A full HSE approved first aid at work course, in accordance with the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.
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.
By arrangement the course can be run on non-consecutive days, for example — one day a week over three weeks.
The course covers:
- first aid priorities
- managing incidents
- basic life support
- examination of a casualty
- unconsciousness
- control of bleeding
- fractures
- burns and scalds
- common illnesses
- heart attacks
- eye injuries
- dressings
- recording and reporting
- regulations
- first aid kits
Course duration: 3 days
Contact the training team for more information.
See also:
First aid — basic awareness (3 hours)
First aid — emergency first aider at work (6 hours)