Defibrillator First Aid Training

Course Overview:

This course is for the inexperienced delegates and the delegates who hold a valid full First Aid at Work qualification.  The course has been written using the resuscitation council guidelines

Course Content:

• Using an AED
• 3 Types of Defibrillator
• How Defibrillators work
• Ventricular Fibrillation / Tachycardia
• When should AED be used?
• AED Documentation
• AED Sequence of Actions / Application
• Pad Placement
• AED Operation – Safety Rules / Environmental Factors
• New 2010 Guidelines
• Machine Maintenance
• Practical Application using ZOLL AED
• Combining defibrillation using the AED with CPR as part of the scenario settings
• Refreshing your CPR skills using DRAB

Maximum delegates per course: 8

When should the course be refreshed: Annually

Duration: One Day