First Aid Responder Training - Group B/C

DM 388/2003 contains provisions regarding First Aid and introduces a classification of companies to define how First Aid should be organized; similarly, it also identifies the content of First Aid Personnel Training courses.

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TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is for First Aid Personnel in Group B/C Companies:

• All companies not included in Group A.

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PROGRAM

MODULE A

Alerting the emergency system:

• Causes and circumstances of the injury (location of the injury, number of people involved, condition of the injured, etc.);
• Communicating the aforementioned information clearly and precisely to Emergency Medical Services;

Recognizing a medical emergency:

• Injury scene: information gathering; anticipation of obvious and probable dangers;
• Assessment of the injured worker's psychophysical condition: vital signs (pulse, blood pressure, respiration); state of consciousness; hypothermia and hyperthermia;
• Basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems;
• Self-protection techniques for rescue personnel;

Performing first aid procedures:

• Life support: positioning the injured person and maneuvers to clear the upper airways; artificial respiration; external cardiac massage;
• Recognition and limits of first aid intervention: syncope, fainting, shock; acute pulmonary edema; asthmatic crisis; acute stenocardic pain; allergic reactions; convulsive crises;
• post-traumatic external hemorrhages and hemorrhagic tamponade.

Understand the specific risks of the activity performed;

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MODULE B

Acquire general knowledge on workplace traumas:

• Basics of skeletal anatomy;
• Dislocations, fractures, and complications;
• Craniocerebral and spinal traumas and injuries;
• Thoracoabdominal traumas and injuries;

Acquire general knowledge on specific workplace pathologies:

• Cold and heat injuries;
• Electrical current injuries;
• Chemical agent injuries;
• Intoxications;
• Lacerated and contused wounds;
• External hemorrhages;

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MODULE C

Acquire practical intervention skills:

• Key communication techniques with the National Health Service emergency system;
• Key first aid techniques for acute cerebral syndromes;
• Key first aid techniques for acute respiratory syndrome;
• Key cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques;
• Key techniques for hemorrhage control;
• Key techniques for lifting, moving, and transporting injured individuals;
• Key first aid techniques in case of accidental exposure to chemical and biological agents.

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At the end of the course, a test will be conducted to verify the understanding of the concepts taught, along with a practical resuscitation exercise on a specialized mannequin. Successfully completing both tests will result in a certificate of achievement valid for three years, after which a refresher course will be required.