Objective: Understand the principles of first aid, emergency scene management, personal safety, and legal responsibilities in the diving workplace.

Knowledge: Explain first aid standards, triage, casualty positioning, first aid kit contents, and legal responsibilities including Good Samaritan principles.

Skills: Apply safe scene management, prioritise casualties correctly, and select appropriate first aid resources for emergency response.

Objective: Apply Basic Life Support principles to manage life-threatening emergencies.

Knowledge: Explain BLS steps, AED use, airway management, and oxygen support principles.

Skills: Demonstrate correct BLS sequence and AED use using best-practice standards.

Objective: Apply a structured casualty assessment and standards of care to all first aid responses.

Knowledge: Explain primary & secondary survey, shock, unconsciousness management, and documentation.

Skills: Demonstrate casualty assessment and decision-making using the 12-step process.

Objective: Understand basic body systems relevant to first aid and injury response.

Knowledge: Explain key systems (respiratory, circulatory, musculoskeletal, nervous) and their relevance to emergencies.

Skills: Apply anatomy knowledge to recognise risks, symptoms, and priorities in casualty care.

Objective: Manage wounds and bleeding safely using correct first aid procedures and infection control.

Knowledge: Explain bleeding types, infection control, dressings, bandaging, and tourniquet use.

Skills: Demonstrate bleeding control techniques safely and appropriately.

Objective: Recognise and respond appropriately to common illnesses and medical emergencies.

Knowledge: Explain risks and symptoms of diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, hepatitis, and cardiac chest pain.

Skills: Demonstrate correct emergency response priorities and escalation procedures.

Objective: Demonstrate competence in first aid knowledge through formative assessment.

Knowledge: Explain key first aid principles and casualty management procedures.

Skills: Apply first aid reasoning and decision-making to assessment questions and scenarios.