First Aid Response Refresher

Course objectives:

At the completion of this First Aid course, online learners will be able to:

• Deal with life-threatening or potentially life-threatening conditions in the pre-hospital environment until arrival of emergency medical services.
• Provide First Aid Response for conditions not thought to be life-threatening, but are necessary to prevent further harm before the emergency medical services arrive.
• Provide pre-hospital First Aid Response in a wide range of environments, including home and recreational settings.
• Display the requisite personal skills including composure, competence and self-confidence while understanding their limitations.
• Recognise and be able to cope with the additional challenges provided by “Special Circumstances” for which additional training must be completed
• Deal with life-threatening or potentially life-threatening conditions in the pre-hospital environment until arrival of emergency medical services.
• Provide First Aid Response for conditions not thought to be life-threatening, but are necessary to prevent further harm before the emergency medical services arrive.
• Provide pre-hospital First Aid Response in a wide range of environments, including home and recreational settings.
• Display the requisite personal skills including composure, competence and self-confidence while understanding their limitations.
• Recognise and be able to cope with the additional challenges provided by “Special Circumstances” for which additional training must be completed

Course Content

• Patient Assessment
• Incident Procedure
• Common Medical Emergencies
• CPR
• Injury Management
• Care of the unconscious patient
• Burns & Electrical Injury
• Hypothermia & Hyperthermia
• Information Management
• Communications
• Well-being of the First Aid Responder

Access: In order to participate on the course learners must have a reasonable level of English comprehension.

Online First Aid Course duration: 12 Hours delivered over two days (One through video conferencing and followed by one in the classroom.

Learners will be assessed on five FAR skills including CPR on the final day.

Online First Aid Course Delivery Methodology
E-learning followed by classroom.
The theory element is delivered through e-learning on our Learning Management System, followed by one day in the classroom as above.
The learning course is then followed by a traditional classroom session which involves practical demonstration and skills assessment.
In the classroom session, the theory is recapped, the learners complete the 20 question MCQ and all skills are demonstrated, practiced and then assessed.

First Aid Course Online Assessment & Time Commitment
You will be required to complete a 20 questions MCQ on the final Day. Allow 4 hours for the revision of your notes in preparation for this.
Preparation for FAR Skill (s) assessment. Your FAR and CFR skills will be assessed on the final day of the course. You will need to revise your FAR and CFR skills in advance of being assessed. Allow 2 hours for this preparation.

Certification
On successful completion of the course, students will receive a PHECC First Aid Responder certificate