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Use of
• First Aid equipment
• Manikins, (adult & baby)
• A.E.D. Automated External Defibrillator,
• First Aid Manuals
• Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation equipment
• Hospital clinical attachment
The trainees undergoe First Aid maneuvers at the IVTB approved
west Branch of MRCS
Programme of the Professional First Aid Instructor
Training Course
| First Term |
Anatomy |
10 hours |
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Medicine |
4 hours |
| Second Term |
First Aid |
6 hours |
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Surgery |
6 hours |
| Third Term |
Practical Nursing |
5 hours |
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Health Education |
4 hours |
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Rehabilitation |
4 hours |
| Fourth Term |
Maternity |
3 hours |
These instructor trainers are trained in
(i) First Aid
(ii) Pedagogy
(iii) Industrial Health
First Aid Course Leading To An Attestation
Aim: To introduce the essential concepts of First Aid
Candidates should be aged 16 and above
Total Duration: 8 hours
Validity: 1 year
Each session must be of 2 hours duration
- Session 1
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. What is First Aid? |
1. Check response (A.V.P.U.) |
2. Aims of First Aid |
2. Open airway |
3. Responsibilities of First Aider |
3. Check breathing |
4. Action at an emergency |
4. Check circulation |
5. How to call for Help and protect |
5. Head and Toe Examination |
6. Assess the situation |
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7. History |
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8. Signs |
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9. Symptoms |
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10. Diagnosis |
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2. Session 2
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. Asphyxia |
1. Choking |
2. Causes of Asphyxia |
2. Recovery Position |
3. Prevention of Suffocation |
3. Shock position |
4. Common cases of heart attack and Angina |
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5. How to recognized shock |
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- Session 3
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. Fever/Convulsions |
1. Artificial Ventilation |
2. Hypothermia |
2. CPR |
3. Dehydration |
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4. Heat Stroke |
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5. Heat Exhaustion |
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- Session 4
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. Wounds and bleeding (prevention) |
1. How to stop and control a bleeding |
2. Types of wounds |
2. Direct Pressure and Elevation |
3. Arterial bleeding |
3. Bandaging |
4. Venous bleeding |
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5. Capillary bleeding |
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6. Internal and External bleeding |
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- Session 5
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. Fractures (prevention) |
1. Immobilization of fractures |
2. Direct Force |
2. Soft tissues injuries (RICE method) |
3. Indirect Force |
Sprain and Strain |
4. Types of fractures |
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5. Dislocation of joints |
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- Session 6
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. Poisoning (prevention) |
1. Fainting |
2. How does a poison enter a body? (Routes) |
2. Modified Recovery Position/ |
3. Epileptic Fits Seizures |
Spine Fracture |
4. Hypoglycemia |
3. Waiting position in different cases |
- Session 7
THEORY |
PRACTICAL |
1. Burns & Scalds (prevention) |
1. Transport of casualties |
2. Types of burns |
2. Foreign bodies in eye, ear, nose |
3. Miscarriage (prevention) |
3. Treatment for burns and scalds |
4. HIV/AIDS |
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8. Session: General Revisions and Practical Sessions
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