First Aid Advanced

Course details

This course is specifically designed for fire officers and firefighters to render medical assistant in emergencies; as it contains 30% theory and 70% practical where they put their skills into practice. This will be accomplished by gaining knowledge and skills in the following areas:
 
-     Roles the fire service may take in providing emergency medical care.
-     Patient confidentiality requirements.
-     Distinguish among commonly encountered communicable diseases.
-     Immunization considerations for first responders
-     The importance of body substance isolation (BSI).
-     Actions taken for basic patient assessment.
-     CPR techniques for adults, children, and infants.
-     Administer and discontinue CPR.
-     External bleeding.
-     Control external bleeding.
-     Internal bleeding.
-     The types, signs, and symptoms of shocks.
-      Fractures and Immobilizations.
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  Updated on 08 October, 2018