Basic First Aid, CPR and AED

Day 1

Session 1 - Course Introduction  
Session 2 – The Purpose of Saving Lives

• Definition of First Aid
• Understanding the importance of First Aid
• The 3P’s of First Aid (Preserve Life, Prevent the Condition from Worsening, and Promote Recovery).
• Contents of the First Aid Kit in the workplace.
• Understand the importance of knowing where first aid stations are in the workplace.
• How the first aider should prioritize their own safety before performing any first aid techniques.
• The importance of hygiene and sanitation in the scene.
• How to remove waste safely without risk of infection or contamination of the scene

• Show the workers the contents of the first aid kit while demonstrating the correct usage of Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, to prevent infection and promote sanitation of the Scene.

• The signs of life
• What is a pulse?
• Where to check for a pulse?
• Defining Hypoperfusion, or shock, and how it can occur.

• The Importance of the 3P’s during any first aid response.
• Behavior during an Emergency
• The Primary Survey and the steps needed to inform the ambulance.
• The difference between History, Symptoms, and Signs.
• Medical emergencies to prioritize during the primary survey.
• The difference between the primary and secondary survey.
• The Secondary Survey and how to maintain the patient’s response
• The recovery position.

• Two scenarios will be provided where the trainees will distinguish between an emergency in which the primary survey is required and another scenario in which the secondary survey is required.

• When should a first aider use CPR.
• The steps to CPR by using C-A-B (Circulation, Compression, Airway, and Rescue Breaths)
• How to correctly perform chest compressions
• How to correctly open the airway
• How to correctly perform rescue breath.
• The importance of repeating the CPR Process in saving a person’s life.
• Understanding the functions of the AED.
• Precautions before using the AED.
• How to correctly place the AED pads.
• How to use it alongside CPR to save the person’s life

• Trainees will use a full body mannequin to perform CPR and AED.

• Definition of Choking
• Define the differences between open and obstructed airways.
• The warning signs of choking
• The symptoms and signs of the progression of choking
• The Heimlich Maneuver
• The Self-Heimlich Maneuver

• Trainees will demonstrate the Heimlich Maneuver on others and on themselves.
  

Session 11 – Bleeding

• Scenarios in the workplace can lead to excessive bleeding.
• Identify the different types of external bleeding.
• Understand the difference between internal and external bleeding.
• The steps needed to prevent bleeding.
• The usage and application of the torniquet.
• How to prevent the progression of internal bleeding.
• How to stop nosebleeds.

• The trainees will demonstrate the application of bandages to an injury site and how to effectively tie a torniquet and apply it in serious injuries.
  

• Definition of shock.
  
• Identify the different types of shock.
• How shock affects the entire body.
• How a medical emergency can be worsened by shock.
• How to treat shock.

• Define Heat Exhaustion
  
• Identify the symptoms and signs of Heat Exhaustion
• Treatment and prevention of progression of Heat Exhaustion
• Define Heat Stroke
• Identify the main differences in symptoms and signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke
• Treatment of Heat Stroke

•  Identify the workplace scenarios which can lead to diabetic emergencies.
  
• Identify the medical conditions which can lead to diabetic emergencies.
• Differentiate between Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia.
• Symptoms and Signs of Hyperglycemia and correlation with a medical history, if possible.
• Treatment of Hyperglycemia
• Symptoms and Signs of Hypoglycemia and correlation with a medical history, if possible.
• Treatment of Hypoglycemia

• Identify the workplace scenarios which can lead to neck and spinal cord injuries.
  
• How to effectively identify the places in which the paralysis may have spread.
• The importance of not moving the patient unless necessary.
• How to effectively prevent the spread of paralysis.

• Trainees will demonstrate adequate lifting techniques to move a neck and spinal cord injured patient from one place to another without increasing their risk of permanent paralysis.

Day 2

Session 11 – Bleeding

• Scenarios in the workplace can lead to excessive bleeding.
• Identify the different types of external bleeding.
• Understand the difference between internal and external bleeding.
• The steps needed to prevent bleeding.
• The usage and application of the torniquet.
• How to prevent the progression of internal bleeding.
• How to stop nosebleeds.

• The trainees will demonstrate the application of bandages to an injury site and how to effectively tie a torniquet and apply it in serious injuries.

•  Definition of shock.
• Identify the different types of shock.
• How shock affects the entire body.
• How a medical emergency can be worsened by shock.
• How to treat shock.

• Define Heat Exhaustion
• Identify the symptoms and signs of Heat Exhaustion
• Treatment and prevention of progression of Heat Exhaustion
• Define Heat Stroke
• Identify the main differences in symptoms and signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke
• Treatment of Heat Stroke

•  Identify the workplace scenarios which can lead to diabetic emergencies.
• Identify the medical conditions which can lead to diabetic emergencies.
• Differentiate between Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia.
• Symptoms and Signs of Hyperglycemia and correlation with a medical history, if possible.
• Treatment of Hyperglycemia
• Symptoms and Signs of Hypoglycemia and correlation with medical history, if possible.
• Treatment of Hypoglycemia

• Identify the workplace scenarios which can lead to neck and spinal cord injuries.
• How to effectively identify the places in which the paralysis may have spread.
• The importance of not moving the patient unless necessary.
• How to effectively prevent the spread of paralysis.

• Trainees will demonstrate adequate lifting techniques to move a neck and spinal cord injured patient from one place to another without increasing their risk of permanent paralysis.