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Helping Adults

Duration of the course: 8 hours.
Purpose: to teach the public to provide First Aid to adults and the elderly in emergencies, injuries, bleeding, exacerbations of diseases and other health problems.
For whom: for people over the age of 16 in any line of work, professionals working with adults, employees of various businesses, companies and firms, employees in manufacturing and offices.
Course format: 40% theory + 60% hands-on training with practice of First Aid skills.

Course Topics

Introduction (organizational issues)

  • registration, introductions (introduction of instructors and trainees);
  • Course outline, breaks, course goals and objectives.

Introduction:

  • What is First Aid;
  • Legal aspects of First Aid;
  • Personal safety when administering First Aid;
  • basics of psychological support.

Algorithm (steps) of First Aid:

  • inspection and safety assessment of the scene;
  • examination of the victim (determination of life-threatening factors);
  • Calling an ambulance and the work of this service;
  • providing First Aid.

Victim unconscious (breathing is present):

  • checking the presence of consciousness;
  • ensuring airway patency;
  • checking breathing;
  • recovery position;
  • First aid for total and partial loss of consciousness (fainting).

Heart attack and cardiac arrest:

  • Heart attack, signs, First aid;
  • Causes of cardiac arrest;
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for adults;
  • The peculiarities of CPR for drowning.

Victim choking (airway obstruction):

  • causes, prevention;
  • signs of partial and complete obstruction of the airways;
  • First aid to an adult;
  • peculiarities of providing First Aid to obese people;
  • self-care.

Bleeding:

  • types of bleeding;
  • ways to stop bleeding, applying a pressure dressing;
  • First aid in case of nasal bleeding;
  • First aid for internal bleeding.

Wounds and burns:

  • Classification of wounds and burns;
  • First aid, including wounds with foreign bodies;
  • First Aid for Eye Wounds;
  • First Aid for different types of burns (thermal, chemical, solar, electrical).

Musculoskeletal injuries:

  • Types of injuries, general symptoms;
  • application of splints and fixation bandages;
  • traumas of the head and spine.

Transportation (relocation) of the victim:

  • when it is necessary to transport the injured person;
  • methods of transportation of the victim.

Acute conditions and exacerbations of diseases:

  • diabetes;
  • epilepsy;
  • heart attack;
  • stroke…

Summing up the course.