Hands On Training

Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero

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Course Features

Duration

2 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Lifetime Access

Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Effort

1 hour per week

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

If more people knew basic first aid, it could save thousands of lives every year. This 2-week course provides a guideline for first aid.

This course will teach you how to recognize and manage emergency situations and give you the foundation for further first aid knowledge. This course will teach you how to treat basic first aid issues, such as helping someone who is choking or someone who is unconscious.

Although this course is intended to give you a solid foundation in basic first aid skills, it cannot be substituted for formal First Aid training.

Course Overview

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Post Course Interactions

Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Describe how to manage an acute bleed

Describe how to recognize and manage the breathing unconscious patient

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

Discuss how to build on first aid knowledge through other resources

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

Summarise how to help someone who is choking

Target Students

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

Course Content

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Module 1: First aid is a vital skill

Module 2: Manage the non-breathing unconscious patient

Module 3: Manage the breathing unconscious patient

Module 4: Manage an acute bleed

Course Instructors

Leah Marks

Instructor

My PhD was in Developmental Medicine and I am currently a Senior Lecturer in Medical Genetics at the University of Glasgow. I have also been a Senior Fellow of the HEA since 2016.