Course content:

• DRSABCD action plan
• Managing the unconscious, breathing patient
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Choking
• Defibrillation (use of a defibrillator)
• Wounds and Bleeding
• Burns
• Management of medical emergencies including chest pain, asthma anaphylaxis
• Shock
• Heat and cold included illness
• Safety and risk management
• Head, neck and spinal injuries
• Chest and abdominal injuries
• Facial and eye injuries
• Poisons
• Management of bites and stings
• Legal issues
• Infection control
• First aid kits