First Aid Training

First Aid Training

Injuries and accidents occur on a daily basis and First Aid saves lives. Professional medical staff can take several minutes to arrive at the scene of an accident and those minutes can be the difference between life and death.

A first aider’s responsibility is to render help as far as your scope of practice goes, and to stay with the injured until such a time that help arrives on the scene and you hand over to professional medical staff. The responsibility ends as soon as the injured is handed over to professional medical staff.

 

First aid Training

General Safety Regulation 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety act states that any employer who employs more than 10 employees must have trained first aiders available during all working hours at a rate of 1 trained first aider for every group of 50 employees for any workplace, and 1 trained first aider for every group of 100 in the case of an offices and shop.

The regulation don’t give us clarity on the level of training, but it does state that you should have due consideration for the type of injuries employees are likely exposed to. The Level 1 First Aid Course will be suitable for most workplaces. You may need to consider level 2 and 3 if the risks at your place of business is outside the scope of level 1 contents.

M1 – First Aid Training Level 1 – 2 Days

This unit standard is for persons required to assess an emergency situation and provide basic life support to patients prior to handover to the emergency services.

Purpose of this program

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management
  • Demonstrate an understanding of elementary anatomy and physiology
  • Assess and emergency situation
  • Apply first aid procedures to the life-threatening situation
  • Treat common injuries

Contents

  1. Principals of emergency care
  2. Elementary anatomy and physiology
  3. First approach and emergency scene management
  4. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation and artificial respirations
  5. Airway obstruction6.
  6. Shock, unconsciousness and fainting
  7. Wounds and bleeding
  8. Burns
  9. Fractures, sprains and strains
  10. Head and spinal injuries

M2 – First Aid Training Level 2 – 3 Days

This unit standard will enable learners to provide primary emergency care (First Aid) in response to an occupational risk induced or any health emergency in their specific workplaces.

Purpose of this program

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

  • Demonstrate the principles of primary emergency care
  • Assess and control a single injury emergency scene in the workplace
  • Demonstrate primary emergency life support for adults, children and infants
  • Explain and manage shock
  • Carry out secondary assessment of the sick or injured person and provide appropriate primary emergency care at the scene

Contents

  1. Principals of emergency care
  2. Elementary anatomy and physiology
  3. First approach and emergency scene management
  4. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation and artificial respirations
  5. Airway obstructions.
  6. Shock, unconsciousness and fainting
  7. Wounds and bleeding
  8. Burns
  9. Fractures, sprains and strains
  10. Head and spinal injuries

M3 – First Aid Training Level 3 – 3 Days

This unit standard will enable learners to provide primary emergency care (First Aid) in response to an occupational risk induced or any health emergency in their specific workplaces.

HIV Demonstrate Knowledge of HIV/AIDS in a Workplace – 3 days

This unit standard will enable learners to provide primary emergency care (First Aid) in response to an occupational risk induced or any health emergency in their specific workplaces

Purpose of this program

Learners credited with this unit standard are able to:

  • Know and understand HIV/AIDS and its effect on the human immune system
  • Know and understand how HIV/AIDS is transmitted
  • Know what behavior is safe and what behavior carries the risk of HIV transmission
  • Know what guidelines and assistance are available to support workers with HIV/AIDS
  • Know and understand the implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on a workplace and society

Contents

  1. Principals of emergency care
  2. Elementary anatomy and physiology
  3. First approach and emergency scene management
  4. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation and artificial respirations
  5. Airway obstruction
  6. Shock, unconsciousness and fainting
  7. Wounds and bleeding
  8. Burns
  9. Fractures, sprains and strains
  10. Head and spinal injuries
  11. Chest pain and paralysis
  12. Chest injuries
  13. Pelvic and abdominal injuries
  14. Medical emergencies
  15. Environmental illness and injuries
  16. Poisonings, bites and stings
  17. Multiple injury management
  18. Sample Patient Report Form
  19. Behavioral emergencies
  20. Water related emergencies

Skills Programs

EMERGENCY TEAM MEMBER – HW/SP/1609123
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 – Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 13961 – Demonstrate knowledge and use of hand operated firefighting equipment
FIRST AID TEAM MEMBER 1 – HW/SP/1601157
  1. SAQA Us: 259597 – Explain emergency preparedness and response procedures – Evacuation Warden
  2. SAQA Us: 119567 Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
FIRST AID LEVEL 1 & 2 COMBINED – HW/SP/1601158
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 – Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 120496 – Provide risk based primary care and first aid procedures in a workplace – First Aid Level 2
FIRST AID TEAM MEMBER 2 – HW/SP/1601043
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 259622 Describe the functions of workplace health and safety representatives – SHE Representative
FIRST AIDER – HW/SP/1202005
  1. SAQA Us: 119567 – Perform basic life support and first aid procedures – First Aid Level 1
  2. SAQA Us: 120496 – Provide risk based primary care and first aid procedures in a workplace – First Aid Level 2
  3. SAQA Us: 13915 – Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace. – HIV
SUPERVISORS SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM – HW/SP/1511228
  1. SAQA Us: 259617 – Conduct an investigation into workplace health safety and environmental incidents – Incident Investigation
  2. SAQA Us: 259639 – Explain basic health and safety principals in and around a workplace SHE Principles
  3. SAQA Us: 259597 – Explain emergency preparedness and response procedures – Evacuation Warden
  4. SAQA Us: 120496 – Provide risk based primary care and first aid procedures in a workplace First Aid Level 2
  5. SAQA Us: 259622 – Describe the functions of workplace health and safety representatives SHE Representative
  6. SAQA Us: 120330 – Conduct a continuous risk assessment in a workplace – Risk Assessment (HIRA)
  7. SAQA Us: 13961 – Demonstrate knowledge and use of hand operated firefighting equipment Fire Fighting Level 1
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