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DAN First Aid

DAN First Aid

£195.00 GBP
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The DAN First Aid course is designed for students already certified as Basic Life Support (BLS) providers who want to learn first aid techniques to be used in case of injuries or illnesses that do not directly threaten the survival of the victim.
DAN First Aid 

The DAN First Aid course trains you to provide first aid to injured people involved in situations that do not directly threaten their lives. The programme includes assessment and management of injuries and illnesses. The student will learn how to apply techniques to prevent the worsening of an injury, how to assess a person's state of health and how to activate the Emergency Medical Service.

The First Aid course teaches how to operate in absolute safety with full protection of the rescuer's health, who will learn how to correctly use different Individual Protection Devices (PPE).

Main objectives
  • First Aid Features
  • Injury assessment
  • Illness assessment
  • Signs, symptoms and First Aid techniques for main medical emergencies:
    Breathing difficulties
    Hyperventilation
    Asthma
    Heart attack
    Severe abdominal pain
    Altered level of consciousness
    Allergic reaction
    Diabetic emergencies (hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia)
    Poisoning (ingestion, inhalation and absorption)
    Stroke
    Convulsions
    Epilepsy
    Alcohol or drug intoxication
  • Bandaging and wound management
    Eye injury
    Tourniquet
    Hemostatic agents
  • Splinting techniques
  • Lifting and moving an injured person
  • Temperature-related injuries
Course duration

8 hours

Prerequisites

DAN Basic Life Support valid Certification (or equivalent*)

(*) A basic CRP/BLS course is equivalent to a DAN BLS course if it follows the most recently ERC guidelines and the certification is issued by a recognised First Aid Authority.

Certification renewal

Every 24 months

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