A series of awards that builds personal confidence as well as develop first aid and resuscitation skills. The awards cover the basics of what to do in an emergency, to how to assist with simple first aid, and resuscitation – skills that everyone should know. These awards include Medic First Aid and Medic Resus and are skills that could save a life.
Learning Outcomes
- Contact the emergency services
- Identify what should not be in a first aid kit
- State what information is needed when making an emergency call
- Identify the primary survey
- Put the first aid priorities in the correct order
- Identify the signs and symptoms of asthma
- Deal with minor bleeding
- Identify the signs and symptoms of minor injuries
- Identify personal safety items and why they are used
- Deal with various medical situations
Learning Outcomes
- Identify the aims and priorities of first aid
- Identify what RICE stands for and when it would be used
- Identify the symptoms and deal with shock
- Identify the symptoms and deal with epilepsy
- Identify the symptoms and deal with diabetes
- Prioritise casualties depending on their medical needs
- Identify the symptoms and deal with a heart attack
- Deal with a first aid scenario
Learning Outcomes
- Deal with a medical situation
- Check for dangers at an emergency situation
- Check for a response on a casualty
- Shout for help and use bystanders
- Turn a casualty from front to back
- Open a casualty’s airway and check for normal breathing
- Place a casualty in the recovery position and monitor them
- Contact the emergency services and what information should be given
- Deal with an unconscious breathing casualty
Learning Outcomes
- Check for dangers at an emergency situation
- Check for a response on a casualty
- Shout for help and use bystanders
- Turn an unconscious casualty from front to back
- Open a casualty’s airway and check for normal breathing
- Contact the emergency services and what information should be given
- Perform chest compressions and rescues breaths
- Deal with a casualty who is being sick
- Place a casualty in the recovery position and monitor them
- Deal with an unconscious breathing casualty
