Course Content:
- Welcome and introduction
- Dealing with an emergency (assessing a casualty, monitoring a casualty, where to get help, electrical incidents, lone worker
- Unresponsive and breathing adult (unresponsive and breathing adult and special considerations suspected spinal injury)
- Heart Attack
- Angina attack
- Stroke
- Unresponsive and not breathing adult (unresponsive not breathing adult, face shields and pocket masks, mouth to nose)
- AED
- Choking Adult
- Heat exhaustion and dehydration
- Hypothermia
- Seizures
- Burns (burns, electrical burns, chemical burns, chemical burns to the eyes)
- Harmful substances (poisoning, swallowed, inhaled and injected harmful substances)
- Hygiene techniques
- Bleeding and wounds (bleeding heavily from a wound (limb, embedded object in a wound, scalp/head)
- Shock (shock and internal bleeding)
- Bleeding and wounds (bleeding heavily from a wound (palm of hand), crush injuries, penetrating chest wounds, abdomincal wounds, amputation, small blisters and splinters, small bruises and wounds, nosebleed, eye wounds, bites and stings.
- Diabetic emergency
- Asthma
- Severe allergic reaction
- Feeling faint
- Head injury
- Bone, muscle and joint injuries (broken bones, dislocations, strains and sprains, spinal injury)
- Accident recording and reporting - Accident Books and RIDDOR
Pre-requisites:
- Learners must be able to carry out the practical elements and wear loose and appropriate clothing.
Minimum age is 16.
Assessment:
Continuous assessment by observation, practical and questioning
Duration:
3 Days
Additional Information:
09:00 - 17:00
Includes text book, handouts and certification