First Aid at Work Training (18hrs)
This Health and Safety Executive approved course complies with the Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 for the qualification of First Aiders at Work
On completion of training, successful candidates will be competent in
- Emergency First Aid at Work and:
- understand the role of the first aider including reference to the use of available equipment and the need for recording incidents and actions
- understand the importance of basic hygiene in first-aid procedures
- assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely, promptly and effectively in an emergency
- administer first aid to a casualty who is unconscious and/or in seizure
- administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- administer first aid to a casualty who is wounded or bleeding and/or in shock
- administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Provide appropriate first aid for minor injuries (small cuts, grazes and bruises, minor burns and scalds and small splinters)
- Recognising the presence of major illness and applying general first-aid principles in its management
In addition, candidates will be able to demonstrate the correct first-aid management of:
- soft tissue injuries
- injuries to bones including suspected spinal injuries
- chest injuries
- burns and scalds
- eye injuries including how to irrigate an eye
- sudden poisoning and anaphylactic shock
We run First Aid at Work training courses for individuals at our London training centre as well as group courses at your own premises.
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