The First Aid course provides participants with the skills and knowledge to manage emergency first aid situations until professional medical support is available.

Key Course Outcomes:

• understand the priorities in an emergency situation
• undertake a primary assessment of an injured person
• have a knowledge of and deal with respiratory conditions
• have a knowledge of and deal with cardiac conditions
• deliver the techniques of resuscitation
• deal with bleeding and shock
• have a knowledge of and deal with medical emergencies
• manage musculoskeletal injuries
• manage head, neck and spinal injuries
• manage chest, abdominal and pelvic injuries
• deal with poisoning and envenomation situations
• have a knowledge of and deal with environmental emergencies
• document treatment given