Cardiac First Responder (Community) Course

Suitability:

This course is ideal for people looking to gain a basic level of training who have no experience of responding to cardiac events.

First Aid - definitions and its importance

C.P.R. Chain of Survival

Airway Breathing

Chest Compressions

Rescue Breaths

Dealing with Airway Obstruction

The Heart - Ventricular Fibrillation.

The A.E.D. (Automated External Defibrillator), Main Components and Steps Involved in it's Basic Operation.

How the Heart Works

Treating Cardiac Arrest

Using an A.E.D.

Special Considerations

A.E.D. Maintenance

Recognising the Signs and Symptoms of Shock

Demonstrate How to Care for Shock.

Identifying the Signs of Anaphylactic Shock

This is a PHECC (Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council) accredited course.

1 day