Basic Life Support

Course Overview:
Basic life support describes a set of basic life saving first aid techniques. This will cover safe management of an incident and dealing with an unresponsive non-breathing casualty (CPR & chain of survival)

Course Duration: 3 hrs face-to-face

Certification: 3 years however 1 year refresher is advised.

 

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    •        List actions to be taken in the event of an emergency occurring at their place of work

    •        Use cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods, including use of an AED

    •        Provide first aid to an unconscious casualty

    •        Provide first aid to a choking casualty

    •        Describe the correct actions to take with regard to control of wounds and bleeding

    •        Describe the correct actions to take with regard to a range of other first aid situations

  • Assessment method

    Course participation and completion of the course question paper