QCTO First Aid Courses
Basic Emergency First Aid Responder
Focused on practical knowledge and safety principles, the course covers a wide range of critical topics necessary for effective first aid response in various emergency situations. Participants will learn through a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on practice, ensuring they are prepared to handle real-life emergencies confidently.
- The Emergency Scene Management
- Principles of First Aid and Safety
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Basic Life Support – CPR & AED
- Examination of the patient
- Shock
- head, neck and Spinal injuries
- Moving Patients
- Choking
- Wounds and Bleeding
- Burns
- Bone, Joint and Muscle Injuries
- Poisons, Bites and Stings
- Environmental Emergencies
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SAQA ID: 230801
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NQF Level: 2 (Accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
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Credits: 2
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Duration: 2 days
Intermediate Emergency First Aid Responder
This three-day accredited course builds upon basic first aid principles to provide a deeper understanding and more advanced techniques in emergency response. Designed for those who have foundational knowledge or have completed a basic first aid course, this training emphasises practical skills and detailed knowledge necessary to manage a wider range of medical emergencies with confidence and competence.
- The Emergency Scene Management
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Basic Life Support – CPR & AED
- Bleeding and Wounds
- Musco-Skeletal Injuries – Fractures & Joints
- Head and Spinal Injuries
- Various Injuries – Chest, Hand, Eye & Ear, Pelvic and Abdominal And Crush Injuries.
- Medical Emergencies – Diabetes, Epilepsy & Fits, Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Cardiac Problems
- Burn Wounds
- Poisoning, Bites and Stings
- Transport Methods
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SAQA ID: 230802
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NQF Level: 3 (Accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
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Credits: 5
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Duration: 3 Days
Advanced First Responder
The Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder course is a comprehensive, five-day program designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of individuals in managing emergency situations across a variety of scenarios. This advanced-level course combines theoretical instruction with practical training, preparing participants to effectively handle complex medical emergencies, assess and manage multiple injury cases, and deliver care with professional competence.
- Principals of first aid and safety
- Universal precautions.
- Ethics related to emergency care.
- The first responder and the law.
- Preparedness to deal with sudden illness or emergency at an advanced level.
- Emergency scene/disaster assessment and management.
- Multiple injury management.
- Applied anatomy and physiology.
- Disorders and/or diseases affecting specific body systems.
- Primary survey.
- Artificial respiration.
- Managing a choking victim.
- One and two-rescuer CPR (adults, children and infants).
- Recovery positions with and without a spinal board and spider harness.
- Transporting the patient according to the injury, disorder or condition of the patient/s and available means of transport, rescue carries.
- Oxygen therapy.
- Pulse sites and pulse monitoring.
- Emergency treatment of shock (hypovolemic, cardiogenic and anaphylactic).
- Secondary survey.
- Wounds and bleeding; soft tissue injuries.
- General principles of fractures and the threatened limb.
- Head and spinal injuries.
- Joint injuries, strains and sprains.
- Hand and eye injuries, Chest injuries, sucking chest wound, flail chest.
- Pelvic, abdominal and crush injuries.
- Burns
- Poisoning, bites and stings.
- Common medical emergencies: chest pain and paralysis; breathlessness, croup, asthma, epileptic seizures, stroke, diabetes and skin reactions.
- Environmental illness and injuries – hyperthermia, hypothermia and drowning.
- Common infectious diseases, severe headaches, excessive diarrhoea, vomiting, any type of haemorrhage.
- Emergency childbirth.
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SAQA ID: 230803
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NQF Level: 4 (Accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)
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Credits: 6
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Duration: 5 Days
Emergencies can strike anytime
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