The level 2 first aid training course will enable learners to assess an emergency situation and provide basic life support and basic first aid in order to stabilize patients prior to transfer to the emergency services. Our first aid courses are designed to help learners to work logically, efficiently and effectively when assessing and managing an emergency by using a systematic approach to first aid.
• The principles of emergency care in the workplace.
• Preparedness for health emergencies in the workplace.
• Assessing and managing an emergency scene in the workplace.
• The primary survey.
• Emergency life support for adults, children and infants, including single- and two-persons CPR, artificial respiration, using an AED and managing a choking patient.
• Bleeding and shock; anaphylactic shock.
• The secondary survey.
• Management of wounds; soft tissue injuries.
• Common injuries.
• Head and spinal injuries.
• Fractures.
• Joint injuries and rescue carries.
• Chest, hand and eye injuries.
• Pelvic and abdominal injuries.
• Burns.
• Environmental illness and injuries.
• Poisoning, bites and stings.
• Medical emergencies common in the workplace including diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, stroke, heart attack.
• First aid and follow-up treatment.
• Recording an incident/accident.
