Spectator Safety First Aid Level 2 (VTQ)
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Scene Safety and Initial Assessment
- Fears of First Aid
- Asking permission and consent to help
- What emergency equipment and professional help is available at events?
- The EMS at large events - a medical professional's answer
- Calling the Emergency Services
- What3Words - location app
- Alternative emergency phone numbers
- How are radios used by stewards?
- Scene Safety
- Keeping safe as a steward
- Chain of Survival
- DR ABC and the ABCD'S
- Using gloves
- How to use face shields
- Hand Washing
- The Recovery position
- BSi First Aid Kit
- CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- AED
- Choking
- Shock and Fainting
- Cuts and Bleeding
- Injuries and Illnesses
- Course Summary
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When you actually get the AED components, you then need to set it up so it's ready for use. You've got the main AED unit here, we have the adult pads that come with it, and this is a quick user guide. Also inside the unit, this particular one we'll look at later, you see a main instruction booklet, and also here, we've got a set of pediatric pads. Now often with AED units, they don't come with pediatric pads, and this will be an extra. This will depend on whether you've added them on to your AED, but we'll look at those in later videos as well. To start with, you need to have a good visual inspection. When we're looking at the pads, we're making sure that they're not damaged in any way. It may well be that the packaging's got damaged at some time. Also, we're checking again, making sure that the expiry date is in date, and there's visually no problems with it. Also, the unit again, visually look on the outside, to make sure everything is in place. Now with this unit, to open it up, we've got a section here where the pads come out. But to open the main unit, it's just a zip and you undo the zip and we can take the AED unit away from the case. When the AED unit arrives, you can take it out and have a good look at it. It's often not got the battery in, so when you turn the unit over, there'll be a big gap in there. Now with this unit, the AED pads incorporate the battery, so when you're putting the pads in, you're also putting a battery into it. The first thing you want to do is check off the instructions and know exactly how to set this unit up. With this particular unit, in the back of the AED unit, you have the full instructions for using the unit. This is the full user manual. Read it. I know a lot of people don't like reading instructions, but it is very important to read the manual because it will tell you how to set it up, and depending on what actual unit you're using, the instructions will be slightly different, even with this HeartSine. This is the HeartSine 500 we're looking at here. There are also two other units. One's a fully automatic unit and one's a more basic unit. The instruction setup will be the same from this video, but it might be slight variations on there. Make sure you read the instructions before you go ahead. With the pads, the next thing we need to do with it actually inserts the pads. They're into a sealed packet, so we'll just unpeel this, open up a bag, and then we can remove the pads themselves. What we've got here is a slight tab. This is how we pull it out of the AED unit when we've set it fully. The battery pack in here and also under this cover all the pads themselves. Do not open this pad up. Once you start opening this up, this is what we do when we actually use the AED unit. If we break the seal in any way, what's going to happen is the pads will start to dry out. Once they start drying out, they're not going to be as effective, because eventually, they just won't to stick to the skin. With this unit, we just leave it as it is. Just visually inspect it, but what we're then doing is taking the pad unit and all it does is it slides into the unit. Underneath here, you'll see the electrical connections and they correspond to the actual connections on the pads themselves, lay it in place, and then slide it in until it clicks in place. When we turn the unit over, it'll just go through initial beeping, just so it's going through its initial self-test. And you can see some of the lights flashing and this is why it's important to look at the instructions because you need to know what's happening next within this cycle. Obviously, I have read the instructions, so we're carrying on the unit. We just need to know what's happening now to make sure it's functioning correctly. What we're going to do to start with is just turn it on, just so that we can sure the unit is working. Now, you won't do any harm at this stage. It's one of the tests we do to regularly check the maintenance of the unit, so take the on the button, push, and you'll get the lights light up to start with. It's going through that initial start-up cycle. We know the unit's working okay, we can see lights on there, so if you just push the off button, then that will just turn the unit off. We've now done a full test and we know that unit's ready for use. With the unit itself, the next thing we need to do is put that into the case, because leaving the unit out like this, it can damaged. Open up the case, pop the unit in. In here, there is this little tab, like I mentioned earlier on the pads. We just need to open up the flap from the outside and make sure that that tag is outside. Because when we go to pull the unit, take the pads out for real, we don't need to take it out this case. We can pull this down, hold this tab and pull. Once we've lined it up, make sure it's lined up where it needs to go. Close the Velcro off the bottom and then just do the zip up, and now the unit is set up and ready to go. You'll see it, it's got little-flashing lights on here, just saying it's functioning okay. If you do have pediatric pads with your AED unit, then in the back here, you can open up and pop the pads inside, so at least they're there should they be needed. And also in the back here, always keep the instructions with the unit. Just slide those in, and the quick start-up guide that we had in the box earlier. Pop that into the back as well, and then you can do the zip up at the back. Now, all of the pads are nice and safely inside the unit. On the back of the AED, you'll also see a little basic instruction card and any other information that's needed. This unit now is ready to put into the wall bracket or into the bag or wherever you're going to be storing the unit ready for use. We've looked at the HeartSine and how to set that up. I'll just briefly just mention the other AED units. Basically, all AED units are the same, but every manufacturer will have a slightly different variation on how you set it up. Some of them will have separate batteries. For example, the Zoll unit here has 10 small batteries, whereas the Philips here has a single battery pack. Other units like the LIFEPAK here has the main batteries and also a supplementary battery. This is why it's important to read the instructions of the AED unit you're buying and make sure you follow them in the setup process because we don't want you to set something up and maybe it's not ready for use. Read the instructions, set them up. There are differences, but basically, they're very much similar.
AED units are very easy to set up and they are basically all the same. If you have any questions on a particular AED unit, consult the manufacturer's instructions or search for the manufacturer's website on the internet.
To set up an AED unit, you need to make sure that it is complete, the battery is in place, there are no warning lights, the pads are not damaged or the seal was broken, the pads are connected to the unit (unless a system is designed that the pads are connected later), and that the unit is in a good, clean, dry state. If you see any problems with an AED unit, you need to get this fixed as soon as possible. It is recommended that all units are checked regularly in accordance with workplace risk assessments, policies, and practices as well as the manufacturer's recommendations.
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