First Aid at Work - 3 Day Full Qualification Course

Who Should Attend?

This course is suitable for people aged 16+ who work in higher hazard environments such as construction, manufacturing or agriculture. It is also ideal for organisations whose risk assessment identifies a need for additional first aid training. This could be due to having employees with a disability or an existing medical condition.

Course Overview

Our first aid at work course covers the course content specified in the Health and
Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.It gives learners the skills and confidence to respond to a range of accidents and first aid emergencies they could encounter in the workplace. In addition to the topics covered on an emergency first aid at work course, this course covers treatment for a variety of injuries and medical conditions

Course Content 

• Is unresponsive and breathing
• Is unresponsive and not breathing
• Is choking
• Is feeling faint
• Has been poisoned
• Has a head injury
• Has hypothermia or heat exhaustion

 Is having a medical emergency:

• Seizure
• Heart attack
• Angina attack
• Stroke
• Asthma attack
• Severe allergic reaction
• Diabetic emergency
• Has an injury to a bone muscle or joint (including spinal injuries).

The course also includes information on:

• Dealing with an emergency
• Assessing a casualty
• Monitoring a casualty
• Where to get help
• Electrical incidents
• Accident recording and reporting
• Control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH).