Emergency
First Response Primary Care ( CPR )
Emergency
First Response Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants
how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. The
course focuses on primary care through a combination of
knowledge development, skill development and realistic
scenario practice to make sure participants have the
confidence in their ability to provide care when
emergency situations arise. Primary Care (CPR) skills
taught in this course:
- Scene Safety Assessment
- Barrier
Use
- Primary Assessment
- Adult
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Conscious and
Unconscious Adult
- Serious
Bleeding Management
- Shock Management
- Spinal Injury
Management
- Automated External Defibrillator
(AED) training
- Emergency Oxygen Use
Orientation.
Emergency
First Response Secondary Care ( First Aid )
Emergency
First Response Secondary Care (first aid) covers
injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life
threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment
and first aid through knowledge development, skill
development and realistic scenario practice.
Secondary Skills taught in this course:
- Injury
Assessment
- Illness
Assessment
- Bandaging
- Splinting
for Dislocations and Fractures
Emergency
First Response Automated External Defibrillation ( AED )
The
Emergency First Response Automated External
Defibrillation (AED) course builds on the skills learned
in the Primary Care (CPR) course to teach the proper AED
use. This life saving device can increase a patient's
chance of survival from a cardiac arrest by fifty
percent. During this course you'll review the basic
principles of Primary Care (CPR) and learn how to deploy
and use an AED in an emergency situation.
The
Manual
includes Reference Sections on the following topics:
Allergic
Reactions, Bruises, Burns, Chemical Burns,
CPR (adult, child, infant) Choking (adult and infant),
Cone Shell Stings, Coral, Jellyfish and Hydroid Stings,
Cuts, Dental Injuries, Diabetic Problems, Dislocations
and Fractures, Electrical Injuries, Eye Injuries, First
Aid Kit Assembly, Fish Spine Injury, Frostbite, Heat
Exhaustion, Heatstroke, Heart Attack, Hypothermia,
Illness Assessment, Injury Assessment, Insect Stings,
Octopus Bites, Poisoning, Rescue Breathing (adult,
child, infant) Scrapes, Seizures, Snake Bites, Spider
Bites, Sprains and Strains, Stroke, Temperature Related
Injuries, Venomous Bites and Stings, and Illness
Assessment Record Sheet
HANDS
ON TRAINING. This
course is very much Hands on, and nearly the whole day
is spent practicing the skills you have read about in
the manual and seen using the DVD, it is time to put all
that acquired knowledge together.
WHAT
NOT TO WEAR.
As this
course involves a lot of interaction with other students
to practice the various skills, please dress
accordingly, Skirts, boots and High Heels are not the
most comfortable as you will be kneeling a lot, and of
course low cut blouses are best avoided.
If your religion prevents you from touching or being
touched by another person, you will be unable to
complete this practical course.
Challenging
& Rewarding is a
great way to describe this Course.
Please be prepared by reading and absorbing the Manual
& DVD, and think of the course as just putting all
that knowledge into place and practicing the skills, So
the time you need to do it for real wont be your first
time.
