Cardiac First Response
Course Aim: To provide students with the ability to recognise and treat immediately life-threatening conditions such as Heart Attack, Cardiac Arrest, Stroke or Choking.
This is the Course that teaches you how to use the AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED), a vital piece of life-saving technology widely available in both public and business premises.
Course Structure: The course is run over a 6-8 hour duration and utilises the very latest DVD technology to maximise student learning. The emphasis is focused upon maximum practical skills training.
Course Content Overview:
• Early warning signs of Heart Attack
• Patient Care Reporting
• Basic principles of medication administration.
• Recognition of Sudden Cardiac Death.
• The Chain of Survival
• Safe u se of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Adult -Child & Infant.
• Recognition of Stroke
• FAST assessment of stroke patients.
• Choking (Foreign body Airway Obstruction) Adult Child & Infant.
Course Tutors: Instructors are practiced Paramedics or Advanced Paramedics with many years experience both in 'the-field' and in delivering this course.
This Course is provided at both Basic and Advanced Level (for registered Practitioners). See here for Course Venues and Dates.
If you have an AED you need to keep yourself and your staff up to date and familiar with the use of the Defibrillator.