Course Aims
To train selected candidates to the required standard as directed by Health and Safety Executive in the duties of an emergency first aider.
Who is this course suitable for?
Personnel selected to be fully qualified first aiders.
Course Objectives
Enable the emergency first aider to render the initial help necessary to give a casualty treatment for sudden injury or illness, until more professional help arrives.
Topics covered include:
- Legalities, responsibilities and reporting
- Assessment of the situation
- Cardio
- Pulmonary Resuscitation
- Automated External Defibrillation (AED) awareness
- Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
- Shock (including Anaphylaxis)
- Bandaging
- Fractures and spinal injuries
- Heart attacks
- Choking
- Control of bleeding
- Head injuries
- Eye injuries
- Poisoning
- Chest injuries
- Sprains and strains
- Burns
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Epilepsy
- Stroke