Advance First Aid
Description
The purpose of this course is to help participants identify and eliminate potentially hazardous conditions in their environment, recognize emergencies, and make appropriate decisions for first aid care. It teaches skills that participants need to know in order to provide immediate care for a suddenly ill or injured person until more advanced medical care arrives to take over.
Objectives
Trainees who successfully complete this course shall be able to demonstrate the required minimum standard of competence, who may be designated to control fire-fighting operations. The course is designed and extracted from the codes.
Course Content
- Key Aims of First Aid
- Preserve Life
- Prevent further harm
- Use of Fire Extinguishers
- Recognizing an Emergency
- Basic Life Supporting Skills
- Airway
- Breathing
- Circulation
- CPR
- Bleeding and shock
- Caring for injury
- Panic and its Control
- Broken bones, fractures
- Burns & Electric Shock
- Chemical burns
Career Opportunities
- Dentists and Dental Assistants
- Gym employees
- Nursing home staff
- Outdoor recreation instructors and guides (hiking, scuba, skiing, etc)
- Security guards
- Teachers
- Almost every walk of life
Learning Outcomes
Candidates will be able to assess situations and circumstances in order to provide First Aid safely, promptly and effectively in a range of emergencies, such as: administering first aid to an adult casualty who is unconscious (including seizure).