Course Name: Basic First Aid
Duration: 1 Full Day
Course Aim: To ensure the learner has the skills required to assist the patient until medical assistance arrives.
Course Content
- What is First Aid
- Checking Responsiveness
- Scene Safe / Casualty Assessment
- Vital Signs (AVPU)
- Recovery Position
- Chocking (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction)
- Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
- Asthma
- Circulatory System
- Heart Attack / Angina
- Stroke
- Wounds and Bleeding / Bandaging
- Shock
- CPR Demo
- Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Fractures / Dislocations
- Fractured Skull / Spinal Injuries
- Crush Injuries
- Altered Levels of Consciousness
- Unconsciousness / Concussion & Compression
- Epilepsy / Fainting / Diabetes
- Burns, Scalds, Poison, Electricity
- Routes of Entry
- Burns / Scalds/ Electricity
- Exam
Certification:
Upon successful completion and validation of the course the learner will receive an EDS certificate that is valid for 2 years
At present we are only running Basic/Emergancy First Aid as private courses or for group bookings, please contact the office on 045-898060 or info@edst.ie
Sorry we have no scheduled programmes at the moment. Please contact us below.