First Aid (Level 1-3)

This comprehensive course covers all first aid topics from level 1,2 & 3. It is an excellent course for people who work in dangerous and/or hazardous environments and for those who live more than a few hours from their nearest hospital.

Content:

• Basic principles of First Aid
• Burns and electrocution
• Emergency numbers
• Emergency scene management
• Fractures, splinting and bandaging
• Medico-legal implications of First Aid
• Primary survey
• Secondary survey
• Unconsciousness and fainting
• Wounds and bleeding
• Abdominal injuries
• Adult, child and infant CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) and choking
• Asthma
• Blood pressure
• Cardiac arrest, managing angina vs acute myocardial infarction
• Chest injuries
• Compression and crush injuries
• Diabetes
• Drowning
• Elementary anatomy and physiology
• Emergency child birth
• Environmental emergencies
• Head and spinal injuries
• Poisoning, stings and bites
• Seizures and epilepsy
• Shock
• Strokes
• The use of an AED (automated electronic defibrillator)
• Triage and GCS (Glascow coma scale)
• Water emergencies