Emergency Response / First Aid – basic

General · Health · Classroom · Certificate: Aviato Academy

Target Audience

All staff members tasked by employers with providing first aid pending the arrival of professional assistance.

Objectives

This course is designed for people wanting to become a company’s first aid helper.

It is a crucial training of minimum 15 teaching hours, recognised by FPS ELSD and required by the RD of 15/12/10, teaches first aid workers how to provide first aid to colleagues involved in an accident or becoming unwell. This intensive training is specifically designed for employees responsible for organising first aid in the workplace. Through this training and associated refresher courses, the necessary knowledge and skills are imparted to recognise life-threatening medical conditions and apply first aid principles until specialised emergency workers arrive.

First aid accreditation: KBO 0726 384 894

Course content

1: Basic principles (3h)

• Role of emergency responders
• Instructions for using the available equipment
• Importance of registering incidents and actions
• Understanding the importance of hygiene to ‘first aid procedures’
• Accurate analysis of medical conditions and circumstances
• Making casualties comfortable prior to evacuation
• Relocation and evacuation of casualties

2: Support of vital functions (6h)

• First aid for unconscious casualties 
• Administering first aid to casualties with breathing difficulties
• Recognising casualties experiencing chest pain
• Performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Basic resuscitation guidelines
• AED

3: Other conditions (6h)

• Recognising serious disorders
• General first aid principles
• First aid for cardiovascular disorders
• First aid for bleeding
• First aid for skin wounds
• First aid for bone, muscle and joint injuries & trauma
• First aid for head and spinal wounds
• First aid for burn wounds
• First aid for eye injuries
• First aid for conditions of the nervous system
• First aid for poisoning