A course designed to teach the safe and effective use of the Automatic External Defibrillator to improve the chance of survival for a person suffering from a sudden cardiac arrest.

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On successful completion of the course and final assessment students will be awarded a certificate of competence which is valid for six months. To maintain certification students will have to attend a short (approx 2 hours) refresher course This course may also be added as an additional module to our Appointed Person or First Aid at Work courses.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate effective basic life support
• Understand the concept of defibrillation
• Safe and effective use of an Automatic External Defibrillator
• Combine basic life support with automatic external defibrillation