Occupational Skills Programme: Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder (SP-230803) – NQF Level 04

Duration: 3 – 5 days
Target Group: Workplace First Aid Officers and Safety Representatives.
Supervisors, managers, and team leaders in high-risk industries.

Prerequisite: Intermediate First Aid certificate
Credits: 06 credits
Certificate: HWSETA

Objective:

The purpose of the skills programme is to capacitate employees to execute the duties of Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder.

Outcomes:

Recipients of this qualification will be able to:

• • Explaining the principles of advanced first aid in emergencies.
  • Demonstrating an advanced level of preparedness to deal with sudden illness or emergency.
  • Assessing and managing an emergency scene/disaster.
  • Describing the anatomy and explaining the physiology of the human body systems in terms of injury or sudden illness.
  • Applying primary first aid for all age groups according to accepted current first aid protocols.
  • Explaining and managing shock.

Modules:

Module 1: Principles for providing risk based first aid

Module 2: Effective applied advanced emergency first aid

Module 3: Human anatomy and physiology for advanced emergency first aid

Module 3: Concepts and principles of providing advanced emergency level first aid