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Basic First Aid: How to Be an Everyday Hero Online distance learning

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Get an introduction to basic first aid, including how to help someone who is choking, with this first aid course.

  • Length: 2 weeks; 1 hour per week
  • Start date: anytime
  • Introductory; leads to further study opportunities

Why this course

Intended learning outcomes

  • Explain why first aid is a vital skill and know when to apply it
  • Describe how to recognize and manage the breathing unconscious patient
  • Describe how to recognize and manage the non-breathing unconscious patient
  • Summarise how to help someone who is choking
  • Describe how to manage an acute bleed
  • Discuss how to build on first aid knowledge through other resources

How to register

Registration is free.

The course is hosted on an external learning platform, Futurelearn.

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