
Emergency
First Responder & Care For Children Course
The
Emergency First Response programme is composed of two courses,
Emergency First Response Primary Care (CPR) and Emergency First
Response Secondary Care (First Aid). Both courses follow
the same priorities of care used by professional rescuers. Emergency
First Response Primary Care (CPR) assumes that local Emergency
Medical Service (EMS) providers are in place to support Emergency
Responder care. Emergency First Response Secondary Care (First
Aid) assumes that EMS is delayed or unavailable.
Emergency
First Response Primary Care (CPR) & Care For Children
This
course covers emergency care for most life threatening emergencies.
Participants focus on primary
care
through knowledge development, skill development and realistic
scenario practice. The major skills learned in this course are:
scene assessment, barrier use, primary assessment, rescue breathing,
adult and child CPR, serious bleeding management, shock management
and spinal injuries."
Emergency
First Response Secondary Care (First Aid)
This
course covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately
life threatening or when local EMS is unavailable or delayed.
Participants focus on secondary assessments and the appropriate
first aid through knowledge development, skills development
and realistic scenario practice. Skills learned include:
injury assessment,
illness assessment, bandaging and splints/fractures.