Medic First Aid

This MEDIC FIRST Aid – BASIC PLUS course provides students with the basic know-how and necessary skills on how to properly respond immediately to workplace injuries or medical emergencies.

Who should attend this course?

This training is recommended for all individuals.

Course content

·  Emergency First Aid Care

·  Recognising an Emergency

·  Deciding to Help

·  Personal Safety

·  Using Barriers

·  Assessing for Response

·  Mechanism for Spinal Injury

·  Activating Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

·  Primary Life-Supporting Skills

·  Airway-Head-Tilt, Chin-Lift

·  Clearing the airway – Long Roll

·  Protecting the Airway – Recovery Position

·  Breathing – Ventilation Mask

·  Breathing – Ventilation Shield

·  Circulation – Chest Compressions

·  Initial Assessment

·  Unresponsive Patient

·  CPR for Cardiac Arrest

·  Bare, Prepare and Place Pads

·  Troubleshooting Messages

·  Control of Bleeding

·  Managing Shock

·  Foreign Body Airway Obstruction

·  Ongoing Assessment

·  Warning Signs of Serious Illness

·  Mechanism for Significant Injury

·  Specific First Aid Problems

·  Moving Patients

·  Emotional Impact of Providing First Aid Care

·  Hands-on skill practice

Participants will practice essential skills in small group practices and can also apply those skills in optional scenario-based practices.

Certification

A MEDIC FIRST AID wall certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the course.

Recognized period

Up to 2 years

Course duration

One day