Medic training, off shore or not?????
- Thread starter Rob.D
- Start date
I would recommen choosing your course carefully. There are some diploma mills around, but if you go by those recommended here on the forum you will do well. Choose a training provider, that can assign you clinical attachments. Its s must to be able to implement all that theory in dealing with real patients.
Scartissue
Longterm Registered User
You can't just do the course...
You have to be a registered Health Care professional such as a nurse, paramedic etc. or a former class one military medic.
Plus do you think doing a four week course will prepare you for your first casualty or patient?
You have to be a registered Health Care professional such as a nurse, paramedic etc. or a former class one military medic.
Plus do you think doing a four week course will prepare you for your first casualty or patient?
I tried to send you a pm mate but failed. I would reccomend starting with FPOS I I see from your profile that you've already done a first aid course. It would be worth asking PHECTA for a quote on a course and down here in the south I would reccomend speaking to First line response who are also on here. EXMED do brilliant courses too. All good guys.
Hi, You won't or shouldn't get on a offshore medic course.
Stick to the courses recommended by others who perform CP duties.
There are those who access offshore medic courses who pay little attention to your history and are more interested in your wallet. These offshore medic courses are really for RN's and Para's with appropriate experience, some Doc's too.
There are military medics who work these roles but certainly they have no professional acoountability and their inclusion is more demands of industry rather good clinical governance.
Stick to the courses recommended by others who perform CP duties.
There are those who access offshore medic courses who pay little attention to your history and are more interested in your wallet. These offshore medic courses are really for RN's and Para's with appropriate experience, some Doc's too.
There are military medics who work these roles but certainly they have no professional acoountability and their inclusion is more demands of industry rather good clinical governance.
Re all the above, I can see why this chap would want to do the OSM course, he may have clinically sound background, without being registered, and I certainly understand why one would have to be HCP or equiv to get onto the course.
The course is cheaper than the para and the tech course, can be completed in less time and still covers a lot of knowledge and practical skills, whilst being well recognised.
On the flip side, there is a need for well trained people.
Scar tissue puts across the point, how is a 4 week course going to prepare you.....
I might suggest, much better than 5 days of FPOS-I with an additional 20mins of fluids.
So if someone can prove their worth to the DS,that they should be on the course,through their training, experience and appropriate CPD, great. And even the companies stated on these forums as being the best, offer people who are able to prove themselves,the opportunity to part with the dinar and train.
If that person who wants to do the course and work in HE or whatever, then ok, but to work off shore, the professional governance should exist.
Id rather work with a person, who paid good money, for a course, passed and gained appropriate experience, than someone who did FPOS-i on their CP course, and has not seen a patient since-been there, done that.
Ginge
The course is cheaper than the para and the tech course, can be completed in less time and still covers a lot of knowledge and practical skills, whilst being well recognised.
On the flip side, there is a need for well trained people.
Scar tissue puts across the point, how is a 4 week course going to prepare you.....
I might suggest, much better than 5 days of FPOS-I with an additional 20mins of fluids.
So if someone can prove their worth to the DS,that they should be on the course,through their training, experience and appropriate CPD, great. And even the companies stated on these forums as being the best, offer people who are able to prove themselves,the opportunity to part with the dinar and train.
If that person who wants to do the course and work in HE or whatever, then ok, but to work off shore, the professional governance should exist.
Id rather work with a person, who paid good money, for a course, passed and gained appropriate experience, than someone who did FPOS-i on their CP course, and has not seen a patient since-been there, done that.
Ginge
Unless you have experience behind you, and are already suitably qualified as either a Doctor, Nurse, paramedic or CMT1 then i would recommend you stick to the Close protection role and undertake training that would allow you to utilise certain skills that will help casualties and help increase you patient contact, skill base and knowledge.
one thing to remember and i fear it is forgotten by many is that when you pass a course, thats when the real learning begins, a good medic will always have a reference book on them and in any down time will be sat reading it. I have over 20+ years experience as a paramedic and i still read daily to ensure i am up to date and aware of current and up and coming practice. But so often people will do a course just to get a qualification and then the only ones to suffer are the poor casualties at the hands of a very rusty medic.
Good luck on your quest
Phecta
one thing to remember and i fear it is forgotten by many is that when you pass a course, thats when the real learning begins, a good medic will always have a reference book on them and in any down time will be sat reading it. I have over 20+ years experience as a paramedic and i still read daily to ensure i am up to date and aware of current and up and coming practice. But so often people will do a course just to get a qualification and then the only ones to suffer are the poor casualties at the hands of a very rusty medic.
Good luck on your quest
Phecta
Phecta, you took the words from my fingertips.
Was on a job recently, with 2 FPOS medics. One, was an ex PTS driver, the other was a CPO.
Whilst I was sat there listening to PHTLS on ,my 'pod, the the ex granny basher took out some sp services A&P flash cards.
He started halfwaybthrough the pack, annotating them. He'd already done most of them. The CPO medic, Was waist deep in sleep.
Throughout the whole job( downtime) we tried to engage mr CPO in some reading/or having a play with some kit. Wasn't interested.
You are right, you gotta keep the skills up.
http://www.hseni.gov.uk/l123_health...offshore_installations_and_pipeline_works.pdf
And having just read the new(?) HSE guidelines on selection for training of OSM, it reads that it's ideally nurses, but others may be suitable.
Cheers all
Was on a job recently, with 2 FPOS medics. One, was an ex PTS driver, the other was a CPO.
Whilst I was sat there listening to PHTLS on ,my 'pod, the the ex granny basher took out some sp services A&P flash cards.
He started halfwaybthrough the pack, annotating them. He'd already done most of them. The CPO medic, Was waist deep in sleep.
Throughout the whole job( downtime) we tried to engage mr CPO in some reading/or having a play with some kit. Wasn't interested.
You are right, you gotta keep the skills up.
http://www.hseni.gov.uk/l123_health...offshore_installations_and_pipeline_works.pdf
And having just read the new(?) HSE guidelines on selection for training of OSM, it reads that it's ideally nurses, but others may be suitable.
Cheers all
Last edited:
sparkey100
New Member
I agree with Med1c999 - experience counts.
Shame employers don't always see it that way. If you have enough bits of paper you seem to be able to butter up some people even if you don't have the experience. Been faced with that a few times.
Shame employers don't always see it that way. If you have enough bits of paper you seem to be able to butter up some people even if you don't have the experience. Been faced with that a few times.