Course Content

• Initial Introduction to Basic Life Support
  • Course introduction
  • Optional basic life support practical by Zoom
  • Fears of First Aid
  • Asking permission and consent to help
  • Calling the Emergency Services
  • What3Words - location app
  • Waiting for the E.M.S to arrive
  • Scene Safety
  • Chain of Survival
  • Initial Assessment and Recovery Position
  • Using gloves
  • How to use face shields
  • Hand Washing
  • Infant Recovery Position
  • Differences in Child Size
• Cardiac Arrest and CPR
  • Adult CPR Introduction
  • Three Steps to Save a Life (2025)
  • When to call for assistance
  • Adult CPR
  • CPR Hand Over
  • Compressions Only CPR
  • CPR and the female casualty
• Summary
  • Course Summary