Three Day First Aid at Work
Course Overview:
First Aid is the initial assistance given to a casualty in a medical or trauma emergency before the arrival of higher qualified medical help.
This 3 day HSE Approved First Aid at Work course complies with the current Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
This course is suitable for:
Nominated personnel in an environment where they will be with working with other adults and need a First Aid at Work Certificate and become designated First Aiders.
Aims:
Delegates will receive knowledge of emergency procedures that will enable them to meet the required standards of the HSE to deal with work place first aid accidents.
Course Content
At the end of the course delegates will be able to recognise and treat a casualty who:
- Is in need of resuscitation
- Is in need of CPR
- Is Unconscious
- Has wounds, bleeding, shock
- Has injured their muscles, bones or joints
- Has been burnt or scalded
- Who is suffering from shock
- Has eye injuries
- Has been overcome by gas or fumes
- Has been poisoned
The course is broken down into Modules as follows:
DAY ONE
- Module 1 ;Introduction - The First Aider
- Module 2 What is First Aid?
- Module 3 First Aid in the Workplace
- Module 4 Responsibilities of the First Aider
- Module 5 Action in an Emergency
- Module 6 Primary Assessment
- Module 7 Secondary Assessment
- Module 8 Breathing and Circulation
- Module 9 Principles of Resuscitation
- Module 10 Disorders of Respiration
- Module 11 Disorders of the Circulation
DAY TWO
- Module 12 Wounds and Bleeding and Recap Paper 1
- Module 13 Disorders of Consciousness
- Module 14 Foreign Objects
- Module 15 Burns and Scalds
- Module 16 Bones, Joints and Muscle Injuries
- Module 17 Poisoning
- Module 18 Incident Training
DAY THREE
- Module 19 Recap Paper 2 and Other Conditions
- Module 20 Casualty Management
- Module 21 Resuscitation Procedures
- Module 22 Incident Management
- ASSESSMENT
Duration: 3 days 9.30am - 4.30pm
Certification: Certification will be upon successful completion of the Health & Safety Executive assessment procedures, involving practical first aid demonstration and a multi-choice examination. Certification lasts for 3 years.
Information: The whole of the course has to be attended in order to complete
Handouts: Delegates will receive a course booklet.
Contact TCR for further information and quote price code: M