AED and Introduction to First Aid – e-Learning

This course is aimed at anyone who requires a course in AED use. Learning AED skills is becoming more important with the increase in the numbers of units in the community and workplace. They are easy to use with a little training and make a real difference in the chance of survival to someone in cardiac arrest. If you have already completed any other first aid course, you will understand the importance of prompt use of an AED making this an ideal next course to take to develop your skills. To renew, complete the same course again.

The regulated version of this course includes Basic Life Support (CPR) and is a longer course.
The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a Certificate and for online courses an Evidence-Based Learning statement.

This course comes with 4.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 2 hours and 23 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The Course Content

Refreshing BLS skills

• Calling the EMS

• Chain of Survival

• ABCD’s

• Initial Assessment

Cardiac Arrest

• Adult, Child CPR

• Adult CPR Hand Over

• Compression Only CPR

• Bag Valve Mask (optional)

AED Use

• AED Intro

• AED Demo

• AED Setup

• Child AED

• Training AED Units

• Live AED units and the different types

• AED Maintenance

• AED Pads

• AED Batteries

• AED Locations