First Aid Course

First Aid Course (for SAAHA members)

This course teaches you all the theory & practical skills needed in order to help anyone in a medical emergency.

The course content is free to all SAAHA members and their staff.

What can you expect from this course?

Is this world class course really free?

A little info to help you understand what is and what isn't included

This professional course has taken a lot of time, money and effort to create
This is an accredited course with SAQA certification
The online course content to study is free (i.e. you can watch and rewatch all the videos and lessons as often as you wish!)
The examination and certificate process is complex and costly for the Training Organisation to do - so a nominal fee of R880-00 is requested merely to cover costs

First Aid Course Content

All the lessons part of this course

1. Welcome to your Online First Aid Training
1. ABC (Ask for Help, Breathe, Calm down)
1. Preserve Life, Promote Recovery, Prevent further injury or illness
1. Good Samaritan law, Reasonable man law, Duty to Act
1. Verbal & Non-verbal, Implied, Informed
1. Negligence, Abandonment, Triage, Safety (Recording, Confidentiality, Responsibility)
1. Hazards, Hello, Help, Pulse & Breathing
1. C.P.R. Theory
2. C.P.R. ADULT (Demo)
3. C.P.R. CHILD (Demo)
4. C.P.R. INFANT (Demo)
5. C.P.R. Compressions only (Demo)
6. C.P.R. 2 Man Rescue Adult (Demo)
7. C.P.R 2 Man Rescue Child (Demo)
8. C.P.R. 2 Man Rescue Infant (Demo)
9. Rescue Breaths
10. Continue/ S.T.O.P. CPR
11. Recovery Position
1. Shocking your Heart back into a normal Rhythm
2. A.E.D Adult (Demo)
3. A.E.D Child (Demo)
4. A.E.D Infant (Demo)
1. Secondary Survey HHH (Head-to-Toe, Health Check, History)
2. Head-to-toe
3. Health Check (10x Vital Signs)
4. History S.A.M.P.L.E. (Demo)
1. Allergic reactions to substances
2. Epi-Pen (Demo)
1. Breathing difficulty due to Asthma attacks
2. Asthma Pump (Demo)
1. Stop Bleeding D.I.E. (Demo)
1. How to recognize the seriousness of a burn and treatment
2. Burns - Burnshield (Demo)
1. How to recognize when someone is Choking and how to help them
2. Adult Choking (Demo)
3. Child Choking (Demo)
4. Infant Choking (Demo)
5. Pregnant/Obese Choking (Demo)
6. Unresponsive Choking
7. What to do if you are choking and you are ALONE
1. How to treat a diabetic emergency
2. Sugar Paste (Demo) - Diabetic emergency
1. How to help someone who has fainted or become unconscious
2. Treatment for Fainting -Elevated Legs (Demo)
3. Treatment for Unconsciousness - Recovery Position (Demo)
1. How to recognize and treat a Fracture or possible broken bone
2. How to treat a possible Fracture using R.I.C.E. (Demo)
1. How to recognize a possible heart attack and help the patient
1. How to recognize blood or fluid loss and help the patient
2. How to Stop Bleeding (Hemorrhagic hypovolemia) D.I.E. (Demo)
3. Hypovolemia Treatment and S.S.S. (Demo)
1. How to recognize when someone is having a seizure and how to help them
2. Seizure (Demo)
1. How to recognize when someone is in shock and how to help them
2. Shock Treatment - Elevated legs (Demo)
1. How to recognize when someone has had a Stroke and how to help them (F.A.S.T)
2. Recognizing stroke signs with F.A.S.T. (Demo)
1. How to recognize different kinds of wounds and clean, count and cover them
2. How to Clean, Count & Cover a wound
3. Amputation Treatment (Demo)
4. Impaled object Treatment (Demo)
1. Next steps / Instructions
1. Conclusion

About this course

63 lessons
1.5 hours of video content

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Your Instructor...

Senior Instructor Medic Nix

Hi. I'm Nix. I am a qualified nurse and medic with a background in emergency medicine. I am passionate about teaching first aid skills to individuals so that everyone will know how to save a life.

First Aid Course (for SAAHA members)

What can you expect from this course?

Is this world class course really free?

First Aid Course Content

Introduction

Concepts of First Aid (ABC)

Principals of First Aid

Laws of First Aid

Consent

Terms

HHH: Primary Survey

CPR: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

A.E.D. (Automated External Defibrillator)

HHH: Secondary Survey

Allergies

Asthma

Bleeding

Burns

Choking

Diabetes

Fainting & Unconsciousness

Fractures

Heart Attack

Hypovolemia

Seizures

Shock

Stroke

Wounds

You have now finished your basic First Aid course

Conclusion

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Your Instructor...

Senior Instructor Medic Nix

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