Course content

  1. Introduction to First Aid – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/ CPR Algorithms
  2. Pre-hospital treatment Multi-injury
  3. Electric shock, Thermal shock – Treatment of Frostbite – Animal and insect bites
  4. Musculoskeletal Injuries treatment
  5. Syncope – Simple Fainting – Orthostatic Hypotension
  6. Emergencies in Infectious Diseases
  7. Initial Treatment of Comatose Patients
  8. Emergency Respiratory Problems.
  9. Cardiovascular Emergency
  10. Vascular Stroke – Initial Management (5-hour training workshop on mannequins). The “First Aid” tutorials consist of the following training stations:
    • 1st ECG-Defibrillation- Use of a defibrillator – Arrhythmias with a simulator and proforma
    • 2nd Emergency Orthopedic Incidents – Musculoskeletal injuries – First aid – Multi-injury transport
    • 3rd Airway Check – Mask ventilation and self-expanding pouch.
    • 4th CPR and Automatic External Defibrillator