Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary Care (CPR) teaches participants how to respond to life threatening emergencies. The course focuses on primary care through a combination of knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice to make sure participants have the confidence in their ability to provide care when emergency situations arise. Primary Skills care taught on the course include Scene safety awareness, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), conscious and unconscious obstructed airway and shock management. Recommended skills include Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training.
Secondary Care (first aid) covers injuries or illnesses that are not immediately life threatening. Participants focus on secondary assessment and first aid through knowledge development, skill development and realistic scenario practice. Primary Skills taught in this course include Injury assessment; illness Assessment, Bandaging, and Splinting for Dislocations and Fractures.
The Secondary Care includes Reference Section on the following topics:
Allergic Reactions, Bruises, Burns, Chemical Burns, CPR (adult only) Choking (adult only), Cone Shell Stings, Coral, Jellyfish and Hydroid Stings, Cuts, Dental Injuries, Diabetic Problems, Dislocations and Fractures, Electrical Injuries, Eye Injuries, First Aid Kit Assembly, Fish Spine Injury, Frostbite, Heat Exhaustion, Heatstroke, Heart Attack, Hypothermia, Illness Assessment, Injury Assessment, Insect Stings, Octopus Bites, Poisoning, Rescue Breathing (adult, child, infant) Scrapes, Seizures, Snake Bites, Spider Bites, Sprains and Strains, Stroke, Temperature Related Injuries, Venomous Bites and Stings, and Illness Assessment Record Sheet.
Secondary Care can only be done after achieving competence in Primary Care.