FAE – Basic First Aid

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Certification

Participants will receive Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Course (PHECC) First Aid Essentials – Basic First Aid which is valid for 2 years.

Duration

1 day

Training Aim:

To provide appropriate learners with the knowledge and skills for Basic First Aid including cardiac first response.  This course is targeted for all persons (individuals and employees) requiring first aid skills and CFR certification.

Course Content

• Introduction to First Aid
• Patient Assessment
• Cardiac First Response (CFR) – Community
  • Adult CPR
  • Use of Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  • Adult Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (choking)
  • Heart attack treatment and management
• Injury Management
  • External Bleeding injuries
  • Musculoskeletal injuries
  • Suspected spinal injuries
  • Burn management
• Common Medical Emergencies
  • Diabetic emergency
  • Asthma
  • Seizures
  • Poisons
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Sepsis
  • Fainting
• Non-Core additional topics for injury management depending on student group
  • Bleeding management – indirect pressure, tourniquet and/or haemostatic dressings.
  • Concussion and Compression head injuries
  • Environmental injuries such as hypo/hyperthermia.