THEORY COMPONENT
- The purpose of basic emergency first aid.
- The importance of airway, breathing, circulation.
- The role of the first aider.
- Legal and ethical first aid
- Maintaining personal safety.
- Safety
- Assessing and treating the patient
- Communication
- Action
- Reassessment
- Handover
- Record keeping
- Post scene
- The respiratory system
- The cardiovascular system
- The nervous system
- The musculoskeletal system
- The integumentary system
- Primary assessment and treating as per findings.
- Secondary assessment and treating as per findings
PRACTICAL COMPONENT
- Primary survey application
- CPR and choking: adult, child & infant
- Rescue breathing techniques
- Use of a barrier device & pocket mask
- Use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
- Secondary survey (head-to-toe)
- Splinting methods
- Bleeding control methods