Tutor-Led Health & Safety Training Courses

Save a Life & Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

Target Group

• Members of the public, commerce and industry who wish to learn how to perform basic life support and use an Automated External Defibrillator.

Pre-Course Requirements

• Please ensure all delegates are free of any condition that will prohibit them from participating fully during the practical aspects of the course.

Assessment

• Assessment against Administer First Aid Element 4:1 (Adult) and AED competencies.

Course Outline

• Personal safety, Assessing the incident
• Priorities: DRAB check and sending for help
• Unconscious Casualty
• Resuscitation: Adults
• Choking
• Assessment of Basic Life Support Skills
• Basic information about the heart and how defibrillation works
• Chain of Survival
• Defibrillation (Recognition of Heart Rythms)
• Introduction to the machine including care and maintenance
• Practical use of machine and Application of pads
• Voice prompts and appropriate responses
• CPR and use of AED on casualty
• Recording of Information (Sample Report Form)
• General guidelines for using a defibrillator
• Protocols and Candidate practice
• Special circumstances
• Hand over to the emergency services
• Practical exercises

Course Duration

• Half-Day

Certification

• Delegates will issued with a Save a Life certificate valid for three years and an AED certificate valid for twelve months.