- Duration: 18 hours
- Language: English
- Qualification Validity: 3 years
- Governing Body: Heath and Safety Executive (HSE)
What you'll learn
- First Aid Priorities
- Managing Incidents
- Basic Life Support (Adult, Child & Baby)
- Use of an AED (Defibrillator)
- Examination of a Casualty
- Unconsciousness (Reasons & Treatment)
- Bleeding and Wounds
- Fractures & Dislocations
- Sprains & Strains
- Burns & Scalds
- Medical Conditions
- Analpalxis and Auto Injectors
- Eye Injuries
- Recording & Reporting
- Regulations
- First AId Kits
Course description
Once qualified, holders of this First Aid at Work certificate can be used as First Aiders in the workplace in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
The First Aid at Work course is run over three days and includes both theory and practical sessions.
This course can be adapted to suit a particular audience, for example, clerical or engineering staff and on it can be run on non-consecutive days, for example – one day a week over three weeks.
Students are independently examined on the final day of the course. Upon successful completion certification is valid for three years
Under the current guidelines it is “strongly recommend” that first aid trained staff attend a half-day update every twelve months, before completing full re-qualification training at the three year point.
Costs
£185.00 per person to include HSE certification (with verifiable CPD) and electronic first aid manual.
Re-qualification course £125.00 per person.
Please contact us for course pricing.
