Course Description

The DAN First Aid course represents training designed to educate persons with a CPR/BLS certification in providing First Aid to adult victims with non immediately life threatening injuries.
Although the course was designed to be taught together with the DAN BLS course, it can also be offered as extra module to those who already have a DAN BLS or other BLS certification, respecting ERC guidelines. In a real accident situation First Aid skills are the next step after providing effective BLS.


Course Objective

The DAN First Aid provider programme is designed to teach the knowledge and skills needed to provide first aid to Adults in non - immediately life threatening situations (or after having provided BLS in life threatening situations).
First Aid consists out of several techniques that relieves pain, stop injury from getting worse and can determine the type of injury or illness.



Recommended Minimum Hours of Training
Knowledge development (lecture) hours = 3-4
Skills development (practice) hours = 5-6



This course should be taught as an eight - ten hour module. The time needed to teach the course varies and depends on many factors including the number of students and their ability to process the educational components of the program.



Learning Objectives

At the end of the DAN First Aid programme, course participants will be able to:

Explain what is first aid and why to use these techniques

Perform an injury assessment

Describe how to react if a head or spinal injury is expected

Perform an illness assessment including taking vital signs and the “SAMPLE” procedure

Describe the signs, symptoms and first aid techniques for the major medical emergencies:
Breathing difficulties
Hyperventilation
Asthma
Heart problems
Severe abdominal pain
Altered level of consciousness
Allergic reaction
Diabetic emergencies (hyperglycaemia and hypoglycaemia)
Poisoning (swallowed, inhaled and absorbed poison)
Stroke
Convulsions
Alcohol and drug intoxication
Secure and bandage a wound

Splint a dislocated or fractured limb
Explain when it is necessary to immobilise the injured limb
Lift and move an injured person by using an adequate technique
Explain when it is necessary to move/lift an injured person
List the potential hazards when moving/lifting an injured person
Explain at least 2 techniques to move/lift an injured person (Rautek method and log roll)

Describe the signs, symptoms and first aid techniques for the following temperature related injuries
Mild and severe hypothermia
Frostbites
Heat exhaustion
Heat stroke
Burns

Course Director and Instructor

Chantelle Newman, AEA , BSc, EMT-A, DMT,Cert Ed

Chantelle Newman -  Born in Africa 1972, joined South African EMS at age of 19 under Civil Defence then later took on a full time position working on the road as first line response and worked in a very busy control room, Trauma specialist, attended several mass shootings, and bombings in South Africa. Relocated in London in 1998.  Became a medical instructor teaching Emergency Medical Technician, First Response, Health and Safety and First Response Emergency care. 2010 started the Facebook group called The Diver Medic which has become very popular with Diving Medicine and Dive safety posts.  In 2011 qualified as a PADI Divemaster and then a Diver Medic. Later in the year designed a Diver Medical Technician course for DAN Europe and became an IMCA DMT accredited Training facility in London.  Got asked to set up several IMCA DMT Training facilities around the world.  In 2016 got inducted into the Woman Divers Hall of Fame and in August the same year was featured under Heroes of Diving in the Scuba Diving Magazine in the USA.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    DAN First Aid

    • DAN First Aid Manual

  • 3

    Section 1

    • DAN First Aid Section 1

    • Knowledge Review 1
  • 4

    Section 2

    • DAN First Aid Section 2a

    • DAN First Aid Section 2b

    • Knowledge Review 2
  • 5

    Section 3

    • DAN First Aid Section 3

    • Knowledge Review 3
  • 6

    Section 4

    • DAN First Aid Section 4

    • Knowledge Review 4
  • 7

    Section 5

    • DAN First Aid Section 5

    • Knowledge Review 5
  • 8

    Section 6

    • DAN First Aid Section 6

    • Knowledge Review 6
  • 9

    Knowledge Reviews 7 and 8

    • Knowledge Review 7

    • Knowledge Review 8