Becoming an Informed, Valuable and Confident First Responder Through Expert Training

This is a one-day workshop to equip participants with the essential skills required by first responders on a crime scene. The course covers crime scene protocol, including preservation, screening, general care and referral. The course is presented by The Division of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Cape Town.

Course Content:

• Duties and responsibilities of First Responders
• Potential liability of the First Responder
• Protocols on various crimes scenes
• SAPS requirements
• Domestic violence and sexual assault
• Forensic pathologists’ perspective
• Skeletal remains
• Courtroom etiquette

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A Certificate of Attendance will be issued to participants of the course.

For more information or to register email ce.administration@uct.ac.za. 

Only participants registered for the course will be eligible to attend.