First Aid At Work (SCQF level 6)

This is a three-day course and is aimed at those who are first aiders in a workplace or anyone wanting to gain knowledge and practical skills of advanced first aid to deal with first aid emergencies. It is certificated for three years.

What You Study:

• Brief applied anatomy and physiology of main body systems.
• Examination of a casualty.
• Assessing the situation.
• Prioritising  Recognition and care of unconscious casualty. Recovery position.
• Airway and breathing.
• Asphyxia, management of chocking.
• Bleeding and clinical shock.
• Sign and symptoms and first aid management of burns, scalds and electrical injuries.
• CPR adult, babies and Infant.
• Fractures.
• Head/Spinal Injuries.
• Poisons.
• Seizures, Heart attack, Stroke, Diabetes.
• Asthma.
• Anaphylactic shock.