- Dates and times
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Mandy Beaumont and Julia King from the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Service will be conducting face-to-face training sessions on various dates, as indicated on JRNI. These sessions are designed to last for one day and are intended for Foster Carers, Special Guardians, and Adopters.
- Course Information
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This course will help you understand your role and responsibilities within first aid. It will support you to be able to assess an emergency situation safely and minimize the risk of infection to yourself and others.
By the end of the course, participants will understand:
- Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider and how to minimize the risk of infection to self and others.
- Conduct a primary survey on a casualty and summon medical help.
- Demonstrate how to place an infant, child, or adult manikin into the recovery position and perform CPR.
- Demonstrate how to administer first aid to an infant, child, and young adult who is choking.
- Identify the severity of external bleeding for a casualty and demonstrate how to treat it.
- Recognize when a casualty is suffering from shock and identify how to treat it.
- Identify how to administer first aid for minor wounds, nosebleeds, and eye injuries.
- Recognize and identify how to administer first aid for a casualty with a suspected head injury.
- Recognize acute medical conditions or sudden illness and how to administer first aid.
- Identify how to recognize the severity of burns and how to administer first aid.
- Identify how to administer first aid for a casualty with suspected sudden poisoning.
- Recognize a fracture or dislocation and identify how to administer first aid.
- Course Booking
