First Aid NQF (Level 1)

Administering first aid skills quickly may well mean the differences between life and death or how successfully a patient recovers from their emergency event or illness. Accidents or life-threatening emergencies can happen to anyone, at anytime and anywhere.

That is why the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act 85 of 1993 and the Department of Labour (DOL) enforce compliance to this act requiring all employers to have sufficiently trained first aiders and to have sufficient first aid resources in the workplace.

ActServ Solutions can assist you with all your First Aid NQF level 1 training and First Aid Equipment supplies. On completion of a First Aid NQF Level 1 course delegates will be equipped with important first aid knowledge and skills, enabling them to assist patients who needs emergency first aid assistance.

The course will include content and facilitation on the specific outcomes and modules listed below:

• Demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management;

• Demonstrate an understanding of elementary anatomy and physiology;

• Assess an emergency situation;

• Apply first aid procedures to the life-threatening situation;

• Treat common injuries.

Course Modules:

• Introduction and basic principles of first aid and emergency scene management;

• Terminology, positioning, elementary anatomy and physiology;

• Workplace preparedness, safety, emergency scene and patient assessment;

• First aid treatment procedures for life-threatening and common injuries;

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and choking international protocols;

• Bleeding, wounds and burns;

• Head, spinal, chest, abdominal, pelvic and fractures injuries;

• Environmental emergencies, near drowning, bites and stings and poisoning;

• Medical emergencies and shock management;

• Triage, record keeping and emergency carry methods.

Certification:

• The delegates will be issued with a certificate within 14 days once they have attended the course