FIRST AID COURSE

Welcome and Introduction

General Principles

Video: Life Is Why Activity

Introduction, Duties, Roles, and Responsibilities of First Aid Rescuers

Safety, and Universal Precautions

• Practice: Removing Protective Gloves
• Video: When and How to Phone for Help
• Demonstration: EMT Number and First Aid Kit
• Video: Finding the Problem
• Practice: Finding the Problem and Phoning for Help
• Video: After the Emergency

Medical Emergencies

• Video: Breathing Problems: Choking
• Practice: Relief of Choking
• Video: Bad Allergic Reactions; Epinephrine Auto-Injector
• Practice: Epinephrine Auto-Injector
• Video: Chest Pain and Heart Attack
• Case Discussion: Breathing Problems, Allergic Reactions, and Chest Pain

• Video: Fainting, Diabetes, Stroke, and Seizures
• Case Discussion: Fainting, Low blood sugar, Stroke, and Seizures

Break

Injury Emergencies

• Video: External bleeding
• Practice: Controlling bleeding and bandaging
• Video: Nosebleeds, Bleeding From the Mouth, Puncture

Wounds, and Amputation

• Video: Internal bleeding
• Practice: Recognition and Treatment of Shock
• Video: Head and Spine Injuries
• Video: Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries; Burns
• Case Discussion: Internal bleeding, Shock, Head or

Spine Injury, Bone Joint or Muscle Injury, Heat Burn, Electrical Burn

Practice- splinting

Environmental Emergencies

• Video: Bites and Stings
• Case Discussion: Bites and Stings
• Video: Cold- and Heat-Related Emergencies
• Case Discussion: Temperature-Related Emergencies
• Video: Poisoning Emergencies
• Case Discussion: Poisoning Emergencies

Preventing illness and injury, legal questions

CPR AND AED COURSE (BLS)

CPR

• Video: CPR; Assessing
• Practice: Calling for help
• Video: Chest Compressions and Rescue Breathing
• Practice: Chest Compressions and Rescue Breathing
• Video: Review of CPR, Pocket Mask
• Practice: CPR With Barrier Device
• Skills Evaluation

AED

• Video: AED, Including Special Circumstances
• Practice: CPR/AED
• Demonstration
• Skills Evaluation
• Help from others
• Adult CPR and AED summary
• Adult CPR and AED skills Test
• Naloxone

Time: Classes begin at 8am

First Aid 4-5 hours, CPR &AED 2-3 hours

Course materials –AHA manual

Certification: American Heart Association valid for two years

COST: First Aid- $US66.00: CPR and AED- $US58.00/person. The cost includes course materials and certificate. If both courses are done together then the cost will be $US110.00

NB: 15 and more participants, First Aid $US58.00 CPR and AED $US50.00 If both courses are done together it will cost $84.00 per person with 15 or more participants

Click Here to download the docx file of the course outline.

Desmond Croker -Instructor