Introduction
Aircraft maintenance workplaces include hangars, maintenance bays, and ramp or apron areas. These environments contain moving aircraft and vehicles, energised electrical systems, hot components, chemicals, sharp edges, work at height, and noise. This course teaches simple, repeatable actions that any person can use to protect life until professional responders arrive. It is written for complete beginners and avoids technical jargon.
Note: “Part‑145” is the section of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency rules that applies to approved maintenance organisations.
Who is the course for?
- Maintenance technicians and engineers working in approved Part‑145 maintenance organisations
- Line maintenance support staff who work on the ramp or apron
- Stores, logistics, tooling, facilities, and administration staff who work in or near hangars and stands
- New starters and anyone with no previous medical knowledge
What is the Benefit of this Training – What will I learn?
- Know how to keep yourself safe, quickly call for help, and guide responders to the scene
- Be able to carry out a simple primary survey to check for danger, response, airway, breathing, and circulation
- Understand how to place a person in the recovery position and how to protect the neck and spine while waiting for help
- Know the correct sequence for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and for using an automated external defibrillator
- Be able to control severe bleeding and manage shock
- Know how to recognise and respond to choking, sudden collapse, seizures, and injuries such as fractures and sprains
- Know how to respond to burns, eye injuries, electrical injury, and chemical exposure using the safety data sheet for the substance
- Recognise heat and cold stress and the warning signs of sudden illness
- Document what happened correctly and feed the information into the company safety management system and occurrence reporting process
Detailed Content / Topics – The following Subjects will be addressed
Module 1: Start Safe
Welcome, how to use the course, and the limits of first aid (no medications
and no invasive actions)
Hangar and ramp risks: moving aircraft and vehicles, Energised systems
such as one hundred fifteen‑volt alternating current at four hundred hertz
and twenty‑eight‑volt direct current, hot brakes and the auxiliary power unit,
sharp edges, work at height, composite materials
Personal protective equipment and biohazards; Stop–Think–Act model
Module 2: Emergency Actions and Communication
The primary survey: danger, response, send for help, airway, breathing,
circulation
Calling one‑one‑two: what to say, how to give the location, how to use gate and
muster point information, and how to escort responders to the scene
When to move a casualty (only when the person is in immediate danger)
Module 3: Airway, Breathing, and Recovery Position
How to open the airway, how to check breathing, and how to place the person in
the recovery position when you are alone and with a helper
How to protect the neck and spine without pulling
Interactive video: Step‑through with decision pauses
Downloadable job aid: Recovery Position quick card
Module 4: Branching Scenario – What to Do, What Not to Do
Adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation sequence: thirty chest compressions
and two rescue breaths; correct depth and rate; how to swap roles
Using an automated external defibrillator: attach pads, follow prompts, and
make sure everyone stands clear
Online limits and how to complete hands‑on validation if required
Practice tool: Metronome and visual compression guide; knowledge checks
focus on safe sequence and team communication
Module 5: Choking and Sudden Collapse
Adult choking algorithm and cues that separate fainting from cardiac arrest
Interactive: Choose the next safe step under time pressure
Module 6: Severe Bleeding and Shock
Direct firm pressure, wound packing (with hemostatic dressing if available),
elevation when practical, and tourniquet indications, placement, and time
marking
Treating shock: lay the person flat, keep warm, and do not give food or
drink
Scenario mini: Laceration from a sharp edge plus signs of shock
Module 7: Burns and Eye Injuries
Thermal burns: cool running water for twenty minutes, remove rings and
watches, and cover with a non‑stick dressing
Chemical burns and eye injuries: immediate irrigation, use the safety data
sheet, and remove contaminated clothing
Interactive: Timed irrigation with common pitfalls and corrections
Module 8: Electrical and Chemical Exposures
Electrical injury: isolate power, do not touch until de‑energised, look for
entry and exit burns, and be alert to heart rhythm problems
Chemicals common in maintenance: Jet A‑1 fuel, phosphate‑ester hydraulic
fluids, glycol‑based de‑icing fluids, battery acids and alkalis, and solvents
The clear boundary between first aid and hazardous spill response
Clickable exercise: Explore a mock safety data sheet
Module 9: Musculoskeletal and Trauma
Sprains and strains: rest, ice, compression, and elevation
Suspected fractures, chest injury red flags, crush injury concerns, and
pelvic injury concerns
Head injury red flags and spinal caution
Interactive: Choose safe limb support and simple sling options
Module 10: Environment and Medical Conditions
Heat stress on the apron: heat exhaustion compared with heat stroke
Cold stress during night or winter work: the basics of frostbite
Low blood sugar, stroke using the “Face, Arm, Speech, Time” check, and
action for chest pain
Case picker: Immediate feedback on each choice
Module 11: Working at Height and Entrapment
Suspension trauma basics after a safe rescue
Entrapment:
What first aiders should do and should not do while waiting for trained
rescue teams
Module 12: Integrated Scenarios and Documentation
Chemical splash to the eye during a de‑icing purge
Electrical shock from a one hundred fifteen‑volt alternating current test line; now
breathing but confused
Fall from a stand with bleeding and a possible fracture
Heat collapse on the apron leading to unresponsiveness followed by
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use
Self-Check Task 1: The “First 60 Seconds” Priority Sort
Self-Check Task 2: Handover Simulation (The “MIST” Report)
Self Check Task 3: SMS Decision Matrix (True or False)
Self Check Task 4: Resource Mapping & Audit
Self Check Task 5: Scenario Synthesis (Short Answer)
Learning Objectives
After this course, learners will be able to:
- Stay safe and call for help during hangar and ramp incidents (clear hazards, call one‑one‑two, guide responders).
- Carry out the primary survey: check for danger, check for response, send for help, then secure the airway, check breathing, and support circulation.
- Explain and follow the exact steps for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and for using an automated external defibrillator, and understand the limits of online learning without practice on a manikin.
- Stop severe bleeding using firm pressure, appropriate dressings, wound packing, and when needed, apply a tourniquet and record the time.
- Manage choking, shock, fainting, seizures, head injury, and injuries to bones and joints such as fractures and sprains.
- Treat burns from heat or chemicals, irrigate eyes correctly, and respond to electrical injuries.
- Act on chemical exposure to fuels, hydraulic fluids, de‑icing fluids, and batteries using the safety data sheet.
- Recognise heat stress and cold stress and warning signs of sudden illness such as stroke or chest pain.
- Complete simple documentation and feed the event into the company safety management system and occurrence reporting.
Target groups
Part‑145 maintenance and support staff in base or line environments, including stores and logistics personnel. No prior medical knowledge is required.
Included resources
Part‑145 maintenance and support staff in base or line environments, including stores and logistics personnel. No prior medical knowledge is required.
Notes and boundaries
- This learning does not replace any legally required in‑person first‑aid certification where such certification is required by local law.
- No medications, no invasive procedures, and no hazardous spill response are covered in this course. The focus is first aid only.
- Learners must follow company safety procedures and safety management system reporting requirements at all times.
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“I found satisfying answers to all my questions.”
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“The length of the course fits my needs and expectations.”
“The content was really effective, I gained a lot of new knowledge.”
“The practical examples were perfectly delivered.”
Duration
1 day – Start at 09.00 and finish at 17.00, with appropriate refreshment breaks.
To register for this training, please email [email protected] or Call +359 28210806
