About This Project

This is a 3 day First Aid Level Three Training Course in which you will go through 6 Sections of work.

SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF ADVANCED PRIMARY EMERGENCY CARE.

• Introduction
• First Aid Aim
• The First Aider
• Consent
• Universal Precautions
• The basic principles of hygiene
• Formative assessment

SECTION 2:BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH EMERGENCIES. 

• Statutory requirements.
• Legal aspects
• Occupational Health And Safety Act GSR SECT 3.
• 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.
• Definition ‑ disaster
• Types of disasters
• Coping with an emergency.
• Handling selected emergency situations
• Emergency manual
• Disaster ‑ natural or man‑made.
• Bomb threats
• 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
• Examine the nature of the casualties
• Objectives of Resuscitation.
• Calling an Ambulance.
• What to say to the Emergency Medical Services
• The emergency call
• Summary of emergency treatment sequence.
• Formative assessment

SECTION 4:ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

• The human body.
• The Nervous System..
• Head, spine and neck injuries
• Head injuries
• Unconsciousness
• Epilepsy.
• Stroke.
• Transient Ischaemic Attack.
• The Cardio-vascular System..
• Heart attack.
• Angina.
• Heart failure.
• Cyanosis
• The Respiratory System..
• Pneumothorax.
• Hemothorax.
• Sucking Chest Wound.
• Rib fracture.
• Flail chest
• Poisonous chemical inhalation.
• Croup.
• Asthma.
• Pneumonia.
• Musculo-skeletal system..
• Major bone structure.
• Joint
• Connective tissue.
• Bone Injuries / Fractures
• Pelvic fracture.
• Amputations
• Arthritis
• Muscles And Ligaments
• Sprains
• Dislocations
• Integumentary system (skin)
• Burns
• Degrees of burns
• Types of burns
• Wounds
• Bleeding.
• Internal Bleeding.
• Nose bleeds
• Bleeding from the ear
• Bleeding scalp.
• Allergy.
• Insect bites and stings
• Poisoning.
• Snakebite.
• Digestive System..
• Food poisoning (contaminated food)
• Household products
• Poisonous plants and mushrooms
• Treatment (How?)
• Urinary (Renal)System..
• Infection of urinary tract
• Reproductive system..
• Sexually transmitted disease (STD)
• Gonorrhoea.
• Syphilis
• Herpes simplex.
• HIV/AIDS.
• Emergency Childbirth.
• Endocrine system..
• Infectious and febrile diseases.
• Cold injuries
• Heat illnesses
• Gastroenteritis
• Diarrhoea.
• Childhood infectious diseases
• Formative assessment

SECTION 5: PRIMARY EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT. 

• Treatment of the casualty and aseptic principles.
• Glasgow Coma Scale.
• 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.
• Blood Pressure.
• Choking / blocked airways.
• 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 Infants (How?)
• Complete 10 compressions – ventilation cycles in the ration of 3:1, taking about 45 seconds
• Checking For A Pulse.
• Pulse rate.
• Oxygen therapy.
• Automated external defibrillator
• Use.
• Formative assessment

SECTION 6:MANAGE SHOCK. 

• Shock.
• Types of shock.
• Signs and symptoms
• Treatment
• Fainting / Diabetic Emergency.
• Fever
• Formative assessment