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Core safety courseCourse CHCA 109

Emergency Care, First Aid & CPR

Course CHCA 109: Respond to emergencies; Perform CPR correctly.

  • 10 hours
  • 4 theory
  • 6 practical
  • Weeks 8–9

Learning outcomes

  • Respond to emergencies
  • Perform CPR correctly

Topics covered

  1. Emergency response: how to call for help and stay with the patient
  2. Choking: adult, child, infant, Heimlich manoeuvre
  3. Falls: immediate actions and assessment
  4. Seizures: what to do and what never to do
  5. Fainting, bleeding and burns first aid
  6. Shock and anaphylaxis: signs
  7. Recovery position
  8. CPR: adult, child, infant, 30 compressions to 2 breaths, AED use
  9. First aid box contents

Practical work

CERTIFICATION DAY: Heimlich on manikin, recovery position, CPR 30:2 on adult and infant manikins, AED use, bandaging, bleeding control

Teaching methods

Demonstration and manikin practice

Assessment

OSCE: CPR, choking and recovery position must score 100%

10% of the final exam

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