QCTO Accredited Training
What is SP-230801 Basic Emergency First Aid Responder?
This Skills Programme is for persons required to assess the emergency situation and providing Basic Life Support and Basic First Aid in order to stabilise patients prior to transfer to the emergency services.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of emergency scene management
- Demonstrate an understanding of elementary anatomy and physiology
- Assess an emergency situation
- Apply First Aid procedures to the life-threatening situation
- Treat common injuries
This course is for people that require QTO/NQF credits for the company’s Skills Development Levy, or for learners that require QCTO/NQF credits to go towards a bigger qualification/Skills Programme. Please note we only teach this course for Groups/Companies and do not run the course for individuals at this time.
Pre-Requisits
There are no absolute prequisits for this course, however, the following learning is assumed to be in place:
- Communication at ABET level 3
- Mathematical Literacy at ABET level 3

Course Duration
How long does the course take?
- This course is two full days of classroom time with an instructor, followed by at home completion of the Portfolio of Evidence (POE).
- After completing the classroom portion, you will go home with a POE which you will need to complete, and then submit back to us within two weeks.
- The POE then gets assessed, moderated and then sent to QCTO for verification.
- Certificates and Statements of Results (SOR) are issued by QCTO and may take a few weeks to become available.
Specific Outcomes
The following outcomes are covered though the training to allow learners to:
- Demonstrate the understanding of Emergency Scene Management
- Demonstrate an understanding of Elementary Anatomy and Physiology
- Assess the Emergency Situation
- Apply First Aid Procedures to the Life-threatening Situation
- Treat common injuries
Topics Covered
What will be covered in the course?
- The Emergency Scene Management
- Principles of First Aid and Safety
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Basic Life Support – CPR & AED
- Examination of the patient
- Shock
- head, neck and Spinal injuries
- Moving Patients
- Choking
- Wounds and Bleeding
- Burns
- Bone, Joint and Muscle Injuries
- Poisons, Bites and Stings
- Environmental Emergencies