Purpose:

To enable the learner to provide primary emergency care (first aid) in response to an occupational risk induced or any health emergency in their specific workplaces.

Course Contents:

• Principals of Emergency Care, Safety and Emergency Scene Management

• Artificial Respirations

• One-man Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

• Child and Infant CPR

• Airway Obstruction

• Wounds and Bleeding

• Shock, Unconsciousness and Fainting

• Fractures and Splints

• Burns,

• Head and Spinal Injuries

Course Duration: 16 Hours plus 2 hours Assessment (Practical, Theoretical)

SAQA US ID: 119567

NQF Level: 1

Credits: 5