About this Course

Sudden Cardiac Arrest from heart attack is the second most common cause of death in Singapore. A large number of these cases occur outside the hospital environment: at work, at home, and in public places. Many lives will be saved if members of the general public know how to react to emergency situations like these.

Objective

To perform basic CPR and to operate the AED in an emergency situation.

Course Content

• Introduction to CPR / AED
  
• The Heart, the lungs and the circulation
  
• Risk factors for heart attack
  
• What happens in a heart attack
  
• Other causes of sudden death
  
• The chain of survival
  
• The importance of early CPR
  
• Adult on man CPR
  
• The importance of early defibrillation
  
• Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
  
• Use of AED
  
• Prepare casualty for AED use
  
• Placement of defibrillation pads
  
• Defibrillation procedure
  
• Post incident procedures
  

Duration

4 hrs (for recertification)

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