First Aid top-up training
First Aid top-up training…
Many commercial courses do not cover all the aspects required by the Scout Association.
The assumption is that emergency services are readily available so most first response is about keeping casualties alive and stable. The environment is also assumed to be inside an urban building so outdoors environmental factors aren’t covered. There is also a recognition that in most office type work places, the risks of fractures and spinal injuries is low so again is not covered.Likewise, hypothermia or heat exhaustion and most training providers would offer this as the next level of training for work places that require it. Lastly, many courses do not cover aspects of first aid that are widely linked to young people such as meningitis, anaphylaxis and CPR for children. This needs to be checked in order to meet the Scout Associations requirements..
If your current training has not covered all the criteria for the course, you can do top-up training.
To cover those aspects that may not have been covered by a commercial course, the following material and links may well help.
Top-up training for Heat Exhaustion and Hypothermia
- https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid/heat-exhaustion
- https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid/hypothermia
Top-up training for Choking
Top-up training for Head Injuries
Top-up training for Diabetes
Top-Up training for Anaphylaxis (use of Epi pen)
Top-Up training for Epilepsy / Seizure
Top-up Training for Meningitis / Sepsis
If your course did not cover recognising the symptoms of meningitis / sepsis, study the following links.
Top -up training for Asthma
Top-up Training for CPR for Infants / Children
Top-up Training for Spinal Injuries and Fractures
If your course did not cover handling possible spinal injuries and fractures, look at the following.
