Appointed Person / Emergency Aid
Short course
Inhouse
Description
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Type
Short course
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Methodology
Inhouse
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Duration
1 Day
To enable the candidate to be able to take charge and manage an incident in the absence of a fully trained first aider and to co-ordinate with the required emergency services as necessary. Suitable for: An appointed person whose role is to take charge in the event of an incident where the designated first aiders are unavailable
About this course
None
Reviews
Course programme
- Personal safety
- Assessing the incident
- Priorities
- DRAB check and sending for help
- Unconscious casualty
- Resuscitation: Adult
- Choking
- Dealing with blood loss and shock
- Burns and scalds
- Fractures
- Heart attack
- Seizures
- Diabetes
- Strokes
- Reporting and recording of incidents as required by the HSE
- Contents of HSE approved First Aid kit
Suitable For
An appointed person whose role is to take charge in the event of an incident where the designated first aiders are unavailable
Teaching
Methods Classroom (Powerpoint, Handouts)
Practical (Demonstrations, Hands On, Assessment of Competence)
Pre Requisites
None
Aims
To enable the candidate to be able to take charge and manage an incident in the absence of a fully trained first aider and to co-ordinate with the required emergency services as necessary
Appointed Person / Emergency Aid