Who is this course for?

This course is for anybody, trained or untrained. The course also meets the minimum legal requirement for an employer to appoint a person to take charge of first aid and emergency aid.

Objectives

To provide essential knowledge and skills for appointed persons so that they can take charge of first aid arrangements, including looking after first aid equipment, administering first aid to casualties and communicating with the emergency services.

Course Content (can be tailored to suit)

• What is first aid?
• Legislation
• Contents of a First Aid Kit
• Assessment of needs
• Primary and Secondary Assessment
• Recovery Position
• CPR
• Causes of unconsciousness
• Heart attack
• Choking
• Poisoning
• Epilepsy
• Hypoglycaemia
• Anaphylactic Shock
• Burns