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Overview
The Basic First Aid - How to Be an Everyday Hero course at FutureLearn will hopefully provide you with a solid foundation of basic first aid skills and knowledge but it is by no means a substitute for official First Aid training.
Key facts
- Thousands of lives a year could be saved if more of us knew basic first aid. This 2-week course is a basic guide to first aid.
- You will learn how to recognise and manage emergencies and build a foundation of first aid knowledge and skills to build on.
- Whether it’s how to help someone who’s choking, helping someone who has passed out, or helping someone with a severe cut, this course will give you the confidence to deal with basic first aid problems.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...- 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
Programme Structure
Topics include:Explain why first aid is a vital skill and know when to apply it
Describe how to recognise and manage the non-breathing unconscious patient
Describe how to recognise and manage the breathing unconscious patient
Describe how to manage an acute bleed
Summarise how to help someone who is choking
Discuss how to build on first aid skills
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 14 days
- 1 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
More details
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences View 298 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is for anyone interested in learning first aid, you don’t need any medical experience.
- While the Educators themselves aren’t available to facilitate this run, we encourage you to engage with other learners and there are opportunities to do this throughout the course.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents49 EUR / full≈ 49 EUR / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents49 EUR / full≈ 49 EUR / full
Funding
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