First Aid - Alsco Managed Training Services - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (cpr)

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that can be performed by company First Aiders at the work place to manually preserve the brain function in a person suffering cardiac arrest.
Other measures then are taken to restore the patient's blood circulation and breathing.
CPR involves compressing the patient's chest in an effort to manually pump blood through the heart. In addition, the First Aider may provide breaths by either exhaling into the patient's mouth or by using a device that pushes air into the subject's lungs.
CPR alone is unlikely to restart the heart; its main purpose is to restore partial flow of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart. The objective is to delay tissue death and to extend the brief window of opportunity for a successful resuscitation without permanent brain damage.
First aid training providers such as Alsco (www.alscotraining.com.au) are at the forefront of providing Australian companies with fully-compliant CPR training courses.
The Alsco CPR course provided as part of Alscos comprehensive managed first aid training portfolio - provides First Aiders with the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain breathing and circulation in an adult, child or infant following cardiac arrest.
Course content is based on Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines 2010 and includes:
Chain of survival
Assessing the situation
Signs of life
Performing CPR
Demonstrating the use of an automated external defibrillator
Care of the unconscious person
Special techniques for children and infants
CPR in special circumstances
Infection control
Reporting procedures
The prerequisite for this two-hour course is current CPR Statement of Attainment (gained within the previous 12 months). The current Industry standard is for this course to be updated every 12 months.
Assessment is ongoing through demonstration of practical skills and on successful completion, participants are issued with a Statement of Attainment for the nationally recognised unit of competency from the Health Training Package, HLTCPR201A - Perform CPR.

If your company is interested in a managed first aid training solution, call 1300 651 706 for further information or to book an on-site survey with one of our consultants.

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