First Aid Programme

What Will You Learn?

• Zone 1: Learn the role of a first-aider, how to approach different incidents and manage an emergency, basic patient assessment skills used by first-aiders and minor injuries such as cuts, burns and scalds.
• Zone 2: Study asthma, shock, severe bleeding and bone, muscle and joint injuries. The material will cover signs and symptoms of each condition and will also look at how to treat these conditions and injuries.
• Zone 3: Inspect signs of choking, the signs of chest pains – including heart attacks and angina, and the signs and symptoms of a seizure. This zone provides information about how to respond to each of these and how to respond to these incidents as a first-aider.
• Zone 4: This section will cover head injuries, severe allergic reactions, unconsciousness and resuscitation and strokes within this zone. The course will cover what the signs and symptoms are of each condition, and what the appropriate treatment is for each. It will also explain how to carry out CPR for children of different ages, and each learner will gain an understanding of the legal protection for first-aiders.