Basic Life Support and First Aid in Health and Social Care eLearning Course

Course Overview

This course will provide the learner with an awareness of procedures around basic life support.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the fears of First Aid
• Be aware of how to ask for permission to help
• Understand the importance of scene safety
• Be aware of how to carry out an initial assessment
• Be aware of the steps to take in order to place a patient in the recovery position
• Be aware of the chain of survival
• Know the circumstances under which resuscitation is performed
• Understand the term of AED
• Be aware of adult, child and infant choking
• Be aware of child and infant CPR
• Understand adult CPR includi
• ng how to undertake CPR on pregnant women .

The course links to: DC2D L2 Diploma in Care, DAC3D L3 Diploma in Adult Care, DAC4D L4 Diploma in Adult Care.