First Aid (LSPA_034)
About Study Course
Objective
To provide the possibility to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities for prevention of accidents and provision of first aid, if it has occurred in professional work of an education and sports work specialist or in daily life – in accordance with the first aid guidelines developed and approved by the Emergency Medical Service of the Republic of Latvia, which have been developed on the basis of international guidelines for resuscitation of adults and children (European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for resuscitation 2021).
Prerequisites
Knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
Learning outcomes
1. Will know the basic principles for determining the degree of injury of the victim.
2. Will know the correct and effective principles for using the contents of the first aid kit.
3. Will know safety aspects while providing first aid.
4. Will know the basic principles of transport immobilisation, moving the victim and independent transportation.
5. Will be able to provide adequate first aid in various sports incidents.
6. Will be able to correctly stop severe bleeding.
7. Will be able to protect the victim from exposure to the environment.
8. Will be able to perform resuscitation measures correctly.
9. Will deepen understanding of the preservation of the function of the organs vital for human life.
10. Will deeply understand the impact of ambient temperature on the function of the organs vital for human life and the damage it causes.
11. Will deepen understanding of the organisation of work in a situation with several victims.
12. Will deepen understanding of action steps, in cases of various injuries.
13. Will deepen understanding of the actions needed to prevent accidents.
