Emergency First Aid at Work
Who’s this course for?
Who should attend?
The selection of Employees who will be trained as First Aiders must consider an individuals:
- Reliability, disposition and communication skills
- Aptitude and ability to absorb new knowledge and learn new skills
- Ability to cope with stressful and physically demanding emergency procedures
- That they could leave their duties immediately to respond to an emergency in the workplace
- For those with a general interest in first aid, its better if your not squeamish.
Course Availability
We can run this course at your venue
What our syllabus covers
This course involves a minimum of 6 hours contact teaching time and is normally run over a day.
No previous experience or knowledge is required to attend this course.
The students will learn about:
- The role of the First Aider
- Recording incidents and accidents
- First Aid kits
- Basic hygiene & why it’s important
- Act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
- Managing an incident
- Priorities of First Aid
- Unconscious casualty including seizures
- CPR for the adult
- Wounds & bleeding
- Choking
- Minor injuries including minor burns & scalds, cuts & bruises, splinters
Is there an exam?
Yes, but its very informal and is:
- A multiple choice question paper
- Ongoing checking of your skills as you learn
Re-qualification for this award is currently by re attendance of the original one day (6 hour) course
You can combine this course with a Emergency Paediatric first aid course or an outdoor first aid course, we have a blended option too
