Perform Basic Life Support And First Aid Procedures ID: 119567

Course Description

First aid level 1 is the first and immediate assistance given to any person suffering from either a minor or serious illness or injury, with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery. It includes initial intervention in a serious condition prior to professional medical help being available, such as performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation while waiting for an ambulance, as well as the complete treatment of minor conditions, such as applying a plaster to a cut.

Certification

Successful candidates credited with this unit standard are able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management
• Demonstrate an understanding of elementary anatomy and physiology
• Assess an emergency situation
• Apply first aid procedures to the life-threatening situation
• Treat common injuries

Basic life support & first aid procedures learning outcomes

This course is for persons required to assess the emergency situation and providing basic life support and basic first aid in order to stabilize patients prior to transfer to the emergency services. The area of focus of this programme will be;

Outcome 1

What is first aid?

What is a first aider?

• What does a first aider do?
• Dead heroes cannot save lives

Preventing infections

• What precautions can we take to get rid of infections?
• Signs of wound infection

Outcome 2

Emergency scene management

What is an emergency scene

• Four steps for the management of an emergency scene

Protect the emergency scene and the injured person

• Protect the emergency scene
• Protect the injured person
• Assess the vital signs of the casualty
• How to place a person in the recovery position

Legal implications of giving first aid

Outcome 3

• The human body in a nutshell
• Introduction to the human body
• The different systems in the human body
• How the different systems relate to each other

Outcome 4

Assess an emergency situation

• Levels of priority
• Identify the causes of emergencies
• Cardiovascular emergencies
• Breathing emergencies

Availability of first aid equipment

• How can you apply first aid according to current practice?

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• Moving a casualty
• Rescue carrying

Referral to medical assistance

Outcome 5

Treat injuries

Types of injuries

• Fractures
• Spinal injuries
• Head injuries
• Burns
• Wounds and bleeding
• Sprains and strains
• Cuts and scrapes
• Fever emergency
• Allergic reactions
• Poisons
• Bites and stings
• First aid for nosebleeds

The different systems in the human body

Identify the causes of emergencies

• Breathing emergencies
• Seizures

Who This Course is for

Everyone who wants to build a carrier from somewhere or any employee who wants more skills.