Instructor Preparation - Online Blended Part 1
Course Content
- Instructor preparation and update course introduction
- FAW Blended Part One Introduction and Regulations
- The Human Body
- First Aid the Initial Steps
- Asking permission and consent to help
- Calling the Emergency Services
- What3Words - location app
- Waiting for the E.M.S to arrive
- Scene Safety
- Chain of Survival
- DR ABC and the ABCD'S
- Using gloves
- How to use face shields
- Hand Washing
- Waterless hand gels
- Initial Assessment and Recovery Position
- BSi First Aid Kit
- Cardiac Arrest and Heart Conditions
- Adult CPR Introduction
- Heart Attack
- Heart Attack Position
- Aspirin and the Aspod
- Respiration and Breathing
- Pulse Points
- When to call for assistance
- Adult CPR
- Effective CPR
- Improving breaths
- Improving compressions
- Compressions Only CPR
- CPR Hand Over
- Seizures and Cardiac Arrest
- Drowning
- AED Introduction
- Using an AED - brief overview and demonstration
- Choking Management
- Bleeding Control
- Catastrophic Bleeding
- Why is this Training Now Required?
- Prioritising first aid
- Bleeding assessment
- Hemostatic Dressing or Tourniquet?
- Tourniquets and Where to Use Them
- Types of Tourniquets
- Improvised Tourniquets
- When Tourniquets Don't Work - Applying a Second
- Hemostatic Dressings
- Packing a Wound with Celox Z Fold Hemostatic Dressing
- The Woundclot range
- How Does Woundclot Work
- Woundclot features
- Woundclot and direct pressure
- Packing a wound with Woundclot
- Woundclot and knife crime injuries
- Woundclot and large areas
- Shock and Spinal Injury
- Injuries
- Secondary Care Introduction
- Injury Assessment
- Strains and Sprains and the RICE procedure
- Adult fractures
- Splints
- Dislocated Shoulders and Joints
- Types of head injury and consciousness
- Eye Injuries
- Foreign object in the eye
- Burns and burn kits
- Treating a burn
- Blister Care
- Electrical Injuries
- Abdominal Injuries
- Chest Injuries
- Heat emergencies
- Cold emergencies
- Dental Injuries
- Bites and stings
- Treating Snake Bites
- Splinters
- Illness
- Introduction to Paediatric and Adult First Aid
- Paediatric CPR and Choking
- Specific Paediatric Conditions
- How to use an AED
- Extra Subjects to allow you to teach specialist courses
- Teaching Equipment
- Summary
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If your body is not making any insulin, or not making enough, your body cannot convert sugars into fuel in your body's cells. This condition is called diabetes and it is a growing concern due to problems with exercise, lifestyle and diet. Diabetes is a condition where the amount of glucose in the blood is too high because the body cannot use it properly. Glucose comes from the digestion of foods containing carbohydrates and is produced by the liver. Carbohydrates come from many different sources, including starchy foods such as bread, potatoes, fruit, dairy products, as well as sugar and other sweet foods that we eat. Insulin is vital for life. It is a hormone produced in the pancreas and helps the glucose to enter the cells, where it is used for fuel and energy for our work and play. Our body will produce this and insulin acts like a key to unlock the body's cells so they can accept the glucose. Diabetes UK say there are about 4.9 million people with diabetes in the UK and more than 850,000 people have the condition, but it is not yet diagnosed. They also predict that this will rise to 5.5 million by 2030. Figures do vary from other organisations, but this is a serious number of people and families affected. There are two main types of diabetes. These are type one and type two. Type one diabetes develops if the body is unable to produce any insulin. This type of diabetes usually appears before the age of 14, but it can occur later in life. Type one diabetes is the least common of the two main types and accounts for around about 8% of people with diabetes, as stated by Diabetes UK. You cannot prevent type one diabetes. It is not caused by diet. It is usually controlled and tested by injecting regularly with insulin, along with exercising, carb counting and eating a healthy, balanced diet and also making some lifestyle changes. Type one diabetes is an auto-immune disease and the pancreas cannot make enough insulin because the immune system attacks it and destroys the cells that produce the insulin. Signs and symptoms are things like exceptional thirst, dry mouth, frequent urination, loss of weight, weakness, tiredness, or blurred vision. Type two diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin, but not enough, or when the insulin that is produced does not work properly. This is known as insulin resistance. In many cases, this is linked with being overweight. This type of diabetes usually occurs in people after the age of 40, although some South Asian and Afro-Caribbean people can often have it as young as 25. However, recently, more and more children are being diagnosed with the condition, even as young as seven. Type two diabetes is more common and it accounts for around about 85% to 95% of all people with diabetes. Signs and symptoms are blurred vision, cuts and sores that take a long time to heal, itching skin, yeast infections, excessive thirst, dry mouth, frequent urination and leg pain. If treated correctly, diabetes can be controlled very well with insulin, tablets, diet and lifestyle changes. When things go wrong, there are two main conditions: Hyperglycemia, when the blood sugar levels are too high and hypoglycemia, when the blood sugar levels are too low. With hyperglycemia, this is a very serious condition and you need to call for an ambulance as soon as possible. If they become unresponsive, place them in a recovery position and monitor their breathing and their response levels. It is usually slower-onset. It can take over a few hours or maybe days and the signs and symptoms can include the need for frequent urination, drowsiness, nausea, extreme hunger and/or thirst, blurring of their vision. They also may have a fruity-smelling breath. Sometimes, this is referred to as cheap wine or the smell of pear drops. With hypoglycemia, sit them down, give them some sugary drink, food, fruit, or maybe just a glucose tablet or gel. You need to monitor them, of course, but you will see that giving them sugar usually does bring them round fairly quickly. If they become unconscious, put them in a recovery position and call the emergency services. Signs and symptoms are usually very quick-onset. These can be things like shaking, fast heartbeat sweating, anxiety, dizziness, extreme hunger, weakness, tiredness and irritability. If you are not sure whether sugar levels are too high or too low, give them sugar. It will not hurt them. If their blood sugar levels are too low, giving them sugar will increase their blood sugar and you will get a response very quickly. If they are too high, their body won't be able to use the sugar, so it is not going to do them any harm.
Diabetes Overview
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is the less common form, accounting for 5% to 15% of all diabetes cases. It results from the body's inability to produce any insulin and cannot be prevented.
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes, often associated with adulthood, is typically linked to being overweight. In this form, the body cannot produce enough insulin.
Common Diabetes Symptoms
The most prevalent symptoms of diabetes include:
- Increased thirst
- Weight loss
- Blurred vision
- Tiredness
- Frequent urination
- Slow healing of wounds
The modern lifestyle, characterized by a poor diet and lack of exercise, is contributing to the rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes in the UK
Currently, there are approximately 2.5 million people living with diabetes in the UK. It is estimated that more than half a million people have the condition but are unaware of it.
Hyperglycemia and Hypoglycemia
Hyperglycemia refers to excessively high blood sugar levels, while hypoglycemia signifies dangerously low blood sugar levels, often treated with a sugar drink.
Treatment for Diabetic Emergencies
For diabetic emergencies, treatments include:
- Glucose liquids
- Glucose gels
- Glucose tablets
Early treatment is crucial in managing diabetic emergencies.
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