Core safety courseCourse CHCA 109
Emergency Care, First Aid & CPR
Course CHCA 109: Respond to emergencies; Perform CPR correctly.
Learning outcomes
- Respond to emergencies
- Perform CPR correctly
Topics covered
- Emergency response: how to call for help and stay with the patient
- Choking: adult, child, infant, Heimlich manoeuvre
- Falls: immediate actions and assessment
- Seizures: what to do and what never to do
- Fainting, bleeding and burns first aid
- Shock and anaphylaxis: signs
- Recovery position
- CPR: adult, child, infant, 30 compressions to 2 breaths, AED use
- 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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