FAQ Level 3 Award for First Responders on Scene: Emergency First Responder (RQF) - Online Blended Part 1
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Human anatomy and physiology for immediate emergency care
- Assessment of casualties in immediate emergency care
- Complex Scene safety scenario
- Assessing a Major Incident Scene
- DRCA(c)BCDE
- Calling the Emergency Services
- What3Words - location app
- Alternative emergency phone numbers
- Introduction to Initial Patient Care
- Consent to help
- Fears of First Aid
- Waiting for the E.M.S to arrive
- Chain of Survival
- How to use face shields
- Hand Washing
- Waterless hand gels
- Medications and First Aid
- The Ten Second Triage Tool
- Using The Ten Second Triage Tool
- How are 999 Calls Handled
- Basic airway management in emergency care
- Respiration and Breathing
- Postural Drainage
- Peak Flow
- Pocket Masks
- Pocket Mask with Oxygen
- Bag Valve Mask Equipment
- Using a BVM
- Respiratory Injuries Part Three
- Respiratory Injuries Part Four
- Choking Statistics
- Choking Recognition
- Adult Choking
- Choking in children
- Infant Choking
- Trauma from Choking
- Vulnerable People and Choking
- Basic life support and external defibrillation
- Adult CPR Introduction
- RCUK & ERC Resus Guidelines
- When to call for assistance
- Three Steps to Save a Life (2025)
- Cardiac Arrest and CPR Overview
- Adult CPR
- CPR Hand Over
- Compressions Only CPR
- Mouth to Stoma Ventilations
- CPR and the female casualty
- Cardiac Arrest and Pregnancy
- Paediatric Airway
- Child CPR
- Adolescent CPR
- Infant CPR
- Infant Recovery Position
- Cardiac Arrest and the Drowned Patient
- Drowning
- SADS
- Effective CPR
- Improving compressions
- Improving breaths
- AED Introduction
- Types of AED Units
- AED Setup
- How to Use an AED
- Using an AED on an adolescent
- Child AED
- Using an AED on an infant
- Update on AED pad placement
- AED Maintenance
- AED Pads
- AED Batteries
- AED Troubleshooting
- AED Locations
- Community AED Units
- AED Post Resuscitation Procedures
- CPR Risks
- Advanced Decision and DNR CPR in Basic Life Support
- Recognition and Management of Life Extinct
- Post Resusitation Care
- Real time CPR scenario
- Paediatric Triage and Assessment
- Management of medical conditions
- Asthma
- Asthma Spacers
- When an Asthma inhaler is not available
- Accuhaler®
- Heart Attack
- Warning signs of cardiac arrest and heart attack
- Heart Attack Position
- Aspirin and the Aspod
- Stable angina
- Hypertension
- Pulse Oximetry
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy treatment
- Meningitis
- Diabetes
- Blood Sugar Testing
- Poisons and Food Poisoning
- Shock
- Near and secondary drowning
- Cold water shock
- Support the emergency care of wounds, bleeding and burns
- The Pulse
- Capillary Refill
- The Healing Process
- Types of Bleed
- Serious Bleeding
- Ambulance Dressings
- Excessive Blood Loss
- Excessive Bleeding Control
- Blood Loss - A Practical Demonstration
- Embedded Objects
- Knife Wounds
- Using trauma dressings
- Amputation Treatment
- Blast Injuries
- Hemostatic Dressing or Tourniquet?
- Air Wrap Dressings
- RapidStop Tourniquet
- CAT Tourniquets
- SOFT-T tourniquet
- STAT Tourniquets
- Improvised Tourniquets
- Tourniquets and Where to Use Them
- Damage caused by tourniquets
- When Tourniquets Don't Work - Applying a Second
- Hemostatic Dressings
- What is Woundclot?
