Emergency First Aid at Work

This course is designed to provide the delegates with the essential basic skills and knowledge required to administer emergency first aid at work. It will provide awareness of the recording and reporting requirements for all accidents and explain what process to follow in the case of an emergency.

The course covers the following:

•  What to do in an emergency/first aid priorities
•  Managing incidents
•  Basic Life Support
•  Examination of a casualty
•  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
•  First Aid for the unconscious casualty
•  First Aid for the wound or bleeding
•  Dealing with burns or scalds
•  Treatment for shock
•  First Aid Equipment
•  Employers risk assessment of first aid needs
•  Regulations
•  Recording and reporting

The course is aimed at any individual within an organisation who may require an understanding of basic first aid in the workplace. Candidates must be 16 years of age or over.

Please wear suitable, comfortable clothing as much of the course involves practical exercises, role play and injury simulations. If you have any special needs, please let us know as soon as possible so that any necessary arrangements can be put in place.