First Aid & CPR for Caregivers: Essential Life-Saving Skills

This module addresses:

1. The chain survival in emergency response.

2. The CPR techniques in adult, child and infant and how to carry it out.

3. The use of an AED (Alternate External Defibrillation) in adult, child and infant.

4. Recovery position and post resuscitation care.

As such, at the end of this lecture you will learn the Basic Life support and CPR technique in responding to emergencies in cardiac arrest, choking and respiratory failures.

At the end of this lecture, you will able:

1. To identify choking in an adult, child and infant

2. First aid responses to relieve choking in an adult, child and infant.

3. identify other airway emergencies and how to manage them.

In this module, you will learn:

1. The different cardiac emergencies and first aid responses.

2. The signs and symptoms of stroke, seizures, diabetes and shock and their first aid responses.

At the end of this lecture, you will be able to

1. know the different types of bleeding and their management

2. Manage burns

3. identify the different bone emergencies and how to respond and manage them

4. Precautionary measures to carry out as a caregiver when managing trauma and injuries.

At the end of this section:

1. You will be able to note the differences in the administration of First Aid during emergencies for the child, infant and elderly.

2. Practical sessions to demonstrate CPR, use of AED and relieving choking.

3. Assessment to evaluate your comprehension of the lectures.