HEP 228 First Aid and safety Education

ND2 levelMedical & Health Sciences20 topics

HEP 228 covers 20 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

Accident and emergency concepts
First aid and emergency care
First aider: duties and roles
Aims and objectives of first aid
Principles of first aid
Contents of a first aid box
Emergency conditions
Signs, symptoms and management of emergencies
Accident prevention at home and in the community
Accident and emergency types
First aid concepts
Emergency care concepts
Duties of a first aider
Roles of first aid
Contents of a standard first aid box
First aid for shock, fractures, burns and bleeding
First aid for abdominal emergencies, asphyxia and epistaxis
First aid for snake bite and related emergencies
Emergency signs, symptoms and management
Safety education and hazards

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Accident and emergency concepts

Accident and emergency concepts cover the definition of an accident, the nature of emergencies, the principles of immediate response, triage, and the role of first aid in stabilising patients until professional care is available. Mastering these ideas is vital for exam questions that test recognition of emergencies, prioritisation of care, and the application of first‑aid protocols.

What you get for HEP 228

Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.

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