Emergency First Response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emergency First Response Primary care (CPR)

 

Emergency First Response Primary care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life-threatening emergencies. The course exist out of tree elements, knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise.

Trough reading the manual and watching the dvd the needed skills and behavior are explained,  each of the skills shall be demonstrated by the instructor and being practiced on a manikin. the skills shall be tested by a theory and practical exam.

Skills taught in this course;

 

·       Scene safety assessment

·       Communicable Disease protection, including barrier use.

·       Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and rescue breathing

·       Conscious and unconscious

·       Serious bleeding management

·       Shock management

·       Spinal injury management

 

Recommended Skills

·       Emergency Oxygen Use Orientation

·       Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training

 

 

Emergency First Response Secondary care (First Aid)

 

EFR Secondary care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. The course has the same structure as the primary care course.

Secondary Skills taught in this course:

 

·       Injury Assessment

·       Illness Assessment

·       Bandaging

·       Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures

 

Includes Reference Section on the following topics:

Allergic Reactions, Bruises, Burns, Chemical Burns, CPR (adult, child, infant) Choking (adult and infant), Cone Shell Stings, Coral, Jellyfish and Hydroid Stings, Cuts, Dental Injuries, Diabetic Problems, Dislocations and Fractures, Electrical Injuries, Eye Injuries, First Aid Kit Assembly, Fish Spine Injury, Frostbite, Heat Exhaustion, Heatstroke, Heart Attack, Hypothermia, Illness Assessment, Injury Assessment, Insect Stings, Octopus Bites, Poisoning, Rescue Breathing (adult, child, infant) Scrapes, Seizures, Snake Bites, Spider Bites, Sprains and Strains, Stroke, Temperature Related Injuries, Venomous Bites and Stings, and Illness Assessment Record Sheet.

 

 

Care for children

 

This course teaches participants how to provide emergency care for injured or ill children (ages one to eight) and infants less than one year old. The course includes both primary care (CPR) and secondary care (first aid) skills.

 

Refresher

 

This course is for Emergency First Responders who already have done the primary care and/or secondary care more than six months ago and who like to refresh their knowledge and skills.