First Aid Training for Drivers

Service Description

Professional Drivers First Aid This course provides professional drivers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to administer first aid in emergency situations while on the road. It covers spinal injury, unconscious casualty, bleeding, resuscitation, safer handling and moving, and emergencies in public. Professional drivers will gain the skills and confidence to provide first aid in emergency situations that can happen on the road. Course contents: Action in an emergency Keep yourself safe Priorities of Treatment Preparing for an emergency Helpful information What to put in your First Aid kit Information to give the Emergency Services Role of the First Aider The Primary Survey – How to help in an Emergency Danger Response Airway Breathing Unresponsive and Breathing Recovery Position How to put someone into the Recovery position How to put a baby into the recovery position Secondary Survey Heart Attack and Angina Unconscious and not breathing Resuscitation Resuscitation – Child Resuscitating a Baby Hygiene during CPR Compression only Resuscitation Breathing Problems Choking How to help a Choking adult How to help a choking child How to help a choking baby Asthma What causes asthma How to help in an asthma attack Panic Attacks and hyperventilation Anaphylactic Shock Wounds and bleeding How to treat a bleeding wound Dressings Embedded objects How much blood can you afford to lose? Shock Symptoms of Shock Treatment of Shock Knocked out teeth Internal Bleeding Amputated parts Eye injuries Nose bleeds Types of Wounds Fainting Burns Breaks, Sprains and Dislocations How do you know if they have broken a bone? Types of Fractures Treatment for soft tissue injuries or possible closed fractures When to call an ambulance Dislocation Bandaging Slings Head Injuries Spinal Injuries Spinal Injury Basics Log rolling someone into recovery position Major Crush injury – 15 minute rule Road Traffic Accidents Fitting / Seizures / Convulsions What is a seizure Tonic-clonic fits and generalised seizures Epilepsy Extremes of body temperature Medical conditions Diabetes Low blood Sugar / Hypoglycaemia Useful advice Accident forms Final Lesson, Quiz and Certificate