- Woundclot trauma gauze
- How Does Woundclot Work
- Woundclot and knife injuries
- Woundclot and large areas
- Packing a Wound with Celox Z Fold Hemostatic Dressing
- Celox A
- Celox Granules
- Monitoring a Patient
- Coagulopathy
- Burns and burn kits
- Treating a burn
- Management of injuries
- Prioritising first aid
- Pelvic Injuries
- Spinal Injuries
- Rapid Extrication
- SAM Pelvic Sling
- Box Splints
- Spinal Injury
- Opening the airway Jaw Thrust
- Stabilising the spine
- Spinal Recovery Position
- Introduction to Spinal Boards
- The spinal board
- Using the Spinal Board
- The Scoop Stretcher
- Using the scoop stretcher
- Cervical collars
- Vertical C-Spine Immobilisation
- Joint examination
- Adult fractures
- Types of fracture
- Horizontal Slings
- Management of trauma
- Elevated Slings
- Lower limb immobilisation
- Elevation Techniques
- Helmet Removal
- Different Types of Helmets
- The Carry Chair
- Applying Plasters
- Strains and Sprains and the RICE procedure
- Eye Injuries
- Electrical Injuries
- Foreign objects in the eye, ears or nose
- Nose bleeds
- Bites and stings
- Chest Injuries
- Foxseal chest seals
- Abdominal Injuries
- Treating Snake Bites
- Types of head injury and consciousness
- Dislocated Shoulders and Joints
- Other Types of Injury
- Dental Injuries
- Recognition and management of anaphylaxis
- What is Anaphylaxis
- Living with Anaphylaxis
- Minor allergic reactions
- Common causes of allergic reactions
- What is an Auto-Injector?
- Jext®
- EpiPen®
- Adrenaline nasal spray for anaphylaxis
- Storage and disposal
- Who prescribes auto injectors?
- Checking Auto Injector and Expiry Dates
- Signs and Symptoms of Anaphylaxis
- Basic First Aid Advice
- Schools and teachers
- Giving a second dose
- Biphasic Anaphylactic Response
- Administration of oxygen therapy
- What are Medical Gasses
- Oxygen
- When Oxygen is Used
- Contra Indications Of Oxygen
- Hazards of using oxygen
- Hypoxia
- BOC Oxygen Kit
- The BOC Cylinder
- Storage Of Oxygen
- PIN INDEX cylinder
- Oxygen Regulators
- Standard oxygen cylinder
- Transport of Cylinders
- How long does an Oxygen cylinder last?
- Oxygen and Anaphylaxis
- Demand Valves and MTV's
- Non Rebreather Mask
- Nasal Cannula
- Medical gas storage
- Course Summary and your Practical Part
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Now, there are lots of different types of AEDs. This is just some units here. There are a lot more than this and there is more and more new units coming on the market every single month. There is something different happening with units. No matter what brand AED unit you have, they all work pretty much the same. They have an on-off button and they have a shock button. And that is the basic life of dealing with these. Now, the only version really would be is what type they are. So there is three sort of core types and there is an extra features. So we are going to have a look at what some of these are. So the first one is, is it automatic or is it semi-automatic? The majority of AED units out there are semi-automatic. And semi-automatic means that you put the AED on, it analyses the heart, it says shock advised and you must push the shock button yourself. It will not deliver the shock unless you push the button. Now, people like this because it gives you time to make sure that no one else is touching the patient and you can hit the button and shock delivered and it just carries on. Now the automatic ones will work slightly different and say shock advised and it will say shocking in three, two, one, and it will automatically deliver the shock. We have seen just at ProTrainings is just a slight increase in the number of fully automatic AEDs we are selling compared with what we used to. I do not know if that is a general trend, but some of the problems have been with AED units is that people have been scared to push the button. So if it is an automatic one, it does it automatically for them. They do not need to think the shock has been delivered themselves. Remember, an AED will not deliver a shock unless the shock is required. You push the button, if it says no shock advice, it will not deliver the shock. Other changes or differences between the AED units, are a lot of AED units now are coming with a lot more technology built before them. So you know, it is things it might be in how they are built. The IP rating, you know, the iPad range, for example, has IP ratings that go very high if you want to use them in very wet environments like the marine environment, there is a unit for that. So it is really how well they are used in different environments, whether it is moisture or dust. So when you are selecting an AED unit, think about where you are going to be using it and what you need if it is going to be inside in an office, you know, behind a reception area and it is very, very secure. No one is going to knock it, it is not going to get dropped, it is not going to have dust, it is not going to have moisture. Then your decision could be slightly different with them. The other thing that AED units can do is CPR help. Now, CPR help is a system where the AED would tell you what to do. Now, this has got some advantages because you have never used an AED unit, it will tell you what to do. However, the current guidelines are all saying that you must call emergency services and they will help you. So the EMS will telling you on the phone, on speakerphone, exactly what you need to do with the unit. Even if you do not have help, it will tell you to stand clear. It will tell you when it is shocking, when shock advised, and it will tell you continue CPR and it will give you probably a metronome to keep in pace, that you get the right compression rate. The CPR help will tell you if you are not pushing a deep enough or if you are pushing too slow or too fast. Now, the downside of some of the CPR help is if you are trained, you know what you are doing and you are already putting the pants on and it is telling you at that point to call for help, for example, so you can get much further ahead of it. So whether you need that or not. I have got 180 unit with it. One without a choice, I would not have it because I just do not need it. So it is there. Some units do offer it, but, you know, I feel that every AED unit tells you all you need to know with the EMS help, it is all there. The other feature that AED is coming more of is its connectivity. So an AED unit may well have a 4G SIM card in it. So the idea is the AED unit can tell you when it is got a problem or when it is been activated. Some have GPS in them as well. So you will know that where the unit exactly is, because you would log the information that the pads need changing or the batteries need changing or there is a fault with the unit. All these types of things can be checked and you can get simple alerts or go on an app or a dashboard and see the sort of status of your unit. So, yeah, there is lots and lots of different types of AED on the market. There is a wide range of prices with them. Not necessary, the most expensive one is the best one. You know, they are very, very similar in how they work. But other things you can look at could be the cost of running the unit, how long before you are going to need to change the pads and the battery, because these are ongoing costs you are going to have. Some units have a shorter battery and pad life than other units. So you might find that you might pay a little bit more for an AED unit, but its life is a lot more. Or in fact, some of them, even the lower priced units have some very, very good pad life on them. So if you need help on that, you can always contact us. We can give you help on choosing AED units and what we think is best for your environment. Generally speaking, have a look at an AED unit, open it up, check to see what it does. If in doubt, check the manufacturer's instructions or websites or in the download of this course, we put some information on different brands of AED units as well and links to different websites. But if in doubt you need any help, contact us.
Diverse Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) and Their Advanced Capabilities
Overview of AED Types
Despite numerous brands, AEDs can be broadly categorized into three main types, each with unique functionalities.
Semi-Automatic AEDs
Example: These AEDs require a manual shock delivery, indicated by a flashing button.
Automatic AEDs
Example: These AEDs automatically deliver a shock after a countdown, eliminating the need for a manual button press.
CPR-Assist AEDs
Example: These AEDs offer real-time feedback on CPR quality, aiding in effective resuscitation.
Gateway Unit: Enhancing AED Functionality
A unique addition to AEDs is the gateway unit, which enhances the unit's functionality with Wi-Fi connectivity.
Benefits of Gateway Units
- Allows remote monitoring of AED status.
- Provides alerts for pad replacement and unit checks.
- Facilitates easy data transfer and management.
Choosing the Right AED
Selecting an AED depends on your specific needs. Consider whether automatic or manual shock delivery is preferable and if CPR feedback would be beneficial.
Conclusion
Understanding the different types of AEDs and their advanced features is crucial for effective emergency response and saving lives.
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