First Aid Response
Schedule
Course Information
This course aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to deal with a wide range of basic medical emergencies. The First Aid Responder course is certified by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council on behalf of MDAL (ATI) and is the standard required by most workplaces in Ireland.
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