Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone interested in learning first aid, you don’t need any medical experience.

While the Educators themselves aren’t available to facilitate this run, we encourage you to engage with other learners and there are opportunities to do this throughout the course.

What topics will you cover?

Explain why first aid is a vital skill and know when to apply it

Describe how to recognise and manage the non-breathing unconscious patient

Describe how to recognise and manage the breathing unconscious patient

Describe how to manage an acute bleed

Summarise how to help someone who is choking

Discuss how to build on first aid skills

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Explain why first aid is a vital skill and know when to apply it

Describe how to recognize and manage the breathing unconscious patient

Describe how to recognize and manage the non-breathing unconscious patient

Summarise how to help someone who is choking

Describe how to manage an acute bleed

Discuss how to build on first aid knowledge through other resources