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

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