training programme implemented last year by the Gibraltar Port Authority and the Gibraltar Health Authority to deliver Maritime Rescue training, an additional training workshop has recently been held for GHA staff and Court Bailiffs.
The training has been delivered by Manuel Tirado, Deputy Captain of the Port and Sigurd Haviland, Paramedic Maritime Training Officer , GHA and consisted of the following modules and basic sea safety/survival:
* Health and safety issues on board vessels
* Ship recognition and hazards
* Ship orientation
* Personal protective/safety equipment
* Embarking/disembarking from launch to ship and vice versa
* Handling the immobilised patient on board a ship
* Disembarking the patient from ship to launch and from launch to shore.
Manuel Tirado commented that after last year’s successful training of GHA ambulance crew members and members from the Gibraltar Fire Brigade, we are delighted to continue with the training programme for Admiralty Marshall Bailiffs as well as other ambulance crew members. The programme has been broken down into two parts - maritime training for all participants, and the patient retrieval training specifically for GHA personnel.
