Course Description
This qualification is for people who deal with First Aid at Work enabling them to be workplace First Aiders under the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Based on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) training standard for delivery of First Aid wt Work (FAW) courses for the purposes of the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
Course Content:
- Roles and responsibilities of a First Aider
- Assessing an incident
- Managing an unresponsive casualty
- CPR and AED use
- Recovery position
- Heart Attack
- Stroke
- Choking
- Epilepsy
- Asthma
- Diabetes
- Anaphylaxis Shock
- Head and Spinal injuries
- Chest injuries
- Wounds and Bleeding
- Shock
- Minor injuries
- Injuries to bones, joints and muscles
- Burns and scalds
- Eye injuries
- Sudden poisoning
- Major illnesses
Assessment & Award
Activities, test paper, practical assessment
Duration
This course is run as a 3 day course