UNIT ONE: SAFETY FOR THE FIRST AIDER AND THE CASUALTY

UNIT TWO: ASSESSING THE CASUALTY

  • Levels of consciousness
  • Response and assessment
  • Recovery position
  • Medic-alert information
  • Fainting
  • Immediate action in an emergency situation
  • Calling for help/Emergency response numbers

UNIT THREE: ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION IN AN ADULT

UNIT FOUR: CHOKING IN AN ADULT

UNIT FIVE: WOUNDS AND BLEEDING

  • Shock

UNIT SIX: HEAD/SPINE INJURES AND INJURIES TO BONES AND JOINTS

UNIT SEVEN: EYE INJURIES

UNIT EIGHT: BURNS

  • Steam, electrical
  • Frostbite, hypothermia
  • Heat related emergencies

UNIT NINE: POISONING – SKIN AND FUMES

UNIT TEN: MEDICAL CONDITIONS

  • Heart Disease
  • Stroke
  • Diabetes
  • Epilepsy and seizures
  • HIV/AIDS

UNIT ELEVEN: FIRST AID KITS and SUPPLIES