Course Objective:

This course will provide the learner with the ability to assist a person or persons who have a medical emergency until advance medical care arrives or the patient is taken to a medical facility.

Costs: Available on request

Duration: 3 Days

Course Content:

  • Principals of First Aid and Safety
  • Artificial Respiration
  • One and Two Rescuer Adult, Child and Infant CPR
  • Choking
  • Wounds and Bleeding
  • Shock, Unconsciousness and fainting
  • Fractures
  • Burns
  • Head, Chest, Hand, Eye and Spinal Injuries
  • Joint Injuries, Strains and Rescue Carries
  • Environmental Illness and Injuries
  • Poisoning, Bites and Stings
  • Hyperthermia and Hypothermia
  • Seizures
  • Chest Pain and Paralysis
  • Multiple Injury Management / Emergency Scene Management
  • Pelvic, Abdominal and Crush Injuries
  • Emergency Childbirth
  • Behavioral Emergencies
  • Water Accidents
  • Anatomy and Physiology

Target population: Care Givers, Domestic Workers, Au Pairs and company employees who do not have immediate access to emergency medical assistance or working in hazardous areas and at height