First Aid from the Basics (NSZI)

Training Accredited by the Slachta Margit National Social Policy Institute (NSZI)

The continuing education course First Aid from the Basics provides personal care professionals with comprehensive, practice-focused first aid knowledge.

The goal of the training is for participants not merely to earn the points required to fulfil their continuing education obligations, but to acquire knowledge and practical skills they can use directly in their everyday work — skills that will help them recognize emergency situations, call for appropriate help, and begin initial care until professional help arrives.

Professionals working in social, child welfare, and child protection institutions come into contact with people of different ages, health conditions, and care needs during their work.

In a nursery, a home for the elderly, an institution caring for people with disabilities, a homeless shelter, or in the care of psychiatric patients, quite different circumstances and risks may arise. What they have in common, however, is that in the event of a sudden illness, accident, or life-threatening condition, it is often the institution's staff member who is first at the side of the person in trouble.

Such situations may include, among others:

• a resident choking or having difficulty swallowing, 
• loss of consciousness or fainting, 
• seizures, 
• severe allergic reactions, 
• asthma attacks, 
• low blood sugar, 
• falls, head injuries, or fractures, 
• significant bleeding, 
• chest pain or suspected stroke, 
• poisoning, 
• and respiratory or cardiac arrest.

Most people do not fail to help because they do not want to, but because they are afraid of making a mistake. The purpose of our training is to transform this uncertainty into structured knowledge, sound decision-making ability, and practically applicable skills.

The training is widely recommended for personal care professionals, skilled workers, middle managers, senior managers, and consultants. The accredited target group of this qualified training covers virtually the entire field of social, child welfare, and child protection services.

We especially recommend it for:

• catering staff, 
• professionals providing home care services, 
• village and hamlet caretakers, 
• staff of support services, 
• staff of family and child welfare services and centers, 
• staff of nurseries, mini-nurseries, workplace nurseries, and family day-care homes, 
• staff working in daytime childcare, 
• professionals at children's homes and transitional homes, 
• foster parents and staff of foster care networks, 
• staff working in day care and residential institutions for the elderly, 
• staff of institutions caring for people with disabilities, 
• staff working in the care of psychiatric and addiction patients, 
• professionals working in homeless services, 
• staff of rehabilitation institutions and supported housing, 
• staff of correctional institutions and regional child protection specialist services.

Personal care professionals may work with people of very different ages and conditions. Different care considerations must be taken into account for a small child, a person living with a disability, a psychiatric patient, or an elderly person living with multiple chronic conditions.

The training therefore does not present only general first aid rules. Each topic is adapted to the real-life situations that occur in social and child protection institutions.

In early childhood, a person's condition can change quickly, which makes timely recognition of symptoms especially important.

The training places special emphasis on:

• recognizing choking and difficulty swallowing, 
• the basics of removing a foreign object from the airway, 
• managing febrile seizures and other seizure conditions, 
• recognizing croup attacks, 
• childhood poisoning, 
• allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, 
• the basic principles of using an adrenaline auto-injector, 
• caring for an unconscious child, 
• infant and child resuscitation, 
• and initial care for common injuries.

In old age, falls, head injuries, fractures, circulatory problems, chest complaints, strokes, diabetes-related illnesses, and medication-related bleeding may occur more frequently.

The training covers:

• assessing falls and head injuries, 
• recognizing suspected fractures, 
• stopping severe bleeding, 
• the elevated risk for residents taking blood thinners, 
• recognizing stroke, 
• suspected chest pain and heart attack, 
• distinguishing between fainting and loss of consciousness, 
• caring for an unconscious but breathing person, 
• and resuscitation and the use of an AED.

For residents living with disabilities, the assessment of their condition, communication, and the method of first aid must always be adapted to the individual's physical, intellectual, and communication abilities.

The training addresses:

• assessing a person's condition under limited communication, 
• safely managing seizures, 
• choking situations, 
• detecting injuries, 
• the special situation of wheelchair users, 
• organizing institutional assistance, 
• and reassuring the resident and maintaining their sense of safety.

In psychiatric or substance-use-related conditions, in addition to the medical emergency, confusion, agitation, unpredictable behavior, or heightened environmental risk can also make providing assistance more difficult.

The training emphasizes:

• the safety of the scene and of the person providing help, 
• safely approaching an agitated or confused person, 
• crisis communication, 
• recognizing acute episodes, 
• managing seizures and states of altered consciousness, 
• and calling for emergency services and organizing institutional cooperation.

In a street or community setting, providing help can be made more difficult by environmental hazards, extreme temperatures, unknown medical history, risk of infection, or limited availability of equipment.

The training provides assistance with:

• quickly and safely assessing the scene, 
• recognizing hypothermia and heat-related illnesses, 
• treating injuries and bleeding, 
• assessing altered consciousness, 
• recognizing life-threatening conditions, 
• and communicating accurately with emergency medical services.

Participants learn to recognize hazards present at the scene, safely approach the person in distress, and properly organize institutional assistance.

They practice reporting an emergency via the 112 emergency number, giving the exact location of the institution, describing the resident's condition, and following the instructions of the emergency dispatcher.

An emergency situation can place a serious emotional burden not only on the person in distress, but also on other residents, colleagues, and the person providing help.

Participants will learn about:

• ways to manage panic and freezing up, 
• the basics of firm yet reassuring communication, 
• communication adapted to the resident's condition, 
• and the importance of professional debriefing and psychological support after an event.

During the training, participants practice:

• applying direct pressure, 
• preparing a pressure dressing, 
• recognizing significant limb bleeding, 
• using a tourniquet, 
• recognizing symptoms of circulatory shock, 
• assessing suspected stroke, 
• and the necessary steps in the case of chest pain.

Participants are prepared to:

• distinguish between fainting and loss of consciousness, 
• recognize and provide initial care for low blood sugar, 
• protect against injury during an epileptic seizure, 
• recognize allergic reactions and anaphylaxis, 
• apply the basic principles of using an adrenaline auto-injector, 
• and provide initial care for asthma attacks.

The training covers:

• different types of wounds, 
• the rules of cleaning, disinfecting, and applying sterile dressings to wounds, 
• care of abrasions, cuts, stab wounds, and bite wounds, 
• suspected sprains, dislocations, and fractures, 
• the use of a triangular bandage, 
• improvised splinting options, 
• and monitoring considerations for head injuries.

Participants will learn:

• how to recognize unconsciousness, 
• how to check breathing for no more than 10 seconds, 
• how to open and clear the airway, 
• how to place a person in the stable recovery position, 
• how to continuously monitor the person's condition, 
• and how to manage choking caused by a foreign object in the airway in infants, children, and adults.

Participants practice on training manikins:

• adult resuscitation, 
• child resuscitation, 
• infant resuscitation, 
• proper chest compressions, 
• rescue breathing, 
• task allocation among multiple rescuers, 
• and the safe use of a semi-automatic defibrillator, i.e. an AED.

The training's curriculum spans from scene safety and calling for emergency help, through bleeding control, sudden illnesses, injuries, and childhood emergencies, all the way to resuscitation and AED use.

One of the most important elements of the training is the development of practical skills. After an instructor demonstration, participants themselves carry out the most important interventions.

The practical exercises include, among others:

• placing a person in the stable recovery position, 
• controlling bleeding and preparing a pressure dressing, 
• using a tourniquet, 
• splinting an injured limb, 
• managing choking, 
• adult, child, and infant resuscitation, 
• using an AED device, 
• and solving realistic situational tasks.

 The goal is not simply to learn individual movements, but also to practice how to establish an order of priorities in an unexpected situation, assign tasks, call for help, and act calmly.

With a minimum of 10 registered participants, we will also hold the training at your institution.

The training can be organized nationwide, at a previously agreed location and time. The permitted group size for the program is a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 people.

The advantages of on-site training:

• staff members don't need to travel to another town, 
• the training can be tailored to the institution's resident population, 
• participants can also discuss situations they bring from their own work environment, 
• multiple colleagues can earn continuing education points at the same time, 
• the date can be planned based on prior agreement, 
• we provide the special equipment needed for the practical instruction. 

For larger groups or the training of multiple groups, we prepare a custom institutional offer.

• An accredited program providing 32 continuing education points 
• Detailed professional training 
• High proportion of hands-on practice
• Instructors with active ambulance service experience 
• Realistic institutional situations 
• Infant, child, and adult first aid 
• Resuscitation and AED use 
• Nationwide on-site delivery available 
• Official certificate

Would you like your institution's staff not only to earn continuing education points, but to actually know what to do in the event of an unexpected accident or sudden illness?

For larger groups, please request a custom quote.

 

Price of the training: 25,900 HUF/person. Training exempt from in-kind taxation.