Emergency First Aid

Course details

On completion of the Basic First Aid course, participants will be able to demonstrate practical first aid skills required in both routine and emergency situations. This course will not allow you become a full first-aider, see our Occupational First Aid course for this.

Assessment: Graded multiple choice questionnaire.

Accreditation: CMSE Training Certification

Course Objectives

To provide attendees with the requisite skills to demonstrate practical first aid required in both routine and emergency situations.

Target Audience

This course is intended for those who wish to gain an understanding of first aid required in an emergency situation .

Course Contents

• Introduction – Chain of survival / Scene safety / Responsibilities of a first-aider
• Unconsciousness – Examination of unconscious casualty / Recovery position
• Resuscitation – Practical demonstration and class practice
• Asphyxia / Heart attack – Approach and treatment
• Bleeding and wounds – Control of bleeding and wounds including amputation, wounds with a foreign body, internal bleeding
• Assessment of fractures and appropriate treatment
• Injuries – Examination of the eye / Treatment of foreign bodies / Chemical splashes in the eye
• Burns and scalds / Poisoning / Causes and treatments
• Epilepsy / Asthma / Crush injuries – Approach and treatment