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Kindly access the Students' Policies & Forms by clicking on the button below. The following documents, among others, can be found there: Student Handbook, Student Code of Conduct, Students' Privacy Notice, Deferral, Suspension, and Cancellation Policy, Assignment Extension Policy, Re-Sit Policy, Complaints Procedure Policy, Equality Policy, and Student Disciplinary Policy.

Students' Policies & Forms

Online Sessions Link

To join the online sessions for this module, please click on the button below. If you are not already signed in to your Zoom account, you will be prompted to register your attendance. You will also need to enter the password provided below.

Join Session

Meeting ID: 845 2309 7013
Passcode: 934674

Please ensure that your name and surname appear as registered for the study programme, as this is essential for recording your attendance.

 

Lecture Schedule & Notes

Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.

LectureDateTimePresentationNotes (If Any)Session Recording
Lecture 0130 April 202517:30 to 20:00hrs
Lecture 027 May 202517:30 to 20:00hrs
Lecture 0314 May 202517:30 to 20:00hrs
Lecture 0421 May 202517:30 to 20:00hrs
Lecture 0528 May 202517:30 to 20:00hrs
Lecture 064 June 202517:30 to 20:00hrs
Presentations18 June 202517:30 to 20:00hrs

 

Lecturer/s  

Mr. Gesmond Micallef

Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading 

Lecture 1 - Introduction to First Aid

Following this session students will be given knowledge:

  • Definition of First Aid
  • Role of Responsibilities of the First Aider
  • Scene Safety
  • Assessment of a casualty
  • The vital functions A.B.C
  • Unresponsive Casualty
  • Airway – Breathing – Circulation
  • Secondary Survey – Taking a history

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and publications related to workplace first aid and CPR - N.D.
  • Occupational First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia - 2018
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual by American Heart Association – 2016

 

Lecture 2 - Paediatric First Aid 

Following this session students will be given knowledge:

  • Making an Emergency Call
  • Introduction to Paediatric First Aid
  • Differences consideration when treating a child
  • Legal Responsibilities
  • Calming a child and their parents/guardians
  • The First Aid Kit
  • Minimising Infection
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and publications related to workplace first aid and CPR - N.D.
  • Occupational First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia - 2018
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual by American Heart Association – 2016

 

Lecture 3 - Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation

Following this session students will be given:

  • What is Cardiac Arrest
  • Basic Life Support
  • Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation & Rescue Breaths
  • CPR and AED
  • Skills Taught in this Course

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and publications related to workplace first aid and CPR - N.D.
  • Occupational First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia - 2018
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual by American Heart Association – 2016

 

Lecture 4 - Holistic Approach

Following this session students will be given:

  • Secondary Care (First Aid)
  • Emergency Care  Age  Definitions
  • Primary Assessment
  • CPR and Artificial Ventilations
  • Chain of Survival
  • Psychological and Emotional Aspects
  • Legal Aspect of the First Aider
  • Abuse

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and publications related to workplace first aid and CPR - N.D.
  • Occupational First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia - 2018
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual by American Heart Association – 2016

 

Lecture 5 - Primary and Secondary Care

Following this session students will be given:

  • Defibrillation
  • How AED s Work
  • CPR ADULT
  • Recovery position
  • Paediatric Basic Life Support
  • Adult and Paediatric Choking
  • Serious Bleeding – Shock – Spinal Injury
  • The Musculoskeletal System
  • First Aid dislocations and Fractures

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and publications related to workplace first aid and CPR - N.D.
  • Occupational First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia - 2018
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual by American Heart Association – 2016

 

Lecture 6 - First Aid Management

Following this session students will be given insight on:

  • Cuts and Penetrations to Eye
  • Crush Injuries
  • Wound and Bleeding
  • Head Injuries
  • Burns and scalds
  • Allergic Reactions
  • Hypoglycaemia and Hyperglycaemia Management.
  • Heat Stroke and Exhaustion
  • Airway and Breathing Emergencies
  • Epilepsy and more

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines and publications related to workplace first aid and CPR - N.D.
  • Occupational First Aid: A Reference and Training Manual by Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia - 2018
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Manual by American Heart Association – 2016

 

Methods of Assessment

Presentation 70% of final score

Reflective Notes 30% of final score

 

Presentation

You also have to prepare and deliver a 10 minute presentation on your assignment. The presentation will be delivered on the date indicated in the module's timetable above.

A Presentation Rubric is being made available for your guidance below. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them to allocate scoring, while it allows students to understand what is required in the presentation and how your presentation will be graded.

Presentation Rubric

Your presentation should also be submitted in PDF format on Turnitin not later than 24 hours before it is being delivered. Do not scan the presentation but convert/save it directly to PDF.

Note that the submitted presentations will be scanned for plagiarism.

 

Referencing Style

Your presentation should be referenced using the Harvard Referencing style. Please follow a short video, by clicking on the button below, to understand this referencing style.

Harvard Referencing Style

 

Submitting Presentations – Turnitin

The academy will notify you via email when the assignment questions become available. Shortly after, you will receive another email from Turnitin, likely on the same day, confirming your enrolment in a "class" where you can upload your assignment(s).

Please ensure that your assignments are submitted no later than 23:59 on the assignment submission deadline, as indicated on the Assignment Submission form or in the Turnitin "class".

At 21 Academy, you have the option to submit multiple drafts before the final submission deadline. The version uploaded at the deadline will be treated as your final submission for assessment. Please note that Turnitin evaluates the same assignment twice within a 24-hour period, so any additional submissions during this time will not be reviewed until the 24-hour period has passed. Ensure that your final submission does not exceed 20% similarity, particularly when using direct quotations.

Follow this very short video to understand how to submit your assignment through Turnitin

Submitting a Paper

To understand the similarity report generated by Turnitin follow this 1 minute video

Understanding the Similarity Report

 

Reflective Notes

Each student should submit reflective notes about their experience during the preparatory phase of the presentation.

From here, you can download 21 Academy's Reflective Notes template in

Word Format or PDF Format

The document has to be submitted to the academy through Turnitin no later than the day before the presentation is meant to be delivered in class. The Reflective Notes have to be submitted to the academy through Turnitin. Since these should be your own thoughts, the similarity score is expected to be very low and not higher than 10%.