Basic First Aid

Course Aims:

Basic First Aid Course was created to help students develop basic first aid knowledge, skills, and the confidence to respond. The program is an excellent choice for both the community and workplace setting.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course the student should be able to:

• Knowledge Objectives:
• Explain the principles of first aid
• Explain the priority of personal safety when responding to an emergency situation.
• Explain the importance of universal precautions and using PPE
• Describe the steps of a primary assessment of a conscious and unconscious casualty
• Describe the steps of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Describe how to recognize and provide treatment for a choking patient
• Describe how to recognize and provide first aid treatment for severe bleeding
• Describe how to recognize and provide first aid treatment for shock

Skill Objectives:

• Correctly demonstrate the removal of contaminated gloves
• Correctly perform the primary assessment for a conscious and unconscious casualty
• Correctly demonstrate the steps of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Correctly demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver on  a choking patient
• Correctly demonstrate how to control severe bleeding

Course Content:

• Personal Safety
• Disease Transmission – Universal Precautions
• Conscious and Unconscious patient management
• Recovery Position
• CPR
• Choking
• Wounds &  Bleeding
• Managing Shock

Location:

GTSC or Onsite

Theoretical/ Practical

40%  / 60%

Passing Mark:

Written 70%  Practical 100%

Target Audience:

Individuals who require or desire first aid knowledge and skills; including emergency response teams in business and industry.

Accreditation:

ANSI/IADC

Certificate Validity:

3 Years

Dates And Prices:

Please check with our Training
Coordinator or contact gtscsaudi@gtsc.biz

 Special Requirements:

Command of English language

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