BLS & Safe Use of an AED

Description

QA Level 2 Award In Basic Life Support And Safe Use Of An Automated External Defibrillator (RQF)

• Half day course
• This course provides candidates with the skills needed to administer safe, prompt and effective basic life support and use an AED
• Also available as a bolt-on to other courses

• The Chain of Survival
• Primary Survey
• Managing an Unresponsive Casualty
• Recovery Position
• CPR
• Safety Barriers
• CPR
• Safe Use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
• AED Practical
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Benefits of this course:

• Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the UK’s biggest killers
• With an estimated 60,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests occurring every year in the UK alone, make sure you are prepared!
• Following a cardiac arrest, every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces a casualty’s chance of survival by 10%
• Most of the British public are unaware of the life-saving difference they can make by performing CPR and defibrillation
• AEDs are easy to use and save lives
• This Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator qualification has been designed to provide candidates with the skills needed to administer safe, prompt and effective basic life support and use an AED safely in emergency situations

Accredited, Ofqual regulated qualification:

Our Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator training course is a nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated qualification accredited by Qualsafe Awards.

This means that you can be rest assured that your Basic Life Support and Safe Use of anAED Certificate fulfils the legal requirements. It is a very good way to make sure you and your employees are trained in how to use an AED safely.

The Ofqual Register number for this course is 603/2402/8