About This Project

This is a 2 day First Aid Level Two Training Course in which you will go through 7 Sections of work.

SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF PRIMARY EMERGENCY CARE. 

• Introduction.
• First Aid Aim..
• The First Aider
• Consent
• Universal Precautions
• The basic principles of hygiene.
• Statutory requirements
• Legal aspects
• Occupational Health And Safety Act GSR SECT 3.
• Formative assessment

SECTION 2: BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES. 

• First aid kit
• Dressings and bandages
• The basic principles of:
• Equipment
• Instruments
• Disposable gloves
• Torch.
• Stretcher
• Splints
• Spinal board.
• Blankets
• Thermometer
• Other equipment
• Improvised uses
• Formative assessment

SECTION 3: MANAGE AN EMERGENCY SCENE. 

• Emergency Procedures
• Coping with an emergency.
• How to alert the Emergency Medical Services
• The three “B’s”
• The emergency scene.
• Triage.
• First Assessment of the Scene and Prioritising of Casualties
• The 4 Safety S’s
• Sorting of patients on a scene (triage)
• Scene.
• Plan.
• Arrival procedure.
• Secondary examination.
• Injuries
• Patient recovery.
• The advantages of the recovery position.
• Monitoring the patient
• Monitor casualty and treat according to vital signs and condition.
• The first aid recovery with sound first aid principles
• Mobilise emergency services
• The role of the First Aider
• Priorities in an Emergency.
• Examine the nature of the casualties
• Objectives of Resuscitation.
• Summary of emergency treatment sequence.
• Formative assessment

SECTION 4: PRIMARY EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT. 

• Choking / blocked airways
• How do I know the patient is choking?
• Choking Adults
• Choking Children.
• Choking Infant
• Rescue breathing / artificial resuscitation.
• Assessing the patient (What?)
• Positioning the patient
• Performing rescue breathing / artificial resuscitation (How?)
• Abdominal thrusts (How?)
• CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
• CPR Procedure For Adults And Children (How?)
• CPR Procedure For Children and Infants (How?)
• CPR Procedure For Newborns (How?)
• Circulatory System..
• Checking For A Pulse.
• Pulse rate.
• Bleeding.
• Internal Bleeding.
• Nose bleeds
• Bleeding from the ear
• Bleeding scalp.
• Formative assessment
• MANAGE SHOCK.
• Shock.
• Types of shock.
• Signs and symptoms
• Treatment
• Formative assessment

SECTION 5: SECONDARY ASSESSMENT.

• Head, spine and neck injuries
• If You Have to Move the Casualty.
• Neutral position.
• Moving the person with a spinal board.
• Moving the person without a spinal board.
• General precautions
• Spinal injury recovery position.
• Head injuries
• Unconsciousness
• Bone Injuries / Fractures
• Pelvic fracture.
• Amputations
• Sprains
• Dislocations
• Wounds
• Open Wounds
• Closed Wound.
• Insect bites and stings
• Burns
• Degrees of burns
• Types of burns
• Infectious and febrile diseases
• Cold injuries
• Heat illnesses
• Fever
• Poisoning.
• Snakebite.
• Illnesses at the workplace.
• Heart attack.
• Angina.
• Stroke.
• Diabetes
• Epilepsy.
• Asthma.
• Formative assessment

SECTION 6: RECORD KEEPING. 

• Treatment of the casualty and aseptic principles
• Calling an Ambulance.
• What to say to the Emergency Medical Services
• The emergency call
• Reporting of incidents
• Who will get a copy of the report?
• What do I have to report?
• What from here on?
• Recording of incidents
• Company Policy.
• Documentation.
• Example of a first aid policy.

SECTION 7: First Aid Policy. 

1. Purpose.
2. Scope.
3. References
4. Definitions
5. Requirements

Formative assessment