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Suitable
for:-
Anyone
who needs to use oxygen as an adjunct to first aid.
Particularly
useful for those who are at least 30 minutes from emergency services
backup.
Recognition:-
Meets
the requirements of the HSE for "Appointed Persons in the Workplace"
training.
Prerequisites:-
None
Length:-
7-8
hours
The air
we breathe has 21% oxygen of which we use 5% with each breath, so the
16% we breathe out is more than enough for rescue breaths. However,
during CPR the heart only pumps about 33% of its normal volume of blood,
so the tissues eventually become starved of the oxygen they need to
live.
Therefore,
a resuscitation attempt has a better chance of success if a higher percentage
of oxygen is provided. Oxygen is also useful for conscious patients
who are suffering from shock.
Oxygen
equipment is simple to set up and maintain but there are some precautions
that need to be taken, such as preventing oil contamination, so this
course will teach you basic first aid skills, administration of oxygen
and set up and care of the equipment.
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Course
contents:-
- scene
assessment
- safety
and hygiene
- communicable
diseases
- primary
survey
- the
unconscious, non-trauma casualty
- the
recovery position
- the
unconscious, trauma casualty
- airway
management, including airways
and resuscitators
- the
"chain of survival"
- anatomy
and physiology
- advantages
of oxygen in first aid
- types
of oxygen equipment
- use,
care and maintenance of oxygen equipment
- safety
with oxygen
- rescue
breathing and oxygen
- CPR
and oxygen
- first
aid kits
- control
of bleeding and oxygen
- shock
and oxygen
- the
accident book
- reporting
of accidents at work
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