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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The nervous system is a communications network throughout the body. It has three basic elements, the first one being sensation, sensation to gather information. Then we have analysis and this is the input of information. And then, finally, we have the response. And this is the response to the information, and then we carry out the appropriate action. There are two parts to the nervous system within the body. The first part is the central nervous system. This contains the brains and the spinal cord. The other nervous system is called the peripheral nervous system. These are the branches of nerves that fall outside of the spinal cord. Now, nerves can be damaged in many ways. One of them would be, for example, by compression.In an example on here, if we turned around... If we turned the skeleton around, and we can see that we have these inter-vertebral discs here if these discs were to press out of in between the two vertical bodies, what would happen? It would press on one of these spinal nerves and that could because, over time, injury to the nerve. People get the sensation called sciatica, which many of you are probably familiar with, and the pain from that can be felt all the way down the back of the leg into the common peroneal nerve, and into the foot, so it can because of quite extensive damage. Another way a nerve can be damaged is, for example, if someone has a very bad ankle break, and they lose feeling in their toes, or in their feet. And it's often because, again, the nerve has either been damaged or compressed. And it's imperative in that situation that that ankle is reduced as soon as possible.
Overview of the Nervous System
This guide explains the structure and function of the nervous system, highlighting its key components and how nerve damage can occur.
Basic Elements of the Nervous System
- Sensation: Gathering information.
- Analysis: Input and processing of information.
- Response: Reacting and taking appropriate action based on the processed information.
Components of the Nervous System
- Central Nervous System: Comprising the brain and spinal cord.
- Peripheral Nervous System: Consisting of nerves extending beyond the spinal cord.
Potential Nerve Damage
Nerves can be damaged due to various reasons, including:
- Compression: Such as spinal nerve compression from herniated intervertebral discs, leading to conditions like sciatica.
- Physical Trauma: For instance, severe ankle breaks affecting nerve function in toes and feet.
Importance of Timely Treatment
Immediate medical attention is crucial in cases of nerve damage to prevent long-term implications and aid recovery.