Family first aid
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This is a practical course for families to enjoy learning first aid together. It provides your family with the skills to help each other in an emergency or when general accidents happen around the house.

Who should attend?

This course is for families with children aged 8 years and over.

What you will learn?

The course covers how to deal with a casualty of any age and with any potential risk situation.

Course content –
(for guidance only can be adapted according to individual needs)

 

Action at an emergency – priorities of treatment

  Care of the adult, baby or child who is unconscious but breathing – Recovery position
  Care of the adult who is unconscious and not breathing – CPR     differences between adult, baby & child CPR
  Importance of a defibrillator
  Heart Attack
  Treatment of a choking adult, baby and child
  Treatment of bleeding, grazes, embedded objects, teeth knocked out, nose bleeds, amputated parts, eye injuries...
  Burns
  Treatment of bites and stings
  Treatment of fainting, head injuries, chest pains and stroke
  Recognition and treatment of shock including allergic reaction
  Poisoning
  Asthma, diabetes, meningitis, epilepsy and other seizures
  Bone, muscle and joint injuries - breaks, sprains, strains and dislocations

Course duration

Approx. 3 hours

Assessment and certification

Continuous assessment by trainer. Attendance Certificates

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