Certified Course in First Aid (6 months course)

Course Objectives

• To preserve life.
• To prevent the worsening of a patient’s medical condition.
• To promote recovery.
• To help ensure safe transportation to the nearest healthcare facility.
• To provide psychological first aid & manage infection.
• To manage bleeding & infection.
• Management, reassurance & monitoring of the patient admitted to casualty.
• Management of CPR.
• Ensure safety of the first-aider.

Course Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge about the first-aid sector & emergency situations.
• Demonstrate CPR & artificial respiration.
• Demonstrate general hygiene conditions.
• Demonstrate dressing & bandages & management of fractures.
• Demonstrate first-aid to victims of road accidents.
• Demonstrate emergency aid in schools & colleges.
• Demonstrate injuries likely to be incurred in factories.
• Demonstrate disaster management / multiple casualties.
• Demonstrate transportation of casualties.
• Demonstrate recovery position.
• Demonstrate the responsibility of the first aider.

Course Contents

• Principles & practice of first aid. (6 hrs)
• DRABC rule & how to help in life-saving procedures.
• PRACTICE: DRABC
• PRACTICE: Safety management of the first-aider in emergency situations.
• CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) (9 hrs)
• PRACTICE: How to observe responsiveness & consciousness? (Look, Listen, Feel)
• PRACTICE: External chest compression (ECC).
• Dressing & bandages. (9 hrs)
• PRACTICE: Types of dressings & application of dressings.
• PRACTICE: Types of bandages & application of bandages.
• Injuries to bones (Fractures) (6 hrs)
• PRACTICE: Causes, types & signs & symptoms of fractures.
• PRACTICE: Management of fractures.
• Shock (6 hrs)
• PRACTICE: Causes, types & signs & symptoms of shock.
• PRACTICE: Management of shock.
• Unconsciousness & nervous system (6 hrs)
• PRACTICE: Management of head injuries & skull fractures.
• PRACTICE: Management of heart attacks, heat exhaustion, heat stroke & epilepsy.
• Burns & scalds (6 hrs)
• PRACTICE: Management of snake bites, dog bites, bee bites & wasp stings.
• PRACTICE: Management of poisoning by gases.
• PRACTICE: Management of poisoning by swallowing.
• Transportation of casualties (6 hrs)
• PRACTICE: Blanket lift & stretcher transportation of casualties.
• PRACTICE: Transporting a case of spinal injury.

Projects

One project is to be chosen by a group of students (Maximum group size: 4).

1. Design the ‘Rule of Nine’ for the area of burn.
2. Design the management of CPR.
3. Design the management of dressing & bandages.
4. Design the management of fractures.
5. Design the safety of first-aider & casualty in an emergency.
6. Design the principles of first aid.
7. Design transport techniques for casualties.

Course Duration

Theory: 250 hrs

Practical / Clinical: 350 hrs

Total: 600 hrs of classes

Final Exam

The final exam will be held at the end of the 6th month. A candidate must secure 50% to receive the certificate of (CEMGT).

Distribution of Marks

• Theory: 40
• Clinical / Practical: 50
• Internal Assessment: 10
• Total: 100