Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Competent User Certificate

Course Aim: To teach students the background knowledge and skills required to perform basic life support with the addition of an Automated External Defibrillator.

Qualification: Merlin First Aid Services Ltd. AED Competent User Certificate

Validation: 1 Year.

Course Length: 1 Day

Requirements: First Aid at Work or Equivalent on entry.

Syllabus Includes: Basic Life Support, Cardiac Conditions, Different Shockable Rhythms, AEDs and their use, Safety with AEDs.

Medical Gases Competent User Certificate

Course Aim: To teach students the knowledge and skills required to be able to use medical gases (oxygen and entonox) for trauma incidents.

Qualification: Merlin First Aid Services Ltd. Medical Gases Certificate

Validation: 1 Year

Course Length: 1 Day

Requirements: First Aid at Work or Equivalent on entry.

Syllabus Includes: Medical Gases properties and uses, different types of cylinder, methods of administration, contrain indications of medical gas use.

Course Aim: To train students working within the outdoor or remote environment in the advanced skills required to stabilise, treat and evacuate casualties from a remote location. Although covering some of the same skills and subjects as EMT, this course is more 'practical' based and mostly taught at a 'first aid' level of knowledge.

Qualification: Merlin First Aid Services Ltd. SAR Medic Certificate

Validation: 3 Years

Course Length: 3 Days plus 0.5 Day assessment

Syllabus Includes: Basic A&P;  Airway Management; Use of Medical Gases; Adult BLS; Head & Chest Injuries; Patient Assessment Skills; Wounds & Bleeding; Fractures & Dislocations; Spinal Trauma & Management; Triage; Abdominal Trauma; Medical Conditions; Cardiac Conditions; Respiratory Conditions; Drowning; Environmental Emergencies; Treating Infections; Thermal, Chemical & Electrical Burns; Anaphylaxis & Allergies; Prolonged Evacuation from Incident Sites;