First Aid Level 1

First Aid Training is for persons required to assess the emergency situation and providing basic Life Support and basic First Aid in order to stabilise patients prior to the arrival of Emergency Services.

Course Outline

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD
This unit standard is for persons required to assess the emergency situation and providing basic Life Support and basic First Aid in order to stabilise patients prior to transfer to the emergency services.

People credited with this unit standard are able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management
  • Demonstrate an understanding of elementary anatomy and physiology
  • Assess an emergency situation
  • Apply First Aid procedures to the life-threatening situation
  • Treat common injuries
             
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
  • Communication at ABET level 3
  • Mathematical Literacy at ABET level 3

 

UNIT STANDARD RANGE
  • The recognition and management of a range of emergencies according to the prescribed protocols.
  • Rendering basic First Aid to the community even if the required resources have to be improvised.

 

People that have undergone First Aid Training will be able to: demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management, demonstrate an understanding of elementary anatomy and physiology, assess an emergency situation, apply First Aid procedures to a life-threatening situation and treat common injuries.

Course Content:
  • Medico-legal implications – incl. consent
  • Emergency scene management
  • Primary & secondary survey
  • CPR – one person; adult
  • Respiratory distress – incl. artificial respiration
  • Choking – blocked airway; adult
  • Circulatory shock
  • Wounds & bleeding
  • Burns & fractures
  • Unconsciousness & fainting
  • Head & spinal injuries

What's Included

SAQA Unit Standard Number: SAQA 119567

Full Course R957

What's Included

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