Course curriculum

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    Welcome to the course!

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    Let's get started!

    • Recognise and assess an emergency situation

    • Test your learning 1

    • Ensure safety for self, bystanders and casualty

    • Test your learning 2

    • Safe manual handling techniques

    • Test your learning 3

    • Recognising an individual who has a medical emergency situation that requires CPR

    • Test your learning 4

    • Chain of survival

    • Test your learning 5

    • Potential hazards - Danger

    • Test your learning 6

    • Infection control procedure

    • Test your learning 7

    • First Aid in the Workplace

    • Test your learning 8

    • First Aid Kits

    • Test your learning 9

    • Display respectful behaviour towards casualty

    • Consent

    • Test your learning 10

    • Assess the casualty and recognise the need for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

    • Test your learning 11

    • Assessing consciousness and breathing

    • Test your learning 12

    • Head, neck and spinal injuries

    • Test your learning 13

    • The recovery position

    • Test your learning 14

    • Seek assistance from emergency services

    • Test your learning 15

    • Perform CPR in accordance with the ARC guidelines

    • Test your learning 16

    • Chest compressions and rescue breaths

    • Test your learning 17

    • Standard precautions

    • Test your learning 18

    • Operate an automated external defibrillator (AED) according to manufacturers' instructions

    • Reasons for defibrillation

    • Test your learning 19

    • Communicate details of the incident

    • Test your learning 20

    • Report details of incident in line with appropriate workplace or site procedures

    • Test your learning 21

    • Maintain privacy and confidentiality of information in line with statutory or organisational policies

    • Test your learning 22

    • Recognise the possible psychological impacts on self and other rescuers and seek help when required

    • Test your learning 23

    • Contribute to a review of the first aid response as required

    • Test your learning 24

    • First aid principles

    • Test your learning 25

    • Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

    • Test your learning 26

    • Asthma

    • Test your learning 27

    • Severe bleeding

    • Test your learning 28

    • Burns

    • Test your learning 29

    • Heart Attack

    • Test your learning 30

    • Choking and airway obstruction

    • Test your learning 31

    • Choking obstructions in infants

    • Test your learning 32

    • Convulsions (seizures)

    • Test your learning 33

    • Dehydration

    • Test your learning 34

    • Envenomation

    • Test your learning 35

    • Fractures, sprains and strains

    • Test your learning 36

    • Poisoning

    • Test your learning 37

    • Shock

    • Test your learning 38

    • Stroke

    • Test your learning 39

    • Hypothermia

    • Test your learning 40

    • Hyperthermia

    • Test your learning 41

    • Minor skin injuries

    • Test your learning 42

    • Pain

    • Test your learning 43

    • Epilepsy

    • Test your learning 44

    • Eye and ear injuries

    • Test your learning 45

    • Diabetes

    • Test your learning 46

    • Fever

    • Test your learning 47

    • Nosebleeds

    • Test your learning 48

    • Sharps injuries

    • Test your learning 49

    • Dislocations

    • Test your learning 50

    • Drowning

    • Test your learning 51

    • Abdominal injuries

    • Test your learning 52

    • Acting in the event of regurgitation or vomiting

    • Test your learning 53

    • Anatomical differences between babies, children and adults

    • Test your learning 54

    • CPR on children and babies

    • Test your learning 55

    • Recognising own skills and limitations

    • Test your learning 56

    • Casualty comfort

    • Test your learning 57

    • Manufacturer’s instructions

    • Test your learning 58

    • Monitoring the casualty’s condition

    • Test your learning 59

    • Duty of care

    • Test your learning 60

    • Completing an incident report form

    • Test your learning 61

    • Maintain privacy and confidentiality of information in line with statutory or organisational policies

    • Test your learning 62

    • Psychological first aid (PFA)

    • Test your learning 63

    • Talking with children

    • Test your learning 64

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