Basic Life Support Course With AED Training

AED and basic life support (CPR) training will give you the confidence to act quickly and effectively if someone has a cardiac arrest. You will learn how to operate a defibrillator and how to perform effective CPR.

This course covers Basic Life Support skills and includes skills for Adult, Child and Infant as well as healthcare variations on infant CPR. The course includes: Safety, precautions, initial assessment, recovery position, CPR, compression only CPR, CPR handover and choking.

Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s) are now becoming more common throughout a range of public and work places. A casualty’s survival rate will dramatically increase if an AED is available and if you have appropriately qualified personnel to use it.

This course will look at the different types of adrenalin auto-injector available in the UK: Epi-pen, Jext and Emerade. You will refresh you CPR skills and learn how to manage an incident where a casualty known to have anaphylaxis is suffering from a severe allergic reaction.

This course is designed to be practical and straightforward, with realistic scenarios that help participants gain confidence in applying BLS and AED skills in real-life situations. Upon completion, participants receive an Ofqual-regulated Level 2 certification, valid for one year, acknowledging the...