Hey! No it's absolutely fine!
I don't know about TFA because it wasn't around when I qualified! I'm almost certain i'm going to miss things out and i'm not sure if it's changed at all! I'll list AFA (advanced first aider) and PTA as well as you up your skills a considerable amount with these levels
Ah just found my booklet of units .. this is helpful!
FA; abdominal pain, AED, anaphylaxis, communication and casualty care, primary surveys, resuscitation of all ages, asthma, bites and stings, bleeding and bruising (minor and major), bone, muscle and joint injuries, burns and scalds (minor and major), outdoor casualty management, chest pain, childhood conditions (meningitis recognition), choking (all ages), documentation, confidentiality, consent and capacity, eye injuries, fainting, foreign objects, head injuries, health and safety, temperature extremes, infection control, low blood sugar, poisons, risk assessments, secondary surveys, seizures, shock, spinal injuries (without equipment), sprains and strains, stroke, structure and policies.
It seems like a lot but it's very digestible! Let me know if you have any questions on that bunch! :L And if you decide to go on ..
AFA; Body temperature, blood pressure (manually and electronically), use of splints, medical gases (oxygen, entonox), moving and handling (ambulance trolleys, carry chairs/wheelchairs, carry sheets, folding stretcher), patient care positioning, removing crash helmets, spinal immobilisation using collars.
PTA; Ambulance skills (hygiene, contact with bodily fluids, deceased patients), assisting the HCP, bariatric casualties, consent and mental capacity acts, malnutrition and dehydration, child protection, premature babies ad incubators, full resuscitation with bag valve mask, transporting patients (carrying someone down 4 flights of stairs in a carry chair .. boo!), orthopaedic stretcher, vehicle inspection and documentation.
You don't learn heaps of new skills as you advance but you gain a hell of a lot of responsibility within duties! Training for each course usually takes 2/3 days however you're constantly refreshing and practising at your units
Nope, no expenses as far as I recall! Uniform is supplied by SJA. I bought my boots but I think they've started paying for those too these days! :L
It really depends on your duties. Two of my experiences.
1. School fete .. zero casualties in 6 hours.
2. Bonfire duty (in charge of treatment centre .. aka drunk tank! :L) 7 casualties at one point, all heavily intoxicated. All kinds of problems from cuts from falling over to hypothermia, low oxygen saturation, unconscious, impaired airways.
So yeah, really depends on the kind of duty you get involved with
Hope this helps!
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