Emergency First Aid at Work

Aim(s): To provide learners with the basic skills in order to offer emergency assistance for those identified as requiring it.

Objec tives: Learners will be able to:

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of a first aider and appointed person, how to minimise the risk of infection to self and others and the need for consent to provide first aid

• To discuss and demonstrate the DRABCD approach to managing first aid

• Demonstrate the following:

• adult CPR using a manikin

• placing a casualty into the recovery position

• monitoring of breathing whilst the casualty is in the recovery position

• Identify and demonstrate how to administer first aid to a casualty who is:

• Choking

• Displaying signs of a seizure

• Presenting with an external bleed

• suffering from shock

• Presenting with different types of wounds, minor burns and scolds