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Basic First Aid Skills - Caring for the Elderly

Duration: 7 Hours

Qualification: Certificate valid for three years

Who is it for?

  • Nominated First Aiders
  • Appointed Persons
  • Those in need of an update working in Residential or Nursing Homes
  • Those who deal with Community Home Nursing.

Course Content:

  • What is first aid and why it is needed?
  • Personal Safety
  • Assessing the incident and situation, dealing with an elderly person who has fallen.
  • Recovery person
  • Unconscious casualty
  • Heart attack, head injuries, epileptic seizures, stroke, and diabetic emergency
  • Resuscitation
  • Dealing with a none breathing casualty
  • When to send for help
  • Choking procedure
  • Control of bleeding
  • Hypothermia
  • Management of burns
  • Diarrhoea and vomiting
  • Dealing with eye injuries
  • Managing fractures

 Included in the price:

  • Assessment
  • Certificate
  • Candidate pack
  • Student notes

For further information, please contact "A Foot Above Training".

 

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Last modified: 23-Jul-2007