This course will empower and equip your staff to provide effective First Aid in the office, on the road, at home and in remote locations. We will help them to identify the main hazards, outline general health issues, as well as provide practical instruction.  Staff will be better prepared, and able to provide essential first level lifesaving assistance in emergencies and accidents.

The Objectives of the Training:

• Heightening awareness of basic health and first aid and identifying some of the most common and dangerous hazards in the project areas.
• Ensure participants achieve a strong level of basic skills, practice and knowledge of First Aid to enable them to deal with the first stages of medical emergencies and accidents.
• To bring participants up to a competent level in Field First Aid using certified methods and procedures.

Course Details:
To qualify for the certificate, all participants must attend the entire training, and show competence in the skills demonstrated. All sessions will be supported by facilitation in English and Dari. 

Simple tests will be staged for every participant

Training starts promptly at 09.00, and ends at 17.00 although registration on day 1 is at 08.30.

**Special price for June 2012 course**
**USD $350 per person**

Price includes training, essential written materials, Safer Edge certification, lunches and refreshments.

Key Components:

• Identifying general and local health and medical risks.
• Equipment (office, car, home, and remote stations).
• Assessing injured people and deciding on the right course of action.
• First Person on the Scene (FPOS).
• Practising the best first aid for common injuries.
• Road accidents.
• Shock, unconsciousness and panic.
• Breathing, assessing and assistance.
• Wounds and bleeding.
• Burns (chemical and fire).
• Bone injury and breakage.
• Medical rescue and evacuation

Who are the Trainers?
Safer Edge’s experienced and qualified trainers are sensitive to local needs and aspirations, with excellent communication skills and heightened awareness of safety and security issues in Afghanistan. They have the right resources and skills, balanced by cultural awareness and contextual knowledge to be successful through high impact training. They are experts in the field of humanitarian security with many years of on-the-ground experience in hostile, terror and war conditions.  Our trainers are professional security practitioners.

About Safer Edge:
Safer Edge has long term experience in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uganda, Thailand, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan and Haiti, among others. We employ the most experienced and resourceful practitioners who have detailed first-hand knowledge of the most dangerous and challenging areas of the world. We stand with the humanitarian community during crises, natural disasters, war and terror. Where it matters, when it matters.

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