Severn Valley Training and Medical
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This is an approved course and is carried out by an approved instructor. This course 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.
Course Requirements
You can only attend this course if you have an in date First Aid at Work certificate (can be by any agency).
Duration
The course is 12 contact hours and must be carried out over at least 2 days and you will be assessed on completion of the course by 1 or 2 assessors (not the instructor).
You will learn the skills listed below:
- 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
Specific Injury Management
- 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
Other Primary Care First Aid Problems
- Adult Choking, Conscious and Unconscious
- Serious Bleeding Management and Wounds
- Shock Management and types of Shock
- Spinal Injury Management
Illness Management
- Illness Assessment
- The Respiratory System and Hypoxia
- Diabetes
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Heart Attack
- Angina
- Stroke
- Asthma and Respiratory Problems
- Hyperventilating
Illness Management