Posted By RoseR
I'm a First Aid trainer and within our organisation there are a number of deaf/non speaking workers.

I'd like to offer First Aid training to this department and that got me thinking about some aspects of the course and how I would have to adapt it. Things such as shouting for help or asking people if they can help, listening for breathing etc

Has anyone trained a deaf person in first aid? What changes did you make to the course? And did the changes mean that person could not be an approved first aider under the HSE guidelines?

I'm happy with the teaching aspect of the course - I've worked with interpreters in the past and have basic sign language skills, its the legal aspect that I'm interested in.

All advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Posted By RoseR
Thanks for the response. I'm not worrying too much, there are practical issues that I really want to get round in order to offer the best training possible. If someone cannot speak then how do they ask the casualty if they can help them or call for help. I'm not trying to find reasons not to do the course I'm trying to find alternative ways to ensure it is effective and adapted to the people I am training.

If other first aid trainers have had to adapt their courses I would be interested in how they did this..