Aim and Objectives Helicopter Operations - Helicopters in General, Pre-flight procedures, Embarkation and Disembarkation. Inflight information. Inflight emergencies. General Safety - Musters and Drills, Personal Equipment, Types of Offshore Installation, Organisation Structures On & Offshore, Controlling and Monitoring Safety, Accommodation and the Workplace, Working Safely - Permits to Work, Transportation of Hazardous Substances, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health n Fire-Fighting - Combustion and Classes of Fire, Offshore Fire Risks, Portable Extinguishers and Fixed Installation, Breathing Apparatus, Abandonment - Lifejackets and Immersion Suits, Liferafts, Lifeboats, Cold Water Immersion and First Aid - Cold Shock, Hypothermia, The Principles of First Aid, Respiration and Resuscitation, Circulation, External Cardiac Compression and CPR, Bleeding, Bones, Burns, Oil Cover and Shock, Search and Rescue - Search and Rescue Organization, Distress Signals and Communications, Helicopter Aided Evacuations, Transfer to Rescue Vessel, Appendices - Control Mechanisms for the Offshore Industry, Piper Alpha and The Cullen Report Recommendations, Other Significant Accidents.
