title: Training in first aid at the workplace.
abstract: All workers, including seafarers and fishermen, may be confronted with life-threatening situation, and they should be trained in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CRP) techniques. In this paper, which was presented during the meeting of the co-ordinators of the EU Project on the health of seafarers held in Gdynia in April 1996, the Author reports on the experiences in the CPR training, which was conducted by occupational physicians, who were responsible for the medical aspects of the disaster plan of the Province of Antwerp including the Antwerp port.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Sprundel
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004630:Emergencies; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005392:First Aid; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008348:Manikins; D009326:Naval Medicine; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011044:Poland; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D012767:Ships; D014187:Transportation of Patients