First Aid Response

Schedule

Course Information

Certification

Participants will receive First Aid Response certificate which is valid for 2 years.

Duration

3 days

Training Aim:

To provide learners with the knowledge and skills to become a First Aid Responder. To ensure the understanding required to provide and coordinate first aid in the workplace in compliance with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007.

Course Content

• Assessments – Primary and Secondary
• Incident Procedure – emergency calls, scene safety, infection control.
• Cardiac First Response -Heart Attack, CPR, Use of AED, Choking
• Common Medical Emergencies
• Injury Management /Shock -Shock, bleeding, musculoskeletal injuries,
• The Unconscious Patient
• Burn and Electrical Injury
• Abnormal Body Temperature – hyperthermia, hypothermia
• Information Management – patient handover, care reports
• Communications – consent, empathy, communicating with children
• Well Being of the First Aid Responder – critical incident stress

Prerequisites

Credits