Severn Valley Training and Medical
This is an approved course to comply with the First Aid at Work regulations for a First Aider in the workplace. It is carried out by an approved instructor and is ideal for all business types where the risk assessment requires a higher level of training as well as other area's where a more comprehensive first aid course is required.
Duration
It is 18 contact hours and conducted over a minimum of 3 days (although can be longer as long as each lesson at least 2 hours contact time).
Cardiac Problems
This is an approved course to comply with the First Aid at Work regulations for a First Aider in the workplace. It is carried out by an approved instructor and is ideal for all business types where the risk assessment requires a higher level of training as well as other area's where a more comprehensive first aid course is required.
- The Heart
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks and CPR
- One Rescuer CPR
- Compressions only CPR
- CPR Handover to a Second Rescuer
- Introduction to AED's
Initial Care
- First Aid at Work Regulations and Rules
- Accident Reporting
- Activating Emergency Medical Services
- Fears of First Aid
- Barriers - gloves and face barriers
- Initial Assessment and airway management
- Unconscious Breathing and Recovery Position
- Injury Assessment
- Breaks, Fractures and Splinting
- Strains and Sprains
- Types of Wounds and Practice Bandaging different injuries
- Embedded Objects
- Burns and Scalds
- Head Injuries
- Poisoning
- Temperature Injuries - Heat Stroke, Heat Exhaustion and Hypothermia
- Eye Injuries
- Bites and Stings
- Crush Injuries
- Chest Injuries
- Electrical Injuries
- Adult Choking, Conscious and Unconscious
- Serious Bleeding Management and Wounds
- Shock Management and types of Shock
- Spinal Injury Management
- Illness Assessment
- The Respiratory System and Hypoxia
- Diabetes
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Heart Attack
- Angina
- Stroke
- Asthma and Respiratory Problems
- Hyperventilating