Guidance
Qualifications of medical personnel on offshore facilities guidance note
Qualifications of medical personnel on offshore facilities guidance note
- NOPSEMA
- Guidance
- N-09000-GN1744
- Competence and TrainingEmergency ResponseOccupational Health
- Regulation and legislationRisk management
- Saturation diving
- Competence and trainingEmergency responseFirst aid and medical provisionRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
Guidance on qualifications and competency assurance for medical personnel at offshore petroleum facilities. It sets out legislative duties, recommended remote healthcare experience and a risk-based approach to staffing. It discusses telemedicine, multiple-casualty resources, diving medical support and additional measures where dedicated medical personnel may be impracticable.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Saturation diving; sat diving.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: First aid and medical provision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Describes appropriate qualifications and competencies for medical personnel responding to emergencies on remote offshore facilities.
N-09000-GN1744. Themes: competence and training, emergency response, occupational health.