First Aid Level 1 Training

Our first aid level 1 training course aims to install learners with the required basic medical knowledge and skills to assess and respond to emergency situations, as well as to provide basic life support and stabilise casualties/patients prior to transfer to emergency services.

Learners credited with the First Aid Level 1 unit standard will be able to assess and eliminate the immediate dangers present in an emergency scene, demonstrate understanding of certain elements of anatomy and physiology, apply first response procedures to life-threatening situations and treat common injuries. 

Course Content:

Emergency Scene Management
We take learners through maintenance of personal safety in terms of injury and infectious disease prevention, safeguarding of the emergency scene, safeguarding of the injured person and the implications of rendering first aid in terms of the relevant medical legislation.

Elementary Anatomy And Physiology
This module deals with the bodily systems most likely to be affected in the workplace, such as the musculoskeletal, respiratory, circulatory and nervous systems, among others. We go through how impairment of these systems may physically manifest, allowing for ease of emergency diagnosis.

Assessing An Emergency Situation
We show learners how to assess and handle an emergency situation; identifying the contributing factors which led to the emergency, checking vital signs of casualties and prioritising the most severe injuries while preventing further injury. We also go over injury diagnosis and assessment of the first aid required.

Apply First Aid In A Life-threatening Situation
We take learners through the appropriate first aid to be administered according to the situation; we take learners through the contents of a standard workplace first aid kit, as well as showing how to use readily-available materials, in case medical supplies are unavailable, to treat immediate threats and prevent further complications and/or infection, according to the needs of the casualty, current practices and accepted procedures. We also go over how to perform cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and artificial respiration.

Treat Common Injuries
This module identifies and describes a wide range of physical injuries and conditions according to their severity, respective causes and possible treatments, as well as preventative measures to be taken. We also take learners through handover to medical authority in the event of severe injury.