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 

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