Basic First Aid with CPR

COURSE BENEFITS / PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• This 4-hour course teaches individuals how to recognize everyday emergencies and care for an injury or illness until professional help arrives.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

•       Introduction to First Aid

•       Patient Assessment

•       Cardiac Arrest and CPR

•       Recognition and Treatment of Bleeding and Wound Care and Shock

•       Recognition and Treatment of Burn Heat Exhaustion

COURSE OUTLINE

•       Define First Aid

•       Identify limitations and legal responsibility to First Aid 

•       Explain the 3 aims of First Aid

•       Identify the priority order of victims in an emergency

•       Describe the Roles and Responsibilities of a First Aider 

•       Perform patient assessment during any incident 

•       Perform primary and secondary surveys

•       Conduct a demonstration on "DRSABCD" and the recovery position

•       Explain the 4 parts of a chain of survival

•       Define cardiac arrest and identify the reasons for cardiac arrest

•       Understand and conduct a demonstration on CPR for an adult

•       Identify when to stop CPR

•       Identify the types of bleeding and the different types of wounds

•       Perform a demonstration on proper bandaging techniques

•       Identify the signs and symptoms of shock and conduct a return demonstration of its First Aid 

•       Identify the different forms of Heat Stress 

•       Recognize the symptoms of Heat Stress 

•       Identify how to manage heat stress and signs and symptoms 

•       Identify how to manage Heat Stress 

•       Electrical injuries

TARGET AUDIENCE

•       For individuals who need to deliver a basic first aid response before the arrival of the qualified first aider. E.g. office employees, laborers, home personnel, the public, commercial premise staff, Immediate supervisors, front-liners, etc.

CERTIFICATION: DISS

RE-CERTIFICATION: Two (2) years

COURSE DURATION: 4 Hours

ASSESSMENT: Multiple-choice assessment and practical