FIRST AID

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR FIRST AID COURSE?

Anyone can participate in our First Aid course
People who are charged with taking care of children
School Heads of Sports Teams
Swimming coaches
Park Rangers

COST, DURATION AND CERTIFICATION:

Charges are 5,500
Duration is 5 days
Certification is internal and immediate

FIRST AID COURSE CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION:

BECOMING A FIRST AIDER

Who is a First Aider?
How to prepare yourself
Protection from infection
Dealing with a casualty
Requesting for help
The use of medications
Remember your own needs as a First Aider

MANAGING AN INCIDENT

Action at an emergency
Traffic incidents
Fires
Electrical incidents
Water incidents
Major incidents

ASSESSING A CASUALTY

Assessing the sick or injured
Mechanisms of injury
Primary survey
Secondary survey
Head-to-toe examination
Monitoring vital signs

THE UNRESPONSIVE CASUALTY

Breathing and circulation
Life-saving priorities
Unresponsive adult
Unresponsive child
Unresponsive infant
How to use an AED

RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS

The respiratory system
Hypoxia
Airway obstruction
Choking adult
Choking child
Choking infant
Hanging and strangulation
Inhalation of fumes
Drowning
Hyperventilation
Asthma
Croup
Penetrating chest wound

WOUNDS AND BLEEDING

The heart and blood vessels
Bleeding and types of wounds
Shock
Severe external bleeding
Internal bleeding
Impalement
Amputation
Crush injury
Cuts and grazes
Bruising
Blisters
Infected wound
Foreign object in a wound
Scalp and head wounds
Eye wound
Bleeding from the ear
Nosebleed
Knocked-out adult tooth
Bleeding from the mouth
Finger wound
wound to the palm
Wound at a joint crease
Abdominal wound
Vaginal bleeding
Bleeding varicose vein

BONE, JOINTAND MUSCLE INJURIES

The skeleton
Bones, muscles and joints
Fractures
Dislocated joint
Strains and Sprains
The brain and nerves
Head injury
Facial injury
Lower jaw injury
Cheekbone and nose injury
Collar bone injury
Shoulder injury
Upper arm injury
Elbow injury
Forearm and wrist injuries
Hand and finger injuries
Rib injury
Pelvic injury
Back pain
Spinal injury
Hip and thigh injuries
Lower leg injuries
Knee injury
Ankle injury
Foot and toe injuries
Cramp

EFFECTS OF HEAT AND COLD

The skin
Assessing a burn
Severe burns and scalds
Minor burns and scalds
Burns to the airway
Electrical burn
Chemical burn
Chemical burn to the eye
Flash burn to the eye
Incapacitant spray exposure
Dehydration
Sunburn
Heat exhaustion
Heatstroke
Hypothermia
Frostbite

FOREIGN OBJECTS, POISONING. BITES & STINGS

The sensory organs
Splinter
Embedded fish-hook
Swallowed foreign object
Foreign object in the eye
Foreign object in the ear
Foreign object in the nose
How poisons affect the body
Types of poison
Swallowed poisons
Drug poisoning
Alcohol poisoning
Animal and human bites
Insect sting
Tick bite
Other bites and stings
Snake bite
Stings from sea creatures
Marine puncture wound

MEDICAL CONDITIONS

Angina
Heart attack
Stroke
Diabetes mellitus
Hyperglycemia
Hypoglycemia
Seizures in adults
Seizures in children
Fever
Meningitis
Fainting
Allergy
Anaphylactic shock
Headache
Migraine
Sore throat
Earache and toothache
Abdominal pain
Vomiting and diarrhea
Childbirth
Emergency childbirth

TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT

Removing clothing
Removing headgear
Casualty handling
First aid materials
Dressings
Cold compresses
Principles of bandaging
Roller bandages
Tubular gauze bandages
Triangular bandages
Reef knots
Hand and foot cover bandage
Arm sling
Elevation sling
Improvised slings

EMERGENCY FIRST AID

Action in an emergency
CPR for an adult
Chest-compression-only CPR
CPR f6r a child
CPR for an infant
Heart attack
Stroke
Choking adult
Choking child
Choking infant
Meningitis
Asthma
Anaphylactic shock
Severe external bleeding
Shock
Head injury
Spinal injury
Broken bones
Burns and scalds
Seizures in adults
Seizures in children
Swallowed poisons
Hypoglycemia
First aid regulations
Index
Acknowledgments