Objectives
Candidates will practise and be assessed on the skills needed to administer first aid to a casualty who is:
- unconscious
 
- not breathing
 
- choking
 
- bleeding from a wound
 
- in shock
 
           
          							 
          							
            							Outlines
            							
- Define first aid, steps followed to conduct first aid, rights and duties when conducting first aid
 
- Background information
 
- Physiology and anatomy of different biological systems, and the vital signs (pulse, respiration, temperature, blood pressure)
 
- Basic Life supports
 
- The CAB steps, Air way obstruction handling, CPR
 
- Practical training of the day
 
- General examination (primary and secondary survey, Vital signs & Performing CPR.
 
- Definition, types, diagnosis, first aid procedures, transporting, and ways of prevention
 
- Hemorrhage Management
 
- Simple wounds and injuries
 
- Dealing with simple wounds; cleaning and dressing
 
- Loss of Consciousness
 
- Fainting and coma. Definitions, causes, diagnosis, differentiation, first aid procedures, and ways of prevention
 
- Ophthalmic (eye) injuries
 
- Differentiate between different injuries, first aid, and prevention
 
- Burns
 
- Definition, causes, classification, danger signs, first aid, and prevention
 
- Practical applications
 
- Handling fractured personnel, Splints, Bandages, Eye bandage, Revision for CPR.
 
- Definition, causes, first aid, and prevention of reoccurrence
 
- Poisoning
 
- Definition, causes and types, first aid, danger signs, and prevention
 
- Diarrhea
 
- Snakes & Scorpions bites
 
- Causes, first aid, danger signs, first aid, and prevention
 
- Suffocation
 
- Definition, causes, diagnosis, first aid, danger signs, and ways of prevention
 
- Heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and exposure to cold
 
            
          							 
          							
            							Who Should Attend
            							
- All safety & security staff
 
- All people in different places, activities, and risk situations