Essential First Aid

This course provides learners with the ability to demonstrate first aid knowledge and equip them with practical skills to handle a variety of situations where people require basic life support and first aid.

This course is ideal for anyone who wants to learn the basics of first aid and for first aiders in the workplace.

What you will learn:

• Identifying dangerous and hazardous situations and how to manage them

• How to mitigate any risks including: electrocution, drowning, fire, hazardous chemicals, biological risks, presence of bodily fluids, the weather, and road traffic accidents

• Collapsed person: Use NZRC Guidelines for Resuscitation including airway and breathing

• Management of collapsed person/CPR including breathing support; circulation support (including accessing and attaching an AED where available)

• Obstructed airway: Use NZRC Guidelines for Resuscitation for an adult, a child, and an infant

• How to provide basic life support

• First Aid practices including shock and bleeding, burns, fractures, soft tissue injuries, and poisonings

• First Aid practices including heart attack, asthma, stroke, seizure, and diabetes

• First Aid practices including recognising when to call for help, and simple management of condition(s)