Knowledge Base

This course covers the following information:

First Aid: Eye Injuries

• How to care for an eye injury in your workplace
  
• What to do to avoid making an eye injury worse.
  

First Aid: Cuts, Burns and Abrasions

• How easy it is to suffer cuts, burns and abrasions in the workplace
  
• How to treat victims of cuts, burns and abrasions
  
• How to protect yourself when treating injuries that are bleeding.
  

First Aid: Strains, Sprains, Fractures and Shock

• What to do to help someone who suffers a strain, sprain, fracture or shock
  
• Why strains, sprains and fractures are considered serious injuries
  
• The symptoms of shock and understand why it is life-threatening
  
• When it is necessary to move a victim of an injury.
  

First Aid: Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest

• The need for immediate action when helping a victim of a heart attack or cardiac arrest
  
• The symptoms of heart attack and cardiac arrest
  
• How to help a person who is suffering a heart attack or cardiac arrest
  
• How performing CPR or using an AED on a victim of cardiac arrest can save their life.
  

First Aid: Choking

• What can cause choking
  
• How a person who is choking might act
  
• How important it is to immediately help someone who is choking
  
• What to do to help someone who is choking.
  

First Aid: Heat-Related Illnesses

• How the body's systems work to keep itself cool
  
• The symptoms of heat-related illnesses
  
• What to do to help a person who is suffering from a heat-related illness.