The importance of first aid at home or work cannot be overstated. In the event of an emergency, you would want to know how to handle it. This course delves into the techniques needed to handle emergencies. Employers must ensure that someone is professionally qualified to provide first aid should something go wrong. You will learn the basics of CPR, how to control bleeding, handling shock victims and what to do when someone burns themself.
| Course Category | First Aid, Health Care |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Explain the importance of first aid in the workplace • Outline the requirements to create and implement a first aid program at work • Recall the goals of first aid • Discuss how to conduct a primary survey using ‘DRAB’ • State the steps for CPR • Describe what to do if there is bleeding or shock using positive end-expiratory pressure (‘PEEP’) • Classify the types of burns • Explain the steps to evaluate burn size and how to treat them |
| Course Code | 553 |
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