First aid for fieldwork supervisors

During this course, all the skills that are needed to administer First Aid adequately to children and adults are learned. The trainee learns how to take a person to safety, assess their condition, and alert the emergency services, and what to do for a very wide range of conditions including (Pediatric) Basic Life Support and the use of an AED.

The course  consists out of an e-learning (approx 16 hours online) and 8 hours in classroom training.

Under the supervision of a certified Red Cross instructor, the trainee learns how to administer First Aid to someone who is: unresponsive • choking (airway obstruction) • has (severe) bleeding • burns • cuts and grazes • muscle cramp • a torn muscle • a sprain or bruising • a bone fracture • dislocation • poisoning • has been rescued from (near) drowning • has had a stroke • has life-threatening bleeding • neck or spinal injuries • chest pain • (impending) faintness • a (severe) allergic reaction • a (mild) head injury • acute injuries from contact with animals or plants • chest or abdominal injuries • diabetes • epilepsy • childhood illnesses • a bleeding nose • an object in the nose • a tooth out • a tooth through the lip • a finger caught in the door • a splinter • an insect sting • a jellyfish sting • a tick bite • febrile seizures • shortness of breath • hypothermia & hyperthermia • eye injuries • a panic attack/too rapid breathing