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DIY Emergency Medical Services

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1.5-3 hours
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Learn how to provide emergency medical care that could save a life in this free online first aid training course. Did you know that an ambulance can take over eight minutes to arrive but you can save a person’s life within three to four minutes? This first aid course demonstrates various medical procedures and tools used for emergency interventions. We explain how to carry out a scene survey, perform CPR and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to restore heart rhythm. This first aid training course covers both minor and major medical emergencies.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID188786
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• By the end of this course, you will be able to:Describe how to perform CPR on a person who is not breathing
• Distinguish between the primary and secondary survey of a casualty
• Explain what to do before EMS arrives when a person has a heart attack
• Describe how to handle a baby when they are choking
• List the types of bleeding that could occur and how to treat them
• Outline the purpose of the automated external defibrillator (AED)
Course Code5639

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