• Session 1. Assessment, immediate actions asnd priorities within first aid. Unconsciousness and the recovery position. CPR. Drowning. Breathing difficulties.
  • Session 2. Failure of Circulation – Shock. Blood loss and control of bleeding. Recognition of internal bleeding. Angina and heart attack.
  • Session 3. Levels of response and the AVPU scale. Head injury – concussion and compression. Immersion hypothermia and cold shock. Burns, including sunburn. Exposure hypothermia/hyperthermia. Seasickness and dehydration. Diabetic emergency. Seizures.
  • Session 4. Fractures, including spinal injuries. First aid kits. Advice or assistance by radio. Medivac – evacuation of a casualty by helicopter.