First Aid Courses

HSE and Resuscitation Council content-compliant (there are paediatric elements to this course)

• Roles, responsibilities and the law

• Equipment, resources and planning your trip

• Incident management, scene survey and emergency procedures

• Summoning assistance and vital sign monitoring

• Treatment positions and casualty movement

• Primary and secondary surveys

• The unconscious casualty - Fainting - Seizure - Recovery position

• Bites and stings

• Anaphylaxis

• Asthma and hyperventilation

• Eye injuries

• Foreign objects

• Bleeding, injuries and shock, including lifethreatening bleed, impalement, crush, amputation, chest and abdomen injuries

• Bone, muscle and joint injuries

• Head and spinal injuries

• Burns • Electrocution

• Heat and cold injury

• Poisons

• Diabetes

• Stroke

• When to worry about dehydration, headache, earache and stomachache

• Chest pain

• CPR and safe use of the AED

• Drowning

• Choking

Outdoor practicals (weather permitting):

• Treatment positions

• Surveys

• Recovery position

• Autoinjector

• Bandaging

• Slings + immobilisation

• Spinal recovery position

• CPR

• Safe use of an AED

• Scenario practice