SECONDARY CARE

Emergency First Response "Secondary Care" (First Aid) Course Content

The Emergency First Response "Secondary Care" (First Aid) course teaches how to treat injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life-threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development sessions, skill practice, and realistic scenario-based training.

Secondary care skills taught in this course:

• Injury assessment

• Illness assessment

• How to apply a bandage

• How to apply splints for dislocations and fractures

The course includes a reference section covering the following topics:

• Allergic reactions

• Bruises

• Burns

• Chemical burns

• CPR (adult, child, infant)

• Choking (adult and infant)

• Cone snail stings

• Coral-related injuries

• Jellyfish and hydroid stings

• Cuts

• Dental injuries

• Diabetic emergencies

• Dislocations and fractures

• Electrical shock injuries

• Eye injuries

• Building a first aid kit

• Fish spine injuries

• Frostbite

• Heat exhaustion

• Heat stroke

• Heart attack

• Hypothermia

• Illness assessment

• Injury assessment

• Insect stings

• Octopus bites

• Poisoning

• Rescue breathing (adult, child, infant)

• Scrapes and abrasions

• Seizures

• Snake bites

• Spider bites

• Sprains and strains

• Stroke

• Temperature-related injuries

• Venomous bites and stings

• Patient assessment form for sick and injured individuals