Emergency First Aid

Emergency First Aid (EFA)

The Emergency First Aid (EFA) course offers lifesaving first aid skills, and covers Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and rescue breathing techniques for adults, children, and infants. The course meets legislation requirements for security professionals under Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. The course offers skills for individuals needing training for working as a Security Guard or for those interested in having first aid skills so they can respond to emergencies at home.
This one day course covers skills needed to recognize, prevent, and respond to circulation emergencies for adults, childs and infants (CPR levels A and C). Other topics include airway and breathing emergencies, as well as the prevention of disease transmission.

Topics covered

  • Preparing to respond
  • Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
  • Three steps to use in medical emergences
  • Recovery position
  • Shock
  • Secondary survey
  • Choking (conscious)
  • Choking (unconscious)
  • CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) – Adult, child and infant
  • Five rights of medication
  • Hyperventilation & Asthma
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Respiratory arrest
  • Heart attack & angina
  • Stroke & TIA
  • Cardiac arrest
  • AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)
  • Bleeding (external & internal)

A more advanced two days Standard First Aid (SFA) course covers additional life-threatening medical emergencies.