MODEL COURSE 1.

13 ELEMENTARY FIRST AID

2000 Edition

Course and Compendium

London, 2001

First published in 1989 as Medical Emergency Basic Training by the INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR www.imo.org Revised edition 2000 Printed in the United Kingdom by CPI Books Limited, Reading RG1 8EX

ISBN: 978-92-801-6117-5

IMO PUBLICATION Sales number: TA113E

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IMO wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization for their valuable assistance and co-operation in the production of this course. In particular, IMO wishes to thank the World Health Organization for permission to utilize relevant parts of the International Medical Guide for Ships as the course compendium. Copyright International Maritime Organization 2001

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