Basic Pre Hospital Emergency Care

The students will be familiar with incident scene and patient assessments, the use of medical oxygen and associated equipment, AED and extrication devices in an emergency medical and trauma situation.

Course Content

The course focuses on:

• Medical emergencies and management.

• Defibrillation.

• Stress management.

• Traumatic emergencies and management.

• Enhanced basic life support.

• Patient handling.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Assess and manage the scene of an emergency situation.

• Perform a primary survey to identify any life threats.

• Perform a secondary survey.

• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of safe patient moving and lifting techniques without injury to self, patient or others.

• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of devices and/or techniques to manage patients in an emergency situation.

• Monitor patients and provide information in an emergency situation.

• Recognise signs of stress in self and apply appropriate strategies to mitigate effects.

• Demonstrate and apply knowledge of requirements relating to patient information and documenting events.