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Survival Skillset

Lesson 1 of 14

Scene safety, the primary survey and the call

40 min

You are coming down a rocky path in the late afternoon when you hear a clatter of stones and a short shout from the slope above. A walker from another party is lying on a ledge twenty metres up, not moving. Their friend is already scrambling up the loose gully towards them. Every instinct says run. The next five minutes decide a great deal: whether the person on the ledge…

In this lesson

  • Scene safety: do not become the second casualty
  • The primary survey: DR ABC
  • Response, graded by AVPU
  • The steps in order
  • Catastrophic bleeding first (CABC)
  • Opening the airway and checking breathing
  • Head tilt, chin lift
  • Checking breathing
  • What about the neck?
  • The recovery position
  • When spinal injury is possible
  • Calling for help for a casualty

The rest of this lesson is in the full course

Every module, practical and exam, self-paced and private, with a certificate at the end.

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