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Target Group:
Anyone who administers basic first aid.

Course Aims:
Following course attendance, course members should be able to:-

• Administer basic first aid in an emergency
• Demonstrate mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compression
• Observe personal protection and hygiene procedures
• Perform practical first aid duties in accordance with training given and requirements of the school
• Record and report information and treatment details to comply with legislation

COURSE OUTLINE & AIMS

• First Aid Action
• Scope and Aims of First Aid in the School
• Incident Management
• Your priorities when dealing with casualties
• Communication within the school structure
• History-Signs-Symptoms
• Examination of the casualty
• Unconsciousness
• Dealing with an unconscious casualty
• Recovery Position - why, when and how (practical)
• Resuscitation
• Resuscitation of infants, children and adults (practical)
• Choking, the action during an emergency
• Dealing with breathing difficulties-asthma, hyperventilation
• Personal Protection and Hygiene
• General Hygiene
• Transmission of infection/clearing up of spillage's i.e. blood
• Reducing the risk of infection
• First Aid rooms and boxes
• Purchasing supplies and restocking boxes and travelling kits
• Record keeping/accident reporting
• Specific First Aid in Schools
• General First Aid in Schools
• Review of the two days

Notes:
Please note, this is a two-day course.

To book on this course, please use the Training Catalogue accessed via the Employee Self Service Portal.

Start Date: 11 March 2013    Time: 9am

End Date: 12 March 2013    Time: 4:30pm

Venue:
Ambulance Training Centre