First Aid Training For Your Family

It is a horrific experience when you are faced with a family member who has been badly injured, is choking, or has broken a bone. Not knowing what to do in this situation can result in stress and panic, which can then exacerbate the severity of the emergency. First aid training for your family is an essential way to ensure that every member of your family is equipped with the skills and knowledge to handle a medical emergency safely and efficiently. EMCARE offers a range of first aid training courses that will reduce the risks your family may face in a medical emergency. Our outlined benefits to why EMCARE is the first choice for first aid training will demonstrate why we are the best training facility for your family.

Why First Aid Training Is Important for Your Family:

Being unprepared in a medical emergency can have dire consequences. Especially when it comes to your family, the need to ensure everyone is cared for in every circumstance is important. We highlight the main reasons why first aid training is important for your family.

1) Sense of Security and Safety:

Training in first aid offers a sense of security and safety for families. Accidents happen, and many parents can become overwhelmed by the fear of a medical emergency occurring to one of their children. By replacing this sense of fear with practical knowledge and skills, you can enjoy family life and face any possible medical accidents with expertise.

Training in first aid not only offers you practical knowledge and skills on how to handle the emergency, but it also offers a sense of confidence that you will be able to handle the emergency efficiently if it arises. The confidence that stems from training in first aid then boosts the overall sense of safety for the whole family and thus acts as a sense of reassurance. First aid training is therefore beneficial even if a medical emergency never arises.

2) Cope in an Emergency:

The major benefit to training in first aid is learning how to cope in a medical emergency. If you have never been faced with a major injury, choking, or a fracture before, you cannot be confident in knowing how you will react to the stressful situation. Training in first aid will enable you to manage your stress and the stress of your injured family member during the emergency and allow for the situation to be handled effectively.

3) Immediate Pain Relief:

Wounds and injuries can cause extreme pain for your family member, which can cause you to feel overwhelmed in the situation as you witness a loved one suffering. Training in first aid provides you with the skills to offer effective pain relief to help reduce the risks of stress or shock from the pain. You can then assess the wounds and injuries and determine whether Emergency Medical Services are required or if you can treat the wounds and injuries yourself at home.

4) Reduce Risk of Infection:

If your family member has been wounded, your immediate concerns will be with their pain and suffering. Once you have reduced the pain, your attention must turn to preventing the wound from becoming infected. The consequences of an infection in an open wound can be dire, which means you need to act promptly and correctly. Training in first aid will inform you on the various risks of infection and how to adequately offer medical assistance to the wound to keep it clean, dry, and safe from further damage. These steps will then ensure that the consequences of infection are reduced.

5) Stop Choking:

Witnessing a family member choking is a highly stressful experience. When choking occurs, every single second matters. Training in first aid ensures that you can act immediately while you wait for medical experts to arrive, rather than risking them being too late. The confidence and skills earned when you enrol your family in a first aid course will allow you to respond quickly and in a potentially life-saving manner.

6) Head or Spinal Injuries:

An injury to the head or spine is serious and requires immediate professional medical attention. While you wait for Emergency Medical Services to arrive, you need to take careful steps to help your family member. Training in first aid will prepare you to handle a head or spinal injury confidently and teach what to do and what not to do in these serious situations.

7) Assist With Shock:

Burns are the most widely associated with risks of shock, but many medical emergencies can result in your injured family member going into shock. Shock, which causes a sudden drop in blood flow which then reduces the flow of oxygen to vital organs, can have severe repercussions. Training in first aid will highlight the signals of shock that you need to be aware of, such as pale skin, weakness, fainting, or a rapid pulse. You will then learn the steps to take to reduce the experience of shock for your family member so that you can then focus on the medical emergency they have experienced.

EMCARE First Aid Training Courses for Families:

EMCARE is a health and safety training company that offers a wide range of health and safety courses, including emergency and medical courses. Our training in first aid in our emergency and medical courses is aimed at ensuring everyone receives an exceptional level of first aid training suited to their needs. Whether you are a family looking to equip yourself for a medical emergency, an employee requiring first aid certification for work, or an individual aiming to assist if ever faced with a medical emergency, we are here to help you grow your medical and emergency skills.

We offer exceptional training in first aid that is suitable for families. We understand that a medical emergency at home is terrifying, which is why we are here to ensure that the emergency is handled expertly with our superior training in first aid. We have outlined our available emergency and medical courses that are ideally suited to keeping you and your family safe in a medical emergency.

1) Basic First Aid / First Aid Refresher Course:

The EMCARE Basic First Aid / First Aid Refresher Course is a basic first aid course aimed at briefly outlining major medical emergencies, including CPR, burns, bleeding, fractures, wounds, ethics, and legal implications. This course is particularly aimed at families as it covers the important basics of first aid. The atmosphere is relaxed to ensure everyone is comfortable and that learning is easy and memorable. This one-day first aid course will provide you with a certificate that is valid for three years and the confidence to handle any basic medical emergency.

2) First Aid Level 1 Course:

The EMCARE First Aid Level 1 Course introduces theoretical and practical skills that can be applied in a medical emergency. The course covers choking, head and spinal injuries, emergency scene management, wounds and bleeding, and more. We recommend the EMCARE First Aid Level 1 Course for families as it provides extended knowledge and skills on how to handle a medical emergency. On completion of the day-and-a-half course, you will receive an EMCARE certificate that is valid for three years.

3) CPR and AED Course:

The EMCARE Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) Course provides training on how to handle a heart attack, cardiac arrest, airway obstruction, CPR, stroke, airway obstruction, and the use of AED. You will learn how to perform these emergency medical skills safely and effectively. As you await Emergency Medical Services to arrive, these skills are critical to be performed promptly. This half-day course will provide you and your family with a three-year valid certificate and unbeaten confidence in your medical emergency handling skills.

Benefits Of Choosing EMCARE For Your Family's First Aid Training:

Selecting an expert, reliable, and competent first aid training provider is equally as important to opt to enrol in training in first aid. EMCARE is a first aid training provider that you can trust to exceed your expectations of training in first aid. We have highlighted the numerous benefits of selecting EMCARE for your family's first aid training.

1) Expert Trainers:

At EMCARE, we strive to ensure that the level of first aid training you receive is of the highest standard. All our emergency and medical courses are offered by trained and registered health care professionals to ensure you receive accurate and reliable training on how to handle a medical emergency. In addition to their qualifications, our first aid trainers will also have over 1000 hours of experience working in emergency services. They will have also received qualifications to be registered as EMCARE facilitators.

2) Easily Accessible:

We make sure that families across South Africa have access to EMCARE training in first aid. Our branches are located in Johannesburg, Polokwane, Gqeberha, Durban, Cape Town, and Hoedspruit. The easy accessibility to our courses for both South Africans and neighbouring African countries makes EMCARE a convenient training facility for your family's training in first aid.

3) Fully Equipped Facilities:

The high-quality training in first aid by EMCARE expert trainers is then paired with fully equipped training facilities to achieve an unbeaten standard of first aid training. We strive to offer high-quality care to all, which means that the standard of our training facilities needs to be the perfect environment conducive to effective learning. With us, the importance of keeping your family safe through effective training in first aid comes first.

4) Affordable:

We strive to provide access to exceptional training in first aid to everyone interested in increasing their skills and knowledge around medical emergencies. This is why at EMCARE you will find a range of emergency and medical courses at an affordable rate. We make our first aid courses inexpensive to be the best choice for any individual, family, or employee, no matter their budget.

5) Accredited:

All EMCARE emergency and medical courses are fully accredited by the relevant governing bodies. This is to provide you with the promise that our first aid courses are upheld against the regulatory standards of South Africa. Professional services and conduct are what you can expect when you enrol your family in any of the EMCARE first aid courses.

6) Enjoyable:

While we uphold the seriousness that training in first aid demands, we also aim to make the experience of learning first aid courses enjoyable for families. We understand that the best learning takes place in a safe and comfortable environment, which is why we ensure everyone feels free to voice any queries or concerns with their training facilitator. With your whole family receiving the quality education in first aid at one of our branches, everyone will walk away from a day of family bonding, growth, and feeling informed on first aid.

EMCARE offers first aid training courses that families can equip themselves with the skills and knowledge to act correctly in a medical emergency.