Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrilator (AED)
Level 3 Award (RQF) - 1/2 Day Training Course (3 Hours)
Did you know that following a cardiac arrest, every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces a casualty’s chance of survival by 10%?
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the UK’s biggest killers, and yet statistics show that most of the British public are unaware of the life-saving difference they can make by performing CPR and defibrillation.
The QA Level 3 Award in Basic Life Support and Safe Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (RQF) qualification has been designed to provide candidates with the skills needed to administer safe, prompt and effective basic life support and use an AED safely in emergency situations.
With an estimated 30,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests occurring every year in the UK alone, make sure you are prepared!
What's Covered
| Chain of survival | Assessing an incident |
| Casualty assessment | Managing and unresponsive casulaty |
| Recovery position | CPR |
| AED safety considerations | Using an AED |
| Combining AED use with CPR | Using an AED on a child |
| Procedures for when emergency services arrive |
We can deliver this training on a bespoke basis to:
- school staff and older pupils/students
- doctors surgery staff
- clubs
- any other group or individual where this training would be beneficial
Please get in touch if you wish to discuss the various ways in which this training can be delivered.
*** We can also provide this training at a lower cost where a regulated qualification is not required. We issue our own certificates but teach the same exact course, with cost saving to you in the lack of requirement for an awarding body to issue the certificate.***
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