This course gains knowledge of basic concepts, rules, principles, materials and sources; skills and competences of reaching to scientific and current knowledge, of assessing the accuracy, validity and reliability of the knowledge, of applying first aid with holistic and systematic approach by using hypothetic, evidence-based and practical knowledge, of evaluating the effects of first aid, of proper behaving by respecting human rights and honor, and regulations, professional worth and ethical rules related to first aid.

This course includes topics about definition and importance of first aid, disaster management, assessment of scene of accident and patient/victim, removal of victim from scene of accident and transporting, basic life support, bleeding and shock, poisoning, bites, trauma (soft tissue, extremities, abdomen, skull, spine and chest), medical emergencies, burns, exposure to heat and cold, drowning, foreign body inside eye, nose and ear, civil defense, videos and in-class practices related to first aid.