About this course
Course Outline
This course covers the following:
- Roles and responsibilities of the first aider
- The DRSABCD action plan and responding to emergency situations
- Managing unconscious casualties
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Using a defibrillator (AED)
- Legal issues in first aid
- Infection control
- Diabetes
- Heart attack
- Asthma
- Anaphylaxis
- Wound and bleeding management
- Burns
- Fractures and dislocations
- Sprains and strains
- Head and facial injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Medical emergencies
- Choking
- Abdominal and chest injuries
- Heat and cold induced conditions
- Poisoning management
- Bites and stings
- Stroke