FIRST AID training

First Aid Courses at Optimal in association with Highfield International and Dubai Corporation Ambulance service (DCAS).

First aid is a lifesaving skill, easy to learn and gives you the knowledge and skills to assist a person in difficulty. It also helps you build the confidence needed to deal with emergency situations. According to the government of Dubai at least 10% of each company has to be a certified First Aider, unless you work in a healthcare establishment or a school and then 100% of staff should be qualified to give first aid in the event of an emergency. Optimal uses a high-quality, well known international awarding body to deliver its training courses to prepare the learner for the correct rules and regulations. Our First Aid Instructor is an advanced nurse who adapts her teaching style to the needs of the students and their workplace. For larger groups of students, Optimal are able to travel out to your workplace to teach staff onsite to make it an easier process for all involved.

At Optimal Fitness we offer the following courses to meet the needs of different workplace requirements.
 
Basic Life Support (BLS) with CPR and DEFIB
 Who should attend:

• First Aiders in the workplace needing basic life support knowledge and skills
• Children over the age of 12
• Parents, Care givers, Guardians.
• Healthcare professionals
• Personal Trainers
• Yoga and Pilates Instructors   

What’s included:

• How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
• How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Automated External Defibrillator (DEFIB)

 
Emergency First Aid at Work with CPR and DEFIB
Who should attend:

• Those wishing to be a First Aider in the workplace
• People dealing with a large number of people at an event or in the workplace
• Healthcare staff
• Sports related individuals managing teams
• Hotel Staff including restaurant staff and Chefs
• Pool, recreation and leisure staff including Lifeguards
• School staff including nurses
• Fitness instructors
• Security staff

What’s included:

• Assessing the scene and Incident management
• How to recognize and assist with Choking
• How to care for Minor Injuries including bleeding
• How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is breathing normally
• How to manage an unresponsive casualty who is not breathing normally
• Recovery Position
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Automated External Defibrillator (DEFIB)

Paediatric First Aid including CPR and DEFIB
 
What’s included:

• How to assess an emergency situation and act safely and effectively
• How to provide first aid to an infant or child who is unresponsive and not breathing properly.
• How to provide first aid to a child or infant with a foreign body airway obstruction (Choking)
• How to provide First Aid to an Infant or child who is wounded or bleeding
• How to provide First Aid to an Infant or child who is in shock
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Automated External Defibrillator (DEFIB)

 
What you will receive:
A qualification that lasts for 3 years and is an approved by Highfield international awarding body for compliance (HABC), and also approved by Dubai Corporation Ambulance Service (DCAS). With Infection control importantly on everyones mind, E learning courses, course material and certificates available on request.
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Courses available: (Click the link to book) 
• Level 2 Basic Life Support with DEFIB and CPR - AED 395 (6 hours) - 
• Level 2 Paediatric First Aid with DEFIB and CPR - AED 395 (6 hours)
• Level 2 First Aid at Work with DEFIB and CPR  - AED 420 (8 hours)

√ Courses run by DHA registered nurse, Katherine Taylor
√ Teaching available at your own business premises
√ Courses available weekly starting from 15th of April
√ CPD Points available (DHA)
√ DCAS authorized

Please contact us at  +971 50 423 3302 or firstaid@optimalfitness.ae for more information.