List of Courses

Cardium First Aid Courses:

• HSE : First Aid at Work (FAW)
• HSE : Two Day Refresher First Aid at Work (FAW)
• HSE : Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW)
• Two Day Paediatric for Children & Babies
• One Day Paediatric for Children & Babies
• Basic Life Support
• Emergency Care
• Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Sports First Aid (plus AED)

FIRST AID in the Workplace

One Day Appointed Persons

INTRODUCTION
Module 1
Course Objectives

WHAT IS FIRST AID?
Module 2
First Aid Definition
The Aims of First Aid

FIRST AID IN THE WORKPLACE
Module 3
Acts and Regulations
First Aid at Work Provision
First Aid Kits
Accident and Incident Reporting

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE APPOINTED PERSON
Module 4
Responsibilities of the Appointed Person

ACTION AT AN EMERGENCY
Module 5
S.T.E.P U.P

PRIMARY ASSESSMENT
Module 6
The A.V.P.U Scale
D.R. S A.B.C

SECONDARY ASSESSMENT
Module 7
Top-to-Toe Survey
Recovery Position

BREATHING & CIRCULATION
Module 8
How does oxygen get into our body?
The Respiratory System

PRINCIPLES OF RESUSCITATION
Module 9
Principles of Resuscitation
Basic Life Support 1 (unassisted)
Basic Life Support 2 (assisted)
The Chain of Survival

DISORDERS OF RESPIRATION
Module 10
choking – Conscious adult
choking – Unconscious adult

DISORDERS OF CIRCULATION
Module 11
The Circulatory System
Blood
Shock
Heart attack
Anaphylactic Shock
Asthma

WOUNDS & BLEEDING
Module 12
Types of Wound
Preventing Cross Infection
Bleeding from Orifices

DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Module 13
Causes of Unconsciousness
Diabetes

Additional Subjects

BURNS & SCALDS
Module 14
Burns

BONES, JOINTS & MUSCLE INJURIES
Module 15
Bones, Joints & Muscles

Course Duration: 6 - 8 hours

 

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