IMCA has produced this document, which sets out a range of first aid and other emergency drills which members can use onboard their vessels as part of on-the-job training, to assist its members with ensuring the ongoing competence of first aid personnel onboard vessels.

The drills cover a number of different scenarios encompassing a range of activities on a vessel. Each drill has been written in a way that it evolves. Drill participants are provided with updated information on a real-time basis and the drills set out how they are expected to react. The drills are designed to provide the reader with a number of pieces of information. Each of them is educational in its own right on the challenges of accidents and medical issues in an offshore environment. These may prompt the reader to look at developing or updating company procedures.

It is envisaged that members may wish to add scenarios to this document in order to share best practice or to improve the practical aspects of the document. Any member wishing to contribute scenarios to this document should forward them to the IMCA secretariat for consideration when producing future revisions of the document.