ACCREDITED HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE COURSES + DIPLOMA QUALIFICATIONS
Course Overview
This course will help provide you with invaluable knowledge on how to deliver potentially life-saving help. It teaches you how to assess situations with primary and secondary surveys, techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the recovery position and how to react to a variety of emergencies such as choking or anaphylaxis.
What you will learn
- Understand the safe steps to take for responding to a medical emergency and the importance of a primary and secondary survey.
- Be able to recognise and respond to choking and severe breathing difficulties, including anaphylaxis or cardiac arrest.
- Know how cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed.
- Understand how to place someone in the recovery position.
- Understand the role of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) as well as how to locate and use one.
- Know the adaptations required for paediatric and infant basic life support.
