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CPR/BLS and AED for Healthcare Professionals - £50

CPR/BLS and AED for Healthcare Professionals course is to provide the learner with the skills, knowledge and understanding in the provision of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and of the safe use and management of an Automated External Defibrillator.

This qualification offers the trained provider the opportunity to provide effective emergency lifesaving first aid care using an AED. This is achieved through the understanding of the BLS/AED algorithm and the responsibilities and treatment principles of AED use.

This course covers Basic Life Support skills and includes skills for Adult, Child and Infant as well as healthcare variations on infant CPR. The course includes: Safety, precautions, initial assessment, recovery position, CPR, compression only CPR, CPR handover and choking.

This is ideal for nurses, care workers or medical professionals needing annual updates to complete professional membership.

AED training is also included in the course. Learning AED skills is becoming more important with the increase in the numbers of units in the community and workplace. They are easy to use with a little training and make a real difference in the chance of survival to someone in cardiac arrest.

All our first aid courses fully meet the UK and European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 as per the HSE requirements.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement.

Firefighters
Nurses
Care workers
Doctors
First Aiders
Medical workers
People needing basic CPR skills

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Major Incident Trauma - 6 hours

Major incident trauma is something that anyone could need to deal with but this course is also aimed at the emergency services. Catastrophic injuries from multiple casualty incidents are something that unfortunately is a real situation that first responders and members of the public may have to deal with.

The course covers keeping yourself safe and triage of casualties. It also covers many different types of catastrophic injuries and how to treat them.

Understand the hazards that pose a risk to personal safety when dealing with a major incident and performing a dynamic risk assessment.
Explain the ways in which the responder can be harmed by injury and infection and selecting the correct personal protective equipment.
Explain the DRCA(c)BCDE protocol in treating traumatic injuries.
Explain how the emergency services integrate to offer effective care.
Understand approved methods of triage and communication between responders and the emergency medical services.
Explain the concerns and treatment of different types of catastrophic injury.
Explain how to use a tourniquet in the treatment of a catastrophic extremity bleed.
Explain how to treat a catastrophic bleed with haemostatic dressings and agents.
Explain how to continue to monitor a patient and treat for shock.
Explain how to hand over to the EMS.
Understand the concerns of post-traumatic stress.

Course Curriculum