Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder
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QCTO Accredited Skills Programme (SAQA Reg. No SP-230803)
An Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder is a risk-based first aid provider who plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of individuals in the workplace. Trained to assess potential risks and hazards, they develop effective emergency response plans and deliver immediate medical care in the event of an accident or injury.By identifying workplace risks, they help minimise the impact of incidents and contribute to safer working environments with improved survival outcomes. Their role also supports compliance with occupational health and safety requirements, strengthening overall workplace safety systems.
In addition, an Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder is trained to act quickly and effectively during emergencies. They provide immediate medical assistance in critical or life-threatening situations while ensuring proper risk assessment and response procedures are followed.
This skills programme is developed to enable a qualified learner to:
- Assist with the coordination and management of first aid providers’ activities on an emergency scene.
- Provide advanced emergency first aid medical care for a range of medical conditions to patients in critical or life-threatening situations.
- Provide wound care within advanced emergency first aid scope.
- Provide life support interventions on the incident scene and through advanced emergency first aid techniques.
- Handover patient with relevant report on the patient’s condition and treatment
COURSE DURATION: 5 Days
NQF LEVEL: 4
CREDITS: 6
Quality Assured Partner: Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (OCTO)
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Benefit to the sector, society, and the economy:
The benefits of an Advanced Emergency First Aid skills programme would be significant for the OHS sector, the society in general, and the South African economy. It would equip first aid responders with advanced knowledge and skills to provide quality emergency first aid care to patients.
This would improve health outcomes, reduce morbidity, mortality rates, and enhance the overall quality of healthcare services in the country. It shall promote access to advanced emergency first aid care to employees in various industries by trained personnel. This would create a safer working environment and reduce the risks of workplace injuries and fatalities; thus, counter occupational injuries and claims against the state and costs of medical services.
(KTO101) The Role of an Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder
(KTO102) Legal and Ethical Principles for Provision of Risk Based Advanced First Aid.
(KTO103) Health and Safety as a First Aider
(KTO104) & (KTO105) Support for Stress and Post-Traumatic Stress.
(KTO106) Cultural and Gender Diversity
- Effective Applied Advanced Emergency First Aid
(KTO201) Hazards, and Risk Assessment Before Providing Advanced Emergency First Aid
(KTO203) Communication
(KTO204) Appropriate Action Taken
(KTO205) Re-Assessment
(KTO206) Handover
(KTO207) Record Keeping
(KTO208) Post Scene Clean-up (KTO209) Post Exposure Prophylaxis
- Human Anatomy And Physiology For Advanced Emergency First Aid 32
(Kt0301) Anatomical Position
(Kt0302) Anatomical Directional Terms
(Kt0303) Surface Anatomy
(Kt0304) Anatomical Body Cavities
(Kt0305) Integumentary System
(Kt0306) Musculoskeletal System
(Kt0307) Nervous System
(Kt0308) Endocrine System
(Kt0309) Cardiovascular System
(Kt0310) Lymphatic System
(KTO311) Immune System (KTO312) Respiratory System
(KTO313) Gastrointestinal System
(KTO314) Renal System
(KTO315) Reproductive System
- Concepts and Principles of Providing Advanced Emergency Level First Aid
(KTO401) Primary Examination
(KTO402) Secondary Examination/Survey
(KTO403) Principle and Processes for Controlling Bleeding
(KTO404) Apply First Aid Procedures to The Life-Threatening Situation
(KTO405) CPR and Using The Automated External Defibrillator
(KTO406) Unconsciousness
(KTO407) Shock
(KTO408) Manage Head And Spinal Injuries
(KTO409) Manage Chest Injuries
(KTO410) Manage Abdominal
(KTO411) Pelvic Injuries
- Injuries to Bone, Muscles and Ligaments
(KTO413) Burns
(KTO414)&(KTO415) Heart Attack & Stroke
(KTO417) Diabetic Emergency
(KTO418) Managing Seizures
(KTO419) Asthma Attacks
(KTO420) Hypo and Hyperthermia
(KTO421) Water Emergency
(KTO422/23) Poisoning, Venomous Bites & Animal Stings
(KTO416) Managing Anaphylaxis (Kt0416)
(KTO424) Limiting Communicable Disease
(KTO425) Emergency Childbirth
Entry level requirements into this programme?
- Certified copy of you ID document
- Skills Certificate: Intermediate Emergency First Aid, NQF Level 3.
Who Should Attend?
This QCTO-accredited Advanced Emergency First Aid Responder course is the highest level of first aid training offered by SACTS, designed for experienced first aiders who need to operate at an advanced level in critical and life-threatening emergency situations. It is specifically recommended for:
- Intermediate Emergency First Aid Responders — this is the direct progression qualification; entry requires a Skills Certificate in Intermediate Emergency First Aid at NQF Level 3
- Designated workplace first aiders in high-risk industries — including mining, construction, manufacturing, petrochemical and heavy engineering environments where serious trauma, burns and life-threatening emergencies are more likely to occur
- Emergency response team leaders — who assist with the coordination and management of first aid providers’ activities on an emergency scene
- Security and armed response personnel — who are regularly first on scene at incidents involving trauma, cardiac events and other medical emergencies
- Offshore, maritime and remote site workers — operating in environments where ambulance response times are long and advanced first aid capability is critical
- Sports and event safety officials — responsible for medical response at large gatherings, sporting events and public venues
- Corporate health and wellness professionals — who manage occupational health programmes and need advanced clinical knowledge to support their teams
- Aspiring emergency medical technicians (EMTs) — using this qualification as a stepping stone towards a formal EMS career pathway
- Community health workers and caregivers — working in underserved areas where advanced first aid can be the difference between life and death